Alumni Stories
Alumni Stories
From Archaeological Digs to Mining Data: Jenny Kreiger’s Story
After completing a doctorate in classical art and archaeology, Jenny traded in her dig shovel for a laptop and enrolled in Flatiron School's Data Science course. Now, she's pursuing her true passion for discovering the answers that are unearthed in data.
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Marco Sanchez-Ayala: Chemist to Python Developer
"Data science was perfect for me, since it's number driven and a lot of the work is about conveying technical results to non-technical audiences."
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Job Seeker: Job Hunting During the Coronavirus Pandemic with Our Alumna Lillian
"The largest lesson I have learned is to not only be okay with failure but to embrace failure. When I removed my fear of failing, I began trying new things, feeding my curiosity, and becoming a programmer!"
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From Financial Forecasting to Covid Forecasting
“Instead of looking at the current uncertainties as a setback, I would look at it as an opportunity for us to further improve ourselves with additional skills.” // Meet Flatiron School Data Science Alum and volunteer at Young Digital Leaders, Khairul Omar! After spending years in Business Performance Analysis, Khairul decided to skill up with data science to expand […]
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From TSA Security to Software Engineer
Meet Atlanta Flatiron School Alum and Popmenu Software Engineer, Deka Ambia! During the summer of 6th grade, she stumbled upon coding through an internet forum and fell in love with it. Later in life, she received poor advice that she needed to be proficient in math to take programming classes in college, so she abandoned the […]
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One Student’s Journey From Media Marketing to Effortless Event Planning
Meet London Flatiron School Alum and Eve.io Data Scientist Shuyu Wu
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One Student’s Journey from Stay-at-Home Mom to Mod 1
Meet Flatiron Alum and Software Engineer at Lantern, Wendy Calderon