Alumni Stories

Dads are stabilizing forces and tellers of bad jokes. They’re also people who want to live better lives and help their families. We’ve seen plenty…

Sophia H. didn’t expect to leave Colorado Springs to start a new career as a software engineer in San Francisco. If you asked her about…

Kelsey H., a Flatiron School Online Software Engineering graduate, first encountered code as a junior at the University of Oklahoma. Kelsey enrolled in Computer Science, a required course, but didn’t expect to find her passion. “It was the first time I ever sat in the front row and the first time I wanted to stand up and […]

Attending a 15-week immersive Software Engineering program is a commitment. Most students come from different careers, so Impostor Syndrome happens. For Scarlett P., an Access Labs alumna, not seeing many women in her cohort exacerbated her feelings. So much so that she quit her first week! Luckily, her story didn’t end there. Scarlett challenged herself and returned […]

Andrew S. enrolled in Flatiron School Houston because he saw first-hand that finance was turning toward big data. He wanted to become a software engineer to stay ahead of the trend and gain the skills he needed to succeed today and in the future. After enrolling in Flatiron School’s immersive Software Engineering program, Andrew is […]

While Flatiron School is a campus for lifelong learners, it also attracts another group of people who embody a similar mission — lifelong educators. Michael T., a Flatiron School online graduate, is a lifelong educator. He discovered his passion for education after joining Teach For America, a nonprofit group that teaches K-12 in low-income communities. […]