Alumni Stories
Alumni Stories
Artist Turned Software Engineer Finds Creativity in Code
Code can be art, just take it from Patti C., a Flatiron School Washington D.C. graduate. Before starting her coding career, she worked as an artist’s assistant for a sculptor in New York City. But, she needed a job that could pay the bills. She switched to working in retail, later found time to volunteer as an […]
Alumni Stories
An Artist Describes How He Changed His Life With Code
At Flatiron School, our success is our students’ success — when students get jobs, we achieve our mission of enabling the pursuit of a better life through education. But, students’ stories don’t end after they graduate. In this series, we chat with Flatiron School’s alumni community about their journey into coding, and how that journey transformed their […]
Alumni Stories
A Flatiron Alum Learns Web Development to Pay off Student Loans
Like almost 70 percent of college seniors, Flatiron alum and Bronx native Armando Amador graduated with student loan debt and uncertain job prospects. After several years working in editorial design, Armando wasn’t able to make much progress toward paying off his loans—but he did discover an interest in software engineering. When he found that he […]