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COO Kristi Riordan Featured on Podcast
Our COO Kristi Riordan took an hour to sit down with Renny McPherson, co-host and executive producer of the Numbers and Narrative podcast. Kristi talks about software engineering as a second career, how co-founders Adam Enbar and Avi Flombaum came together, high-growth companies, and everything in between. Click below to listen. “We have created accessible […]
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Once a Flatiron student, now coming back to hire: Sterling Walker
A funny thing happened at our Flatiron “Speed Dating” event last week. A Flatiron Fellow who graduated a little over a year ago came back — this time to hire some students of her own. Breset Walker (known by most as Sterling Walker) is now Team Lead of Software Development at 2U, an educational tech […]
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5 Questions with KwK Scholar Hannah Breall
Between fashion design, dog showing, and excelling in school, we're not quite sure where Kode with Karlie scholar Hannah Breall finds the time to fit in so many lines of code. But with a passion for empowering women through technology and hoping to use her skills to help people with autism, we have a feeling she'll […]
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How Claude Shannon and One Formula Brought Us Into the Information Age
Welcome back to another edition of Code History Lesson, where we spotlight ye computer scientists of olde, one tech genius at a time._This week we're taking a look at Claude Shannon, a man who won 10 honorary doctorates, pioneered the digital revolution, and sometimes juggled on a unicycle while doing it. For your entertainment and education, […]
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Join Us for a One-Day Electronics Workshop to Build a Sound-Generating Circuit
We’re excited to announce the launch of Build Your Own Sound-Generating Circuit—a workshop designed to get you started in working with electronic circuits. About DIY Electronics – Build Your Own Sound-Generating Circuit This beginner-level workshop teaches students the fundamentals of electricity, reading circuit diagrams, soldering, and how to build an Atari Punk Console (sound generating […]
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Using Digital Ocean and Dokku for easier Rails app deploys
This post was written by Flatiron student Dan Visitainer and originally appeared on his blog. Check it out to learn more about Ruby and Dan’s journey to becoming a developer at the Flatiron School. Want to join Dan and hundreds of other students who have changed their career through code? Check out the Flatiron School’s upcoming courses near you. […]
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Announcing the 2015 Kode with Karlie Scholars
In April we announced the Kode with Karlie Scholarship which offers free tuition to Flation School’s Pre-College academy to girls around the United States. Karlie Kloss, model, entrepreneur and founder of the Kode with Karlie Scholarship, was overwhelmed with the responses from young women who want to use their programming skills to change their communities and transform […]