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A Message from Our Dean to Our Students
A Message from Our Dean to Our Students I delivered this speech to students to mark the 1/3rd way through the Flatiron School journey: Now more than ever in your life your future can be of your choosing. If you seek out challenges, you will find them to be opportunities. If you confront your fears, you […]
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How to Avoid Multitasking for Greater Productivity
The following is a guest post by Nikhil Thomas and originally appeared on his blog. Nikhil is currently a student a The Flatiron School. You can follow him on twitter here. One of the biggest mistakes we tend to make is placing a massive emphasis on multitasking. We tend to hero worship people who can juggle many projects, […]
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The Flatiron School Presents Corinna & Rex
Each week during the semester, Flatiron School students present on a topic of their choice to the NYC on Rails Meetup Group. Be sure to follow the presenters on Twitter: Corinna Brock & Rex Feng. At a recent NYC on Rails Meetup, student Corinna Brock showed us how to get started with Ruby Koans. Student Rex Feng presented […]
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SQL Joins Explained Visually: The 3 Ring Binder Model
The following is a guest post by Matt Salerno and originally appeared on his blog. Matt is currently a student a The Flatiron School. You can learn more about him here, or follow him on twitter here. Any programmer worth their weight in bitcoins is going to need to know a bit about databases. If you’re not familiar with databases, […]
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Classroom vs. Bedroom vs. Lecture Hall (Part 1 of 3)
The following is a guest post by Jack Nolan and originally appeared on his blog. Jack is currently a student a The Flatiron School. You can learn more about him here, or follow him on twitter here. At one time or another I have experienced all major ways of learning computer science: self study, university classes, and the group-oriented classroom. […]
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Contributing to Open Source: A Beginner’s Guide (Part 1 of 2)
As beginners, it’s easy to think that we have nothing to offer the open-source community.
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How to Get Into the Flatiron School
The following is a guest post by James Vanneman and originally appeared on his blog. James is currently a student a The Flatiron School. You can learn more about him here, or follow him on twitter here. 5. Know where you want to go Coding opens up a lot of doors. The Flatiron School is just […]