Software Engineering

Atlanta’s teeming with tech talent — it's no secret.  The city is home to Fortune 500 companies, vaunted tech institutions, and innovative startups, which has created a thriving tech community. At Flatiron School we want to continue fostering Atlanta’s tech scene — both for beginners, those familiar with code, and anyone else trying to join Atlanta's […]

All computer programming careers start with a very simple question: Is coding for me? You’ll be disappointed, but not surprised, to learn that there’s no correct answer to this question. There are many ways to learn how to code and many avenues you can take to become a computer programmer. Learning to code is personal […]

Houston’s tech scene is growing rapidly. While many tech jobs can be found in the energy and space industries, which are synonymous with Houston, the city is also home to a huge startup scene. The city itself and incubators like Station House are also promoting startup growth. All industries’ futures are in tech, so let’s […]

Looking to learn coding languages? Here are great places to meet others with the same interest and to introduce yourself to the world of code.Washington D.C., like a few other major cities across the country, has seen its tech industry grow steadily over the past few years. And with it comes a demand for programmers […]

The following is a longtime favorite guest post by Flatiron alum Kevin McNamee, a software engineer at Casper. When mapping associations between models in your Rails application, you will inevitably come to a point when two models both ‘has’ and ‘belongs_to’ each other. In this situation, you need to choose between a has_many :through relationship […]

Born into one of the most rigid class systems in history, Michael Faraday was not destined to become a man of influence. Near the turn of the 19th century, he spent his childhood in a squalid London flat, with little opportunity and no formal education beyond elementary school. But a lack of pedigree didn’t prevent […]