Software Engineering
Alumni Stories
How One Student Pivoted From Jewelry Trading to Software Engineering at Bloomberg
“If I were in the market again, I would spend more time on networking than on anything else.” This month we feature a profile on Flatiron School graduate Denis Bondin. He started in the jewelry business, became a trader, discovered coding, and just landed his dream job at Bloomberg within five months of finishing Flatiron […]
Software Engineering
Why You Should Learn Python
There are so many programming languages out there, it can be hard trying to figure out which one to learn first. If you’re thinking about web development, the trio of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript make sense for frontend development. But, there are also other programming languages that are becoming increasingly popular among developers. One such […]
Alumni Stories
How One Student Pivoted From Healthcare to Energy Sector
From Houston Healthcare to Energy Engineer… “I see coding as a different puzzle everyday. Here is this jumbled picture, and it's up to you to straighten everything out, and rearrange the pieces to make a masterpiece!” // Meet Sam Roberts, Flatiron School Alum and Petro.ai Developer! He worked in the Healthcare industry for years but […]
Alumni Stories
One Student’s Advice on Being a No-Brainer Hire
On being a no-brainer hire… // When Yamini first heard about a job opportunity as a Client Solutions Engineer at Updater, she radiated with excitement while discussing it with her coach. This was the role and the company that Yamini was made for, and she wanted to make sure they saw her as a "no-brainer" […]
Software Engineering
How to Get Started With GitHub
In this article we’ll look at what GitHub is, the problems it’s designed to solve, and we’ll take a run at the basics of creating, copying, and contributing to projects hosted on GitHub.
Alumni Stories
How One Student Expressed Her Creativity as a “Code Artist”
“Treat every mistake as a happy accident. Embrace curiosity and fall in love with the subject matter.” Meet Flatiron School student Patricia Carter! Patricia dabbled in a few careers including artist’s assistant, sales, retail clerk and English teacher. It was a close friend and software engineer where she ultimately found inspiration to make the leap […]
Software Engineering
An Introduction to Git
These days, if you want to work as a professional software developer, you’re going to need to learn how to use Git. A version control system (VCS) is nothing new. Over the years, we’ve had a number of VCS’ including CVS, Subversion, Mercurial, Microsoft TFS, and Perforce. For the last few years, Git has become […]