Software Engineering

Branching and Beyond – Collaborating Through Git

These days, most software developers collaborate using Git. In this follow up to an introduction to Git and How to Get Started with GitHub, you’ll get some hands on experience working with branches in Git and learn how you can use them to collaborate effectively with your team. Creating a project Let’s start by creating […]
Software Engineering

5 Scary Things About Going to a Coding Bootcamp (That Aren’t Scary at All)

Terrifying. Scary. Fear. These are words that should be used for Halloween or horror movies, not about attending a coding bootcamp. Investing in yourself shouldn’t be something that keeps you up at night.  You probably have a few questions about what’s next and there are probably a few things that might scare you about learning […]
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" […]
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

9 Free Coding Classes in San Francisco in 2019

San Francisco. Silicon Valley. When you think of the Bay Area, you think of tech. Some of the biggest tech companies in the world call the city home. Much like the adage of going to Hollywood to get your big break, many would-be software engineers, data scientists, and UX/UI designers consider San Francisco the place […]
Software Engineering

How to Set Up a Professional Development Environment

One of the biggest differences between professional software developers — compared to most people — is the care and precision with which they set up their computers. In this article, I’m going to run through the process of getting a Mac ready to program professionally using the Ruby programming language.  Why Ruby? There are lots […]