Flatiron School Blog

Welcome to our Flatiron Engineering blog series. In this series, the engineering team behind Flatiron's learning platform will pull back the curtain and share insights into how we build our products. Back in January 2016, our CSS was easily the messiest part of the Learn.co codebase… something that probably sounds familiar to many other web developers out there. […]

Now, he’s the Engineering Manager for StreetEasy, one of Zillow’s New York City real estate brands.

In our Beyond the Bootcamp series, we chat with members of our alumni community about their post-Flatiron career journeys. What new roles have they taken on? What advice do they have for others hoping to follow in their footsteps? Sam Owens came to Flatiron School after a stint as a product manager in the fitness […]

Since 2012, Flatiron School has worked with a lot of hungry software engineering students – and almost as many companies who come to Flatiron to hire technical talent. In our Career Advice series, companies pull back the curtain and demystify their hiring practices. Today, we share our conversation with Eric Chung, Director at CKM Advisors. Read […]

It’s a coding bootcamp’s job to prepare students to keep pace with a rapidly-changing tech world. To match the market, we’ve constantly iterated on our curriculum and pushed the limits of what’s possible in the 12-week bootcamp model Flatiron School created in 2012. As we approached 2017, we challenged ourselves to go a step further […]

Attending a coding bootcamp can be a life-changing, career-launching experience. But not all bootcamps are equally effective. And while many claim near-perfect hiring rates, few are transparent about their outcomes. This puts prospective students in a precarious position: How can you judge the return on investment of a program if you can’t fully understand the […]