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What’s It Like to Learn Online with Flatiron School?
Below are highlights from a recent Flatiron School feature from Course Report—head there for the full article! People with different backgrounds, from around the country and the world, attend NYC coding bootcamp Flatiron School remotely through their online campus, Learn.co. So why do they want to learn to code remotely? And how do they balance studying […]
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Promptworks CTO on How He Hires Developers Who Get Things Done
We recently had the pleasure of speaking to Mike Nicholaides, CTO of PromptWorks, a Philadelphia-based software consulting shop. Mike was willing to share insights about his role, offer his advice to aspiring programmers, and pull back the curtain on PromptWorks’ hiring process for developers. Thanks for being willing to chat with us! Let’s start by asking: […]
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Three Reasons to Learn to Code Online
Coding bootcamps like Flatiron School are a relatively new development in education. Bringing that experience online is an even newer frontier, and different schools doing it very different ways. We’ve written before about what we think is great about our Learn.co platform, but we wanted to hear from the people who know our platform best: our students. We spoke to […]
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Meet Women Who Code Scholarship Winner Tracy Holmes
Flatiron School recently partnered with Women Who Code to offer a full scholarship to our Online Web Developer Program. Today, we’re excited to announce the winner: Tracy Holmes. Tracy’s busy getting ready for the first day of the program, but she was nice enough to take a few minutes to chat with us about her […]
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5 Ways to Know if Learning to Code Online is Right for You
_This article, originally published on November 30, 2015, has been updated._Online learning is a new frontier, and an incredibly exciting one at that.Of course, not everyone has the gumption to be a digital pioneer — especially when it comes to the realm of education. So, if you’re interested in becoming a software developer, how will […]
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7 Developer-Tested Tips on Being a Better Coder
This article originally appeared on Course Report—head there for the full post! As a future coding bootcamp-er, you're most likely new to tech and full of questions—and misconceptions—about what learning to code at a bootcamp and being a developer really entails. With over 1,000 Flatiron School grads making their way through the tech world, Flatiron's team […]
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Want to Be a Successful Developer? You’ll Need These Languages
Deciding on which programming languages you need to learn to be a successful web developer can be overwhelming. And while coding bootcamps are an efficient way to gain the programming skills you’ll need to get a job as a developer, different schools have different beliefs on which programming languages represent the best way to build those skills. I wanted to take a […]