Flatiron School Blog

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 […]

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 […]

_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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Ada Lovelace shouldn’t just be an inspiration to female programmers—she's truly an inspiration to everyone who has ever used technology. Lovelace worked closely with Charles Babbage on his mechanical general-purpose computer, The Analytical Engine, and she's widely regarded as the world’s first computer programmer—male or female.The second Tuesday of every October, the tech community celebrates Lovelace’s life […]