Flatiron School Blog

_The following post was written by guest author John Arthur from AND CO, a company that uses tech to help freelancers automate their businesses. _Starting a successful freelance career whether you are a web developer, designer, filmmaker, or in any other field, requires a lot of dedication. It may seem like the ideal lifestyle—you can make your own […]

Flatiron School’s co-founder and CEO Adam Enbar recently participated in a Quora Session, answering questions from the curious Quora community on entrepreneurship, innovations in higher education, and all things Flatiron School. Adam shared his candid thoughts on the future of the coding bootcamp industry as well as advice he’s picked up over a career that […]

Getting into Y Combinator isn’t easy. Each year, more than 1,000 young companies apply to participate in the well-known tech incubator—and it’s estimated that 95% of applicants are rejected. That’s why it’s such a point of pride for us at Flatiron School that seven Flatiron School alumni have gone on to participate in Y Combinator […]

Below are highlights from Course Report's recent interview with Flatiron School's VP of Education, Joe Burgess. For the full post, head to Course Report.  Joe Burgess has a passion for teaching and education and has been part of the Flatiron School academic team for three years. After working at IBM, he joined Flatiron School to write and teach […]

Geraldina Alverez-Garcia, Jayana Johnson and Natacha Springer aren’t your typical programmers. None of them were coding prodigies or even have computer science degrees. Geraldina worked at odd jobs, Jayana was an administrative assistant and Natacha was a scientist who transitioned to part-time baker after becoming a mom. And yet, after completing Flatiron School’s Full Stack […]

Last June, we partnered with Course Report to offer a full scholarship to our Web Developer Course in New York City—specifically for people with non-technical backgrounds. Today, we’re thrilled to announce Jess Harrelson as the winner of the scholarship. We spoke with Jess about her background as both a musician and video producer and what […]