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Comparing Coding Bootcamps: How to Find the Right Course for You
A few years ago, coding bootcamps didn’t exist. Today, there are hundreds, scattered across the world—and online—all clamoring to establish themselves as the best option for aspiring programmers. While websites like Course Report and Quora host valuable student reviews of various programs, there’s a considerable lack of resources when it comes to trustworthy bootcamp comparisons—especially […]
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Learning to Code FAQs: Everything You Wanted to Know
Flatiron School's co-founder and dean Avi Flombaum hosted a Quora AMA recently, answering top FAQs on Learning to Code.One of the most-read Q&As, coming in at 1.5 Million views, is: What are the best programming languages to learn today? Given that you’re asking me, I’m going to assume you’re an informed beginner–meaning you haven’t been writing code professionally […]
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Helping Students Get The Most Out of Flatiron School: Meet Instructor Leigh
In the next few weeks, Flatiron School instructor Leigh Scherrer is going to be contributing stories to our blog. Before then, we wanted to take a moment to chat with her about her path from healthcare communications to coding, how she decided to become an instructor here at Flatiron School, and why she’s excited to start blogging […]
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NYC Web Development Fellowship Alum Geraldina Alverez-Garcia’s Career Transformation
“The possibilities are endless. You can create anything you imagine from scratch,” Geraldina Alverez-Garcia tells Fox News of her experience learning to code at Flatiron School.Geraldina is a graduate of our NYC Web Development Fellowship, which aims to equip New Yorkers—who might not otherwise have the opportunity—with the skills necessary to launch careers in web development. […]
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Flatiron Alumna Natacha Springer on Finding Work-Life Balance Through Code
After taking time off from work to raise her two children, Natacha Springer found it hard to re-enter the workforce. She had spent years as a successful Biotech Production Manager, yet she was now only receiving offers for entry-level roles. Finding herself drawn to coding and encouraged by the stories of work-life balance that she […]
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From English Major to Dev: Using Your Non-Technical Skills to Switch Careers
Last week, Flatiron School alumna and New York magazine front-end developer Victoria Thevenot and The Muse’s Jody Porowski joined us for our online lecture “Making A Career Switch: How to do it and leverage your non-technical skills to be more successful.” After graduating college with a degree in English, Victoria knew she wanted to work in publishing but […]
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Mobile Dev Corps Alum Daniel Adeyanju: From Operations to iOS Development
After graduating from Binghamton University, Daniel Adeyanju joined an online food-ordering company as their first employee. He headed operations, handling the day-to-day logistics of the early stage startup, but he felt himself being drawn to the engineering aspects of the company. He had always been interested in computers, having dabbled in coding as a child, […]