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Your Ultimate Guide to Finding (and Keeping) a Tech Mentor
Imagine yourself five years from now. You’ve been asked to give a talk sharing how you quit your traditional job, went to coding school, and became a successful developer at a major tech company. After your speech, a ton of people rush up to you. They ask for your business card, your email address—some even […]
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Built By Flatiron Students: Final Projects from the Science Fair (Part 2)
Last week, we shared four final projects from the ambitious students (now graduates) in Flatiron School’s Full-Stack Web Development program. These projects included tools for communication among teams (GroupSlam) and mapping decision-making (Flipside) as well as apps that help connect restaurants with excess food to nonprofits (Fair/Fare) and artists to galleries (Art Space). What’s astounding […]
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Flatiron Alum Jennifer Sardina On Tying the Knot with a Tech Career
This post originally appeared on Course Report. Jennifer Sardina had a lot of interesting jobs, as a foreign language teacher, a chemistry lab technician, a health coach, and a full-time mom. But she wanted a career. She had never been interested in computers before, but when her brother gave her a programming book, she couldn’t […]
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Flatiron Alum Tucker Bohman’s Journey from Accounting to Web Development
While working as an accountant for the LDS church, Tucker Bohman felt himself being tugged back to technology. He had always had a talent for solving technical issues, and his bosses began to rely on Tucker over their team of developers to fix their software bugs. Eager to learn more after these brushes with programming, […]
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Flatiron Alumna Shana Moore on Changing Careers After It’s “Too Late”
Shana Moore discovered her love for programming only after spending years pursuing a career path in government contracting and the telecommunications industry. Shana was well aware that she wasn’t passionate about the roles she held or their growth potential, but she feared it was too late for a course correction. However, after a few exciting […]
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Built By Flatiron Students: Final Projects from the Science Fair (Part 1)
This past week, students from Flatiron School’s Full-Stack Web Development immersive presented their final projects at our Science Fair, revealing exactly how far one can come as a developer in three months of intensive study and practice.
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A Step-by-Step Guide to Changing Careers from The Muse
As the manager of Muse Coach Connect, a platform that connects professionals with career coaches, I speak with people every day who are contemplating a career change. It’s a daunting process to be sure, one that can be both exciting and terrifying. How do you know if a career change is right for you? While […]