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NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio Shares a Flatiron Alum’s Story
In a talk at the Ford Foundation, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio shared the story of Flatiron alum George Taveras—a Bronx native who dropped out of college to take care of his family and who now works as a software developer at XO Group. We are honored to be a part of George’s […]
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A Flatiron Alum Shares the Importance of Mentorship for Aspiring Developers
Now a graduate of the NYC Web Development Fellowship and Web Engineer at Markerbot, Keith chatted with us about mentorship and his decision to start programming.
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Spotify Names the Chloe Weil Scholarship to Help Flatiron School Women Fund their Education
We’re proud and honored to announce a partnership with Spotify to support women in technology. This popular music platform will offer generous scholarships to our Spring 2015 class—and a paying internship for one Flatiron graduate. Spotify has generously provided $10,000 in scholarships—nearly $600 per student—to be divided among all of the women in our class. […]
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Lessons in Fearlessness and Fortitude from Fog Creek and Flatiron School
Flatiron Alum and Fog Creek Fellow Vaidehi Joshi originally posted this piece on her path from writer to developer in her blog Words and Code.
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How to Get a Job After Graduating From a Programming School
Flatiron alum Kyle Doherty originally posted this article on his blog. He currently works as a Software Engineer at AlphaSights. DISCLAIMER: This is just my opinion based on what got me a job and what my company looks for when we’re evaluating junior candidates.In the past five months I’ve gone to programming school demo days, […]
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Partnering with Teach for America to Launch the Computer Science Education Fellowship Program
To celebrate the launch of The Computer Science Education Fellowship, Flatiron School’s Director of K-12 Programs
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What Working in Baseball Taught Me about Web Development
Flatiron School Alum and Developer Adam Jonas left his job as a Major League Baseball Scout to pursue a career in software development. Although he thought he left baseball behind him, he found that successful ball players have a few things in common with successful developers—the ability to learn from mistakes, stay consistent, and be […]