Flatiron School Blog

Students in Flatiron School’s immersive classes are on campus a lot—more 60 hours a week for three months. That’s over 700 hours at the very least. So what do they get up to in all that time? Honestly, there’s no “typical day” for a Flatiron Student. It changes a lot over the course of the […]

Job interviews are what you make of them — even if you’re a new software developer. VP of Business Development and former Head of Job Placements at Flatiron School Rebekah Rombom shares a few tips on how to ace your next technical interview and get hired for the unicorn of an employee you really are._Hi, reader. I’m […]

The following post was originally published by Flatiron Alum and Fog Creek Fellow Ashley Blewer on her blog. Learn more about the Fog Creek Fellowship right here or on the program page. Flatiron School was hard. It was one of the toughest, enduring challenges I’ve ever done in my life, and also the most rewarding. […]

All developers will eventually have to present what their working on—whether internally to their teams or in front of a big group at a conference. So we put students in our Web Development and iOS courses through the presentation ringer early on. All of them have to present at a Flatiron Presents Meetup at least […]

There’s a misconception that the whole job of software developers is to write code for a living. It’s why they get confused for “coders”—but being a developer isn’t just about generating line after line of code. It’s about seeing that complex processes really boil down to logic puzzles. Then it’s about finding a solution to […]

Learning to program doesn’t happen all at once. It’s a process full of happy highs and stubborn lows that takes a lot of trying and failing. You can struggle with something for days when suddenly it just clicks. We think we’re pretty resourceful when it comes to helping students understand the stuff they’re learning. Instructors […]