Flatiron School Blog

Even though she didn’t have access to the Internet (or, you know, light bulbs, antibiotics, refrigerators, or telephones), we always talk about Ada Lovelace (1815-1852) when we start teaching code at Flatiron School. Here are three reasons why. 1. She was probably the world’s first programmer In 1833, the cutting edge of computing looked something […]

Christine Beaubrun was a student in Flatiron School’s NYC Web Development Fellowship. Now she works as a developer at Intel. She originally posted this story in her blog. A man and a woman told me on two separate occasions “You don’t look like a programmer” and “You’re too creative to be a programmer.” Though their […]

Meet great people—and great developers Good news! We’re about to graduate our biggest class of Ruby and iOS developers yet. In just 12 weeks, they’ve not only become promising developers, they’ve also built some mind-blowing apps. Today, we’re celebrating all their hard work at our Flatiron School Science Fair. If you’ve never been to one […]

Last month, we were so excited to work with Fog Creek Software to provide to eight newly-graduated Flatiron women with Fog Creek mentors and a seriously nice co-working spot.   Today, the news gets even better! Stack Exchange has joined the Fellowship to offer another eight Flatiron women desk space in their office, experienced mentors—and […]

A very accurate historical account, originally posted by Ruby student Jess Rudder in her blog. The lower Manhattan ‘hood of the Flatiron School is steeped in history. But not just any history – Revolutionary History. And, as any red-blooded American with a patriotic tattoo will attest, there is no more historicky history than that because…‘Murica. […]

Every month, we’re really happy to host ManhattanJS, a group of JS enthusiasts (including a bunch of our alums!) who bring great programmers together to talk about their work, passions, and sometimes cats. Yesterday evening marked the latest of these gatherings—and we had a blast. Here’s proof! All photo credits go to the talented Matthew […]