Flatiron School Blog

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 […]

Sweet! Today is the day we get to tell you about the new Fog Creek Fellowship. We’re so excited to announce our brand new partnership with Fog Creek Software—creators of Trello, FogBugz, and Kiln. As part of a two-month fellowship program, Fog Creek will host and mentor a select group of freshly-graduated Flatiron women. Paired […]

Or a lesson in Financial District history, from Ruby student (and archivist!) Ashley Blewer, originally posted here. When walking to and from class every day at the bottom of Manhattan, I’ve noticed plates of text on the ground with a date and name of a famous person. I didn’t realize what these signs were about […]

Originally written and posted by Web Fellow Edward Leon Jasper right here. I can’t possibly think of anything more joyous than a great Git workflow. What I thought was once so easy has proven to be not easy at all. Working with Git in a group has been a scary monster: hours of work lost […]