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Alumni Stories
One Student’s Journey from Paper and Pizza Delivery to Software Engineer
“I committed to not giving up when life got challenging.” // Meet Flatiron Grad and Young Consulting Software Engineer Burak Kocak! He left Turkey for a better life and worked many jobs to support his family along the way. Then, his wife suggested coding as a great fit. So after their second child came along, […]

Alumni Stories
How One Student’s Focus on the Goal Helped Him Find Community
Online student Anthony Harvey has wowed his instructors all through his studies with his strong skills. Leaving a 13-year career in real estate finance to follow his passion to learn to code, Anthony has steadily progressed through the Flatiron program over a year while raising a family and suffering – and overcoming – personal setbacks. […]

Career Advice
Helping Students Find their “Why” With Seattle Campus Manager Cody Green
At Flatiron School, the community on our campuses is essential to helping students get through the journey to code, which is often intense, immersive, and filled with highs and lows along the way. We sat down with Seattle Campus Manager, Cody Green, to talk about how he helps Seattle students through their journey to code. […]

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Ruby and the Japanese Language
Is there a link between programming languages and spoken languages?

Cybersecurity Engineering
#CyberMonday: 5 Things You Need to Know about CyberSecurity
Ah, the holidays. A time for friends, family, giving—and a whole lot of online shopping. The end of November brings a blight of days to commemorate America’s favorite past times: first Thanksgiving, then Black Friday, then Small Business Saturday—and, finally Cyber Monday, the mecca of sales for online shoppers. But, all those great deals come […]

Alumni Stories
One Aerospace Engineer’s Thoughts On the Time and Space it Took for Him to Learn to Code
“The future of space exploration will certainly depend on software engineers and developers as much as aerospace engineers and research scientists.” Harris Haynes, aerospace engineer and recent Flatiron School graduate, on the time and space it took for him to learn to code, with some universal networking advice. Amid your extraordinary career in the aerospace […]

Cybersecurity Engineering
Here Are 3 Reasons Why You Should Start a Cybersecurity Career in NYC
As they say, if you can make it in the Big Apple, you can make it anywhere. New York City is home to some of the world’s largest companies. It’s a tech epicenter where industry giants and fast-growing startups thrive with the support of a robust and inclusive community. With its importance in the global […]
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