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Flatiron School Presents: Seven Ways to Fail-Proof Your First Technical Presentation
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 […]
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How to Be a Great Developer: Get Really Good at Solving Problems and Learning New Things
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 […]
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#WhyICode: Win Two Seats In Flatiron After School
Here’s a chance to win two spots in Flatiron After School*—a new coding conservatory for high schoolers in the New York City area. Starting in September, students in will learn the tools professional developers use every day—that’s HTML, CSS, Javascript, and Ruby. By the end of the course, they’ll be able to build and deploy […]
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Tomorrow: A Swift Start
Don’t forget! We’ve teamed up with Orta Therox of CocoaPods and Artsy to host A Swift Start—a one day iOS conference. Designers and developers from companies like Tumblr, Etsy, Artsy, Meetup, and Kickstarter will be stopping by all day to talk about the ups and downs of learning and building for iOS. Why have an […]
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Congrats, Ruby 005 & iOS 002!
We’re so excited to have just graduated a brand new class of programmers. Good luck, folks!
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Developer Origin Story: Christine Beaubrun
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 […]
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Stack Exchange Offers Eight Fellowships to Flatiron Women
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 […]