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Flatiron Alumni Presents App in White House
Suma Reddy graduated from Flatiron's iOS 003 cohort about a year ago, and she's already presenting her app to some of the nation's top leaders. Yesterday President Obama hosted the first-ever White House Demo day, with a focus on entrepreneurship and diverse startup founders. Public and private leaders attended the event, including the co-founder of Pinterest and […]
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Here’s What Alan Kay Did to Change the Way You Use Computers
Alan Kay began life as a precocious learner. Raised in the household of a father who designed limb prostheses and a mother who played music, the ambiance of art, science, and learning later infused itself into his lifetime body of work. He avidly read books before entering elementary school, and went on to study mathematics […]
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Fusion Features Two Kode with Karlie Scholars
Fusion ran a spotlight on two Los Angeles Kode with Karlie winners, Leilani Jones and Amanda Southworth. Between DJ'ing and playing ukelele, the girls' musical flair is only the beginning when it comes to their talents. Click here to read about their Flatiron experience, and see what they're inspired to do next. Image via Fusion.
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The Gale-Shapley Algorithm and How Programming Insersects With Social Issues
This post originally appeared on Jake Faris’s blog. You can read more here. In college, I took a Computer Science course on Algorithms, where we explored ways that programmers and computer scientists approach complex problem solving. We looked at greedy algorithms, dynamic programming, recursion, network flow algorithms, and many more. One of the first algorithms we […]
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Why Writers Make Great Programmers: Alex Wilkinson [Q&A]
Alex Wilkinson had a passion for computers starting at a young age, but never considered it to be more than a hobby. He focused on writing for years, but after a stint at the New York Times Research and Development department, he realized a new potential career calling. About a year after graduating from Flatiron School's […]
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Why High Schoolers Should Learn Entrepreneurship
When it comes to planning for 21st century careers, there’s nothing quite like the buzzword “startup” to begin a conversation. And for good reason — as programming becomes an essential skill, it’s also set the stage for young adults to develop innovative business strategies. That’s why The Flatiron School is now offering Startup Entrepreneurship for […]
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How Mario Changed the Way You Play Video Games
In the world of gaming icons, there are few that top the nostalgia meter like Mario. From Super Smash Brothers to Mario Kart 64, most people under 40 have childhood memories of eating way too many Airheads and attacking a controller in front of a glowing screen. The advent of Mario changed the way people gamed […]