Flatiron School Blog

“I got an interview with a company just because I asked a stranger to meet me for coffee. After our coffee, he went to his boss and they went to HR so they could push my application through when it would have been tossed.” Meet former English Professor Emily Morgan, who discovered and fell in […]

From Law to Code: A Colorado Career Adventure “As I was relocating, I didn’t have a large network of existing contacts to draw on, so I knew I had to go out and make them myself.” Meet Remmy Clay, an Australian lawyer who discovered she loved coding and living in Colorado. Being an active networker […]

The nation’s capital is increasingly becoming a tech capital. Washington, D.C., and the surrounding metro area, has seen a huge influx in tech talent. In fact, D.C. is the third-largest net tech employer in the U.S., according to CompTIA’s Cyberstates 2019 report. Alongside this growth is an increased need for tech talent. That’s why we’re […]

“All students can  – and deserve to if they want to  – learn to code.” Online Graduate Katleiah Ramos has studied Dark Matter, taught kids to code, and earned three college degrees! She has boldly networked while looking for her first coding job, and has great things to share on those experiences. You learned coding […]

“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 […]

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 […]