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How This Alum Found A ‘Life-changing’ Education at Flatiron School
At Flatiron School, our success is our students’ success — when students get jobs, we achieve our mission of enabling the pursuit of a better life through education. But, students’ stories don’t end after they graduate. In this series, we chat with Flatiron School’s alumni community about their journey into coding, and how that journey transformed […]
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Announcing the 2018 On-Campus Outcomes Report
Flatiron School is proud to announce our 2018 On-Campus Outcomes Report for our immersive NYC software engineering program, the immersive iOS Developer course, and a web/iOS Fellowship program. Our sixth audited report shows once again that Flatiron School graduates get jobs and go on to build lasting careers in tech. In our latest report, we had […]
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How One Alum Found Meaning Through Design
Nicole discusses her journey from musician to sales to UX designer while attending Flatiron School's Chicago campus.
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Artist Turned Software Engineer Finds Creativity in Code
Code can be art, just take it from Patti C., a Flatiron School Washington D.C. graduate. Before starting her coding career, she worked as an artist’s assistant for a sculptor in New York City. But, she needed a job that could pay the bills. She switched to working in retail, later found time to volunteer as an […]
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Eager to Make Connections, Engineer Finds the ‘Perfect Job’ at a Dating App
It’s no surprise that Jordan Guggenheim has some strong opinions about online dating. He’s an engineering manager at OkCupid, one of the world’s most popular online dating platforms.“Actually, there’s really no such thing as online dating,” he says. “Eventually you have to meet in person.”Guggenheim, a graduate of Flatiron School’sNew York campus, sees OkCupid as […]
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Meet the Coding Couple Who Went to Flatiron School Together and Changed Their Lives
They say the couple that codes together, stays together. Traci and Bryan found a life they love — and love itself — through technology. The tech-savvy pair met on eHarmony, got engaged, and live happily married in Denver. When they met, Traci was a public health professional at an assisted living facility and Bryan was […]
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Tired of the Sales Rollercoaster, This Alum Worked His Way To Becoming a Software Dev
At Flatiron School, our success is our students’ success _— when students get jobs, we achieve our mission of enabling the pursuit of a better life through education. But, students’ stories don’t end after they graduate. In this series, we chat with Flatiron School’s alumni community about their journey into coding, and how that journey […]