Alumni Stories

How One Alum Made the Leap From Teaching to Software Engineering

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 […]
Announcements

Flatiron School’s Data Science Immersive Arrives in Houston

It’s not rocket science, it’s data science. Flatiron School is proud to announce the arrival of our pioneering Data Science Immersive at our Houston campus. Data Science is one of the fastest growing fields in tech and we’re excited to help train the next generation of data scientists, machine learning engineers, data analysts, and so […]
Tech Trends

The Average Starting Salaries for Software Engineers in the Western US

Software engineers are in demand across the Western United States. Major tech hubs like San Francisco and Seattle are leading the way, but there are developing cities like Denver that need front end and back end developers. With the majority of western states surpassing the projected 15% tech employment growth from 2016 to 2026, there […]
How To

10 Quick Ruby Tricks

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Flatiron School

The 10 Scariest Things About Learning to Code — and Why They’re Not Scary at All

Learning something new can be scary. There’s often that voice inside your head telling you that you’re not good enough, or worse yet, that you're going to fail. Often with something like code, that voice can be even louder than usual.We’re here to tell you that having that doubt is normal. While everyone experiences that […]
Career Advice

What Comes After a Coding Bootcamp?

Head Online Instructor, Peter Bell At Flatiron School, we are dedicated to helping our students launch a career, not just land a job. But prospective coding bootcamp students are curious: What comes after the bootcamp? And after that first post-bootcamp job as a developer? Are bootcamp grads equipped to continue learning new languages? To go […]