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Overview

Attend the most trusted coding school in the country

Solid curriculum is one thing. Adding solid career support to that curriculum is another. At Flatiron School, students graduate as job-ready engineers who bring value to whatever industry they choose to enter.

Verified Outcomes

We’ve led the industry on outcomes, backing up our employment rate for job-seeking students with independently-verified jobs reports, rising to the strictest standards for transparency.

Uncompromising Education

Our 15-week modular program is the most robust you’ll find, giving our students the added breadth and depth needed to become well-rounded, modern software engineers.

Exceptional Community

Flatiron classes are carefully crafted to bring the best out of students. Cohorts are both highly selective and deliberately diverse to inspire the creativity necessary to shine in this field.

Passionate Instructors

Knowing how to code doesn’t mean you know how to teach. With experience in the field and the classroom, our instructors are unparalleled. Simply put: students learn from the best.

Curriculum & Program Experience

Technical expertise with a human approach

Being a full-stack software engineer requires not only technical knowledge, but an understanding of process and how it can be applied to different challenges. Over 15 intense weeks on campus at Flatiron School, students learn to collaborate and ship code like professional software engineers. Through interactive labs, lectures, and a collaborative atmosphere, students leave Flatiron School ready to tackle every aspect of development.

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Students see what goes into managing product teams, learning how to plan design sprints and create roadmaps that stick, and study prototyping and agile project management techniques

Module 1: Programming Fundamentals

Weeks 1-3

After diving into HTML5 & CSS, students get comfortable with object-oriented programming, learning to read websites with Ruby and save data to a database with SQL and Object Relational Mappers.

Module 2: Web Frameworks

Weeks 4-6

Students learn two key Ruby frameworks, first mastering the fundamentals of web programming with Sinatra before experiencing how quickly they can build incredible apps with Rails.

Module 3: JavaScript

Weeks 7-9

Students gain a thorough understanding of JavaScript and functional programming — crucial for front-end devs — and start to build their own version of React before moving onto the framework itself.

Module 4: Front-end Frameworks

Weeks 10-12

Students learn to build productive, scalable front-ends with React and Redux, creating slick, functional, reactive code with Redux as a state manager and Rails as the back-end JSON API.

  • Module 1: Programming Fundamentals

    Weeks 1-3

    After diving into HTML5 & CSS, students get comfortable with object-oriented programming, learning to read websites with Ruby and save data to a database with SQL and Object Relational Mappers.

  • Module 2: Web Frameworks

    Weeks 4-6

    Students learn two key Ruby frameworks, first mastering the fundamentals of web programming with Sinatra before experiencing how quickly they can build incredible apps with Rails.

  • Module 3: JavaScript

    Weeks 7-9

    Students gain a thorough understanding of JavaScript and functional programming — crucial for front-end devs — and start to build their own version of React before moving onto the framework itself.

  • Module 4: Front-end Frameworks

    Weeks 10-12

    Students learn to build productive, scalable front-ends with React and Redux, creating slick, functional, reactive code with Redux as a state manager and Rails as the back-end JSON API.

Code Challenges

    Each curriculum module concludes with a Code Challenge meant to bring together students’ learnings and demonstrate them in their portfolios. Code Challenges give students an opportunity to ensure they’ve mastered key concepts before progressing and to get direct feedback on their work from instructors. If students need additional support, they receive additional direct mentorship, and, if necessary, they’ll have the opportunity to repeat a module at no extra cost.

    No piece of software is built by one person. Product Series gives students a chance to look beyond the command line and see how code fits into a larger product or organization. This guest speaker series lets students hear from some of the best entrepreneurs and builders in the field to learn what it takes to go from prototype to product adoption. Exact topics vary by guest speaker – sample talks included below.

    Finding Product-Market Fit

    Alexandra Stried | CPO, Ellevest

    Building a great product requires understanding its users. Students learned about conducting user research, defining a value proposition, and leveraging data to drive user behavior.

    UX & Design

    Sabrina Majeed & Tom Harmon | Product Design Managers, Buzzfeed

    Students delved into User Experience, learning how to bridge physical and digital experiences and develop data-driven, habit-forming UX design strategies.

    Business Fundamentals

    Oren Mor | Head of Product, Goldman Sachs

    Students explored the business factors that surround product, learning about business models, KPI tracking, and product management for startups and enterprises.

    Workflows

    Dasmer Singh | Product Manager, Venmo

    Students saw what goes into managing product teams, learning how to plan design sprints and create roadmaps that stick, and how teams use prototyping and agile project management techniques.

    • Finding Product-Market Fit

      Alexandra Stried | CPO, Ellevest

      Building a great product requires understanding its users. Students learned about conducting user research, defining a value proposition, and leveraging data to drive user behavior.

    • UX & Design

      Sabrina Majeed & Tom Harmon | Product Design Managers, Buzzfeed

      Students delved into User Experience, learning how to bridge physical and digital experiences and develop data-driven, habit-forming UX design strategies.

    • Business Fundamentals

      Oren Mor | Head of Product, Goldman Sachs

      Students explored the business factors that surround product, learning about business models, KPI tracking, and product management for startups and enterprises.

    • Workflows

      Dasmer Singh | Product Manager, Venmo

      Students saw what goes into managing product teams, learning how to plan design sprints and create roadmaps that stick, and how teams use prototyping and agile project management techniques.

    After completing four curriculum modules focused on group projects, students work with instructors to come up with solo project concepts and spend three full weeks building truly sophisticated applications on their own. Students receive plenty of instructor feedback along the way while diving deep into various advanced technologies needed to bring their concepts to life. Technical “concentrations” vary by project – sample technologies included below.

    Databases

    Students go deep into NoSQL databases like Mongo and gain a better understanding of working with databases at scale.

    Performance

    Students focus on design patterns and use performance-monitoring tools to take a data-driven approach to increasing application performance.

    Front-end Frameworks

    Students take a deeper dive into React and develop advanced HTML & CSS skills, including SASS and D3.

    Mobile Apps with React Native

    Our world is mobile and our platform is the Web. React Native allows students to build complex native mobile apps using web-based technologies.

    • Databases

      Students go deep into NoSQL databases like Mongo and gain a better understanding of working with databases at scale.

    • Performance

      Students focus on design patterns and use performance-monitoring tools to take a data-driven approach to increasing application performance.

    • Front-end Frameworks

      Students take a deeper dive into React and develop advanced HTML & CSS skills, including SASS and D3.

    • Mobile Apps with React Native

      Our world is mobile and our platform is the Web. React Native allows students to build complex native mobile apps using web-based technologies.

    Pre-work

    Our program moves quickly and Flatiron’s passionate students embrace that challenge. While no experience is necessary to apply, we require students to complete a 100-hour Introductory Programming course before joining our program. This pre-work ensures students come in prepared and are able to keep pace with the class.

    Note: while no prior coding knowledge is required to apply, it’s helpful to explore our free courses before interviewing with us. The pre-work for accepted students covers key topics taken from our more rigorous Certificate Courses (included in the program tuition).

    Postgrad Support

    CAREER SERVICES

    Alumni can always reach out to our Career Services team for a check-in or advice on résumé edits, a new job search, a salary negotiation, and more.

    ALUMNI COMMUNITY

    Graduates join an active network of successful software engineers. For Flatiron alumni, engaging with our community doesn’t stop at graduation.

    • Pre-work

      Our program moves quickly and Flatiron’s passionate students embrace that challenge. While no experience is necessary to apply, we require students to complete a 100-hour Introductory Programming course before joining our program. This pre-work ensures students come in prepared and are able to keep pace with the class.

      Note: while no prior coding knowledge is required to apply, it’s helpful to explore our free courses before interviewing with us. The pre-work for accepted students covers key topics taken from our more rigorous Certificate Courses (included in the program tuition).

    • Postgrad Support

      CAREER SERVICES

      Alumni can always reach out to our Career Services team for a check-in or advice on résumé edits, a new job search, a salary negotiation, and more.

      ALUMNI COMMUNITY

      Graduates join an active network of successful software engineers. For Flatiron alumni, engaging with our community doesn’t stop at graduation.

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    “Although I had a background in engineering and some minor coding, committing to the course was a career change. The coursework is hard but almost addicting. I was working full time while taking the course and I would look forward to getting home from work just so I could keep going with the lessons and labs.”

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    Portfolios

    Prove your coding chops

    Every company needs developers — with the portfolios students graduate with, they show companies what they can do and how they can be a valuable member of any team.

    Join the developer community

    Active Github Profile

    GitHub is the modern software engineer’s resume. Students push every line of code they write at Flatiron School to GitHub through our proprietary platform, Learn.co, giving them an extensive profile to show employers and fellow engineers.

    Robust Blog

    All Flatiron students maintain technical blogs to show they can not only write code, but also communicate how that code works – an essential skill for software engineers. (Explore our community’s blog posts in Learn Magazine.)

    Technical Presentation

    Students build their credibility as engineers and immerse themselves in the technical community by attending — and challenging themselves to present — at technical Meetups and conferences.

    • Active Github Profile

      GitHub is the modern software engineer’s resume. Students push every line of code they write at Flatiron School to GitHub through our proprietary platform, Learn.co, giving them an extensive profile to show employers and fellow engineers.

    • Robust Blog

      All Flatiron students maintain technical blogs to show they can not only write code, but also communicate how that code works – an essential skill for software engineers. (Explore our community’s blog posts in Learn Magazine.)

    • Technical Presentation

      Students build their credibility as engineers and immerse themselves in the technical community by attending — and challenging themselves to present — at technical Meetups and conferences.

    Build amazing things

    • Heat Seek NYC

      William Jeffries, Tristan Siegal, and Daniel Kronovet built Heat Seek NYC to help New Yorkers validate legal claims against landlords who won’t keep the heat on. These temperature sensors are now in real homes, thanks to a fully-backed Kickstarter, an NYC Big Apps win, and a shout-out from Mayor de Blasio.

      Built with: Ruby on Rails / jQuery

    • Kickammender

      Joe O’Conor and Michael Polycarpou, built Kickammender, which uses machine learning to offer intelligent, tailored recommendations for Kickstarter users seeking better projects to support based off the Facebook graph. The app got a shout out from the Kickstarter Product Manager in charge of discovery features.

      Built with: Ruby on Rails / PostgreSQL / JavaScript Bootstrap

    • RNTR

      Krissa Santos, Craig Iturbe, Nick Scaglione, James Segarra built RNTR, a New York apartment evaluating application that scores apartment listings based on user preferences such as commuting times, neighborhood safety, and available amenities.

      Built with: Ruby on Rails / React / Redux

    • Heat Seek NYC

      William Jeffries, Tristan Siegal, and Daniel Kronovet built Heat Seek NYC to help New Yorkers validate legal claims against landlords who won’t keep the heat on. These temperature sensors are now in real homes, thanks to a fully-backed Kickstarter, an NYC Big Apps win, and a shout-out from Mayor de Blasio.

      Built with: Ruby on Rails / jQuery

    • Kickammender

      Joe O’Conor and Michael Polycarpou, built Kickammender, which uses machine learning to offer intelligent, tailored recommendations for Kickstarter users seeking better projects to support based off the Facebook graph. The app got a shout out from the Kickstarter Product Manager in charge of discovery features.

      Built with: Ruby on Rails / PostgreSQL / JavaScript Bootstrap

    • RNTR

      Krissa Santos, Craig Iturbe, Nick Scaglione, James Segarra built RNTR, a New York apartment evaluating application that scores apartment listings based on user preferences such as commuting times, neighborhood safety, and available amenities.

      Built with: Ruby on Rails / React / Redux

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    Instructors

    Houston’s top educators

    Since we started, Flatiron School’s known its instructors are its greatest assets. A curriculum is only as good as those who explain it, which is why our teachers are experienced, passionate, and, most of all, invested in your success.

    • Johann Kerr

      Johann Kerr

      Lead Instructor

      A former iOS Developer at SwampNYC with a CS degree and MBA under his belt, Johann ran Flatiron’s iOS program before transitioning to Lead Web Instructor.

    • Joe Burgess

      Joe Burgess

      VP, Education

      Joe TA’ed on Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon. He built the university’s iOS course before coming to Flatiron School to lead our Education team.

    • Tim Campbell

      Tim Campbell

      Lead Instructor

      A bootcamp grad, Tim fell in love with programming – and volunteering to teach people code. He has worked freelance and in startups developing on the front and back end.

    • Rishi Tirumala

      Rishi Tirumala

      Lead Instructor

      A longtime developer, Rishi has worked all over the stack. At his previous company, Rishi introduced and maintained a summer internship program, and he brings that experience to Flatiron.

    • Jeff Katz

      Jeff Katz

      Lead Instructor

      After attending Columbia Law School, Jeff moved from strategy to programming, working as a software developer at Case Commons. In 2015, he fell in love with teaching and hasn’t looked back.

    • Alex Griffith

      Alex Griffith

      Senior Technical Coaching Fellow

      Alex led Flatiron’s Fellowship program, a partnership with NYC’s Tech Talent Pipeline, and has since joined the Immersive education team, helping to evolve our curriculum and course structure.

    • Prince Wilson

      Prince Wilson

      Senior Technical Coaching Fellow

      Prince loves to help communities grow by giving talks and leading workshops. Before Flatiron, he was involved in artificial intelligence. Inside and outside of work, Prince obsesses with corgis.

    Teaching code is a craft. Our students learn from the best instructors in the industry.

    Career Services

    Navigate Houston’s top jobs with the help of our Career Services team

    Entering the job market can be intimidating, and we get it. That’s why we have 1-on-1 career coaches who will be with you every step of the way to ensure you land a job after graduation… and, sometimes, even before graduation.

    Money-Back Guarantee

    Flatiron students change careers with confidence thanks to our money-back guarantee: you’ll receive a job offer within six months, or we’ll refund your full tuition. (See eligibility terms.)

    Dedicated Career Coaching

    Career coaches mentor our students through an effective job search via resume review, mock interviews, and strategies for building a job opportunity pipeline and getting a foot in the door at top-choice companies.

    A Proven Job Search Framework

    After years of helping students get hired, we’ve developed a proven framework for leading a successful job search. Nearly every single student who has followed these guidelines has been hired.

    Download our Jobs Reports
    Admissions

    What the admissions process looks like

    We don’t just admit individual students to our program; we curate a community, cultivating a diversity of thought and experience.

    Application process

    What we look for

    1. Apply

    Submit a written application. Tell us about yourself and why you want to join our community.

    Passion

    Above all, we love code. We bring together people who see it as a craft and want to be great at it — not just for their careers or as a means to an end, but as an end in and of itself.

    2. Admissions Interview

    Chat with an Admissions Advisor. This is an opportunity for us to get to know each other a little better. Nothing technical — just a friendly conversation.

    Aptitude

    Flatiron students are smart. Aptitude for programming is represented as much in math majors as in piano players. But it’s the rare combination of creativity and analytical ability that makes our students truly shine.

    3. Technical Review

    After writing and submitting some code on Learn.co, you’ll attend a live coding session with an instructor to discuss it and see how it can be improved. You’ll then be notified of your status within 48 hours.

    Culture

    We don’t admit students. We craft a class. A lawyer, journalist, and pro-athlete will do more interesting things together than three of any one background.

    Application process

    • 1. Apply

      Submit a written application. Tell us about yourself and why you want to join our community.

    • 2. Admissions Interview

      Chat with an Admissions Advisor. This is an opportunity for us to get to know each other a little better. Nothing technical — just a friendly conversation.

    • 3. Technical Review

      After writing and submitting some code on Learn.co, you’ll attend a live coding session with an instructor to discuss it and see how it can be improved. You’ll then be notified of your status within 48 hours.

    What we look for

    • Passion

      Above all, we love code. We bring together people who see it as a craft and want to be great at it — not just for their careers or as a means to an end, but as an end in and of itself.

    • Aptitude

      Flatiron students are smart. Aptitude for programming is represented as much in math majors as in piano players. But it’s the rare combination of creativity and analytical ability that makes our students truly shine.

    • Culture

      We don’t admit students. We craft a class. A lawyer, journalist, and pro-athlete will do more interesting things together than three of any one background.

    Program Dates

    Cohorts begin every three weeks. If accepted, there is pre-work to complete before joining us on campus for the immersive program.

    Questions?

    Talk with our admissions team — they’re here to help.

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    Tuition, Financing & Scholarships

    Find the right tuition plan for you

    Loan
    Finance for as low as
    $
    463/month
    (for 36 months + $1k deposit)

    Dedicated to making our programs more accessible, we offer competitive financing options through Skills Fund, and Climb, two industry-leading accelerated learning financing companies.

    Pay Upfront
    Full tuition fee
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    Scholarships

    As a part of our ongoing effort to support diversity in tech, Flatiron is pleased to offer various scholarships to qualified women, minorities, and veterans, as well as merit-based scholarships. Schedule a Q&A with our Admissions team to hear more about our open scholarships.

    Alumni

    Meet the next generation of technologists

    Be inspired

    • “I’ve never felt so empowered. Because developers are so in demand, I can work at a small company, large company, or freelance. I can work in finance, fashion, or at a startup. Having the peace of mind that you are not a slave to your current career is an unparalleled gift. The program itself was perfect. I learned to love to code. I learned that I can learn anything. The teachers, the support from everyone in the community, during the program and during the job search afterwards. Top-notch.” Read more

      Sarah Stroh

      Sarah Stroh

      Financial Consultant turned Lead Software Engineer, Quizzify

    • “Something that impressed me about Flatiron School was their emphasis on selecting social, awesome people — almost as a conscious effort to break and change the stereotype about developers being dry, quiet people who don’t like to socialize. Find empathetic, good people first — then make good developers out of them. When I came here, it was a roomful of people like that.” Read more

      Stephanie Oh

      Stephanie Oh

      Artist Manager turned Product Manager, inMarket

    • “I wake up in the morning now and smile on my way to work. When I’m not in front of a computer, I find myself writing code in my head, trying to solve earlier coding challenges. If you like puzzles, want to change your life, consume and be consumed by code, and have an amazing experience where you learn with the greatest efficiency you ever have in your life, go to Flatiron School.” Read more

      Chris Guthrie

      Chris Guthrie

      Stock Trader turned VP, Software Engineering, BlackRock

    • “Coding is not a means to an end in itself, but rather it’s the gateway that makes everything else attainable. Being able to build a software tool or product allows you to come extremely close to having a profound effect on the things you care about. It is meant to bridge the gap between your dreams and reality. I didn’t find that in high school or college. I found that at Flatiron.” Read more

      Ian Miller

      Ian Miller

      Internal Tools Engineer, Percolate Inc.

    • “I was challenged like I never had been while at the same time the most engaged I’d ever been in my academic life. I worked on projects and gave my first technical talk alongside new lifelong friends. I learned the most valuable skills of my life — both technically through code and logistical thinking and personally about myself.” Read more

      Chloe Lee

      Chloe Lee

      Marketing Manager turned Software Engineer, Do Something

    • “Flatiron School’s approach to teaching technology is not to teach every tool you’d ever need but to give you a framework that helps you identify what tools to learn next, and to teach you how to go about doing that efficiently.” Read more

      William Jeffries

      William Jeffries

      Chief Technology Officer, Heat Seek NYC & Software Developer, Stride Consulting



    FAQ

    You have questions; we have answers

    • Where can I attend Flatiron School's Software Engineering immersive course?

      Students can attend Flatiron School’s flagship coding bootcamp at our NYC campus (11 Broadway), our Washington, D.C. campus located in WeWork White House (1440 G St NW), Houston (708 Main Street), San Francisco (995 Market Street), Atlanta (1175 Peachtree St NE), Seattle (1411 4th Ave), Chicago, Austin (316 W 12th St), Denver (2420 17th St) or our London campus located in WeWork Finsbury Pavement (131 Finsbury Pavement). To compare program dates by location, you can toggle between campuses via the “Location” dropdown at the top of the page or in the side menu.

    • Is there a deadline by which to apply?

      Admissions are conducted on a rolling basis, so we continue to accept new applications until the course is filled. Therefore, there is no deadline to apply by – though the sooner you get your application in, the better we are able to prioritize it. Because our classes fill up well in advance of the start date, we recommend applying at least 8 weeks before your desired course date. This allows us 2-3 weeks to conduct the application process and accounts for time to complete the mandatory 100 hours of pre-work, which most students report takes at least 3 weeks.

    • How do I know I’m learning? What happens if I fall behind?

      Our modular structure means you’ll always know that you’re gaining the competencies to become a software engineer — and it gives us the opportunity to see who might need more mentorship to get there. Because our curriculum builds cumulatively, each module concludes with a 1:1 instructor review to check in on your progress and make sure you’ve gained a strong understanding before we add more concepts on top of it in the next module. If you don’t pass the review, you’ll receive additional direct mentorship to solidify your understanding and take it again. If you don’t pass this time, you’ll have the opportunity to repeat the full three-week module at no extra cost. You can repeat a module once; if you don’t pass the second time through, you will be asked to leave the program for a partial refund. Partial refunds are determined based on the number of weeks in the program.  For more information contact admissions@flatironschool.com.

    • What is the schedule like?

      Students are on campus for 15 weeks Monday – Friday from 9am – 6pm. Our campus is open 24/7 to students and we often find them working hard at all hours to finish homework and projects. Students find it extremely difficult to have any other commitments during their studies such as a part-time job.

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