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Flatiron School and Meteor offer 15 young women full scholarships
Flatiron School and Meteor believe that programming and computer science education should be accessible to everyone. That's why we're pleased to announce a partnership to offer 15 full scholarships to attend Flatiron Pre-College Academy in spring 2016! The Meteor Web Development Scholarship will cover full tuition for accepted New York City residents, valued at $1,500/person. By the end […]
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Let’s Git Started: A Beginner’s Guide to Version Control Software
This blog is part of a continuous series that highlights experiences, insights, and tutorials from learning developers at Flatiron School in Web and iOS. What is version control? Simply put, version control is collaborative history tracking. This means if a group of people are working on a project — be it software or otherwise — they […]
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Flatiron School Alumna Featured in Technical.ly
Emily Lowing has a broad set of interests, from roller derby to reading sci-fi novels — but one of her biggest loves is code. After graduating from Flatiron School, she's now a developer at PromptWorks, and has been featured on Tehcnical.ly. Check out the website here to listen to a podcast about her life as a […]
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Flatiron School Part of White House Tech Hire Initiative
If Flatiron School is known for one thing, it's giving people the skills they need for jobs they truly love. The White House has featured Flatiron School's Fellowship program on their website to promote Tech Hire — an initiative for people with low-income wages to boost their quality of life and address the nation's growing […]
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The Father of Ruby: Yukihiro Matsumoto
You may not have heard Yukihiro Matsumoto’s name before, but it’s almost guaranteed you know his life’s work. Matsumoto (Matz for short) taught himself programming in high school and went on to graduate from the University of Tsukuba with a degree in information science. While there, he partook in a research lab and continued to […]
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Flatiron School Featured in EdTech Magazine
D. Frank Smith wrote an article at EdTech highlighting the booming popularity of coding — and how Flatiron School is filling that much-needed gap in lieu of traditional education settings. Click here to read more about the Pre-College Academy and how Flatiron School finds fantastic teachers.
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Justin Kestler: Advancing Literature in the Digital Age [Q&A]
If you attended high school any time after 1999, odds are you’ve read Justin Kestler’s work. As the original editor-in-chief of SparkNotes, Justin taught himself rudimentary web development and went on to become the senior managing director of digital for Teach for America (TFA). After his experience there, Justin knew he needed more technical training, […]