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  Why Creativity Makes For Great Programmers at Flatiron School

  

  Amanda D’Avria

  Updated on June 6, 2016

  You know the stereotypes of the creative-minded artist and the technically-minded programmer. One with the creative writing degree but lost when it comes to tech; the other focused on computer science but too mechanical to be imaginative. One whose workshop is the artist’s studio or co...

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  Announcing our Full Flatiron School Immersive Scholarship in NYC

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on October 21, 2020

  THE WINNER: Congrats to Jessica H., the recipient of the Course Report Flatiron Scholarship! Because there were so many amazing applicants, Flatiron School also decided to award a Learn scholarship to Dallin W. Thank you so much for applying, and keep an eye out for our next full scholarship!  THE SCHOLARSHIP Flatiron School has been a leader in immersive codi...

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  Alumni Spotlight: Aravind of NYC Data Science Academy

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on June 2, 2016

  Aravind is no stranger to statistics and analytics- he has a Master’s degree in Statistics from Columbia and has been working as an Analyst at a global investment firm building statistical models. But Aravind wanted to strengthen his programming and machine learning skills, so he considered his...

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  Instructor Spotlight: Daniel Oostra of Coding Dojo DC

  

  Imogen Crispe

  Updated on June 1, 2016

  Dan Oostra has been programming and working with computers for 30 years, and was a NASA applications developer when he decided to join Coding Dojo. Now he is Lead Instructor and Site Captain for the new Coding Dojo DC campus which opens on June 20th. Dan tells us how he first got into coding w...

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  May 2016 Coding Bootcamp News Roundup + Podcast

  

  Imogen Crispe

  Updated on May 31, 2016

  Welcome to the May 2016 Course Report monthly coding bootcamp news roundup! Each month we look at all the happenings from the coding bootcamp world, from acquisitions, to new bootcamps, to collaborations with universities, and also various reports and studies. Read below or...

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  Campus Spotlight: Inceptures Software School Fort Lauderdale

  

  Imogen Crispe

  Updated on October 21, 2020

  Inceptures Software School is about to start its first class in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. It’s a six-month part-time full-stack programming school inside a web development agency, where students learn on evenings and weekends. We spoke to Inceptures Software School Academic Director Simon Bacquie about how the school’s...

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  Watch Demo Videos and Compare Online Coding Bootcamps

  

  Imogen Crispe

  Updated on December 1, 2025

  What is it like to study at an online coding bootcamp? How will you interact with your instructors, mentors and other students? And will your learning portal be a place you look forward to learning each day? We have done the research and asked some of the most popular online bootcamps to give us w...

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  Landing a Job after Startup Institute

  

  Imogen Crispe

  Updated on May 19, 2016

  Multidisciplinary tech bootcamp Startup Institute aims to prepare all their students to find great jobs they can excel in after they graduate. Startup Institute has already published an outcom...

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  Watch a Demo: General Assembly's Web Development Immersive Remote

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on September 25, 2020

  In this webinar, we’re excited to be joined by Adi Hanash, the lead of Online Education at General Assembly. Adi has been building out the online version of the...

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  Watch a Demo: Thinkful's Flexible Web Development Bootcamp

  

  Imogen Crispe

  Updated on May 17, 2016

  Melanie is a student studying remotely from Toronto with Thinkful's part-time Flexible Web Development Bootcamp​, and she shared with us what it’s like to learn to code online. We talked to Melanie about why she chose to do an online bootcamp rather than an in-person course, the difference between Code School and Thinkful, and Melan...

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