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Imogen CrispeUpdated on June 15, 2016Jennifer Sardina had a lot of interesting jobs, as a foreign language teacher, a chemistry lab technician, a health coach, and a full-time mom. But she wanted a career. She had never been interested in computers before, but when her brother gave her a programming book, she couldn’t put it do...Continue Reading →- Imogen CrispeUpdated on June 15, 2016Ashi started learning to code at age 6, and has since worked at NOAA, Google, Dev Bootcamp, and is now an instructor at women’s coding bootcamp Grace Hopper Academy in New York City. We spoke to Ashi about why it’s...Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on December 6, 2019Pat Poels is the VP of Engineering at Eventbrite, and since 2012, he has hired several software engineers from Hackbright Academy, a Python coding bootcamp for women in San Francisco. Here, Pat answers all of our questions about his experience hiring from a coding bootcamp, why he values engineers with non-traditional b...Continue Reading →
- Christine ZimmermanUpdated on April 16, 2020User experience is a science as much as it is an art. This makes it an attractive career choice for technologists who enjoy working with people as much as they love building products. What does it take to launch your career as a user experience designer? What skills and experiences are most important to hiring managers seeking junior UX designers? We went straight to hiring managers to find o...Continue Reading →
- Imogen CrispeUpdated on June 8, 2016[As of October 13, 2017, The Iron Yard will no longer be operating.] After working with the state of Florida to get licensed as a post-secondary education institution, The Iron Yard is ready to hit the ground running, teaching ...Continue Reading →
- Imogen CrispeUpdated on June 7, 2016As a technical writer for 12 years, Zee Adams had always loved new technology, but when she decided to start her own business she realized she needed to learn to code. Now Zee is four months into the two-year, full-time full stack program atContinue Reading →
- Imogen CrispeUpdated on June 7, 2016Joseph Alves was a self-taught PHP and JavaScript programmer for five years before he stepped into an instructor role at Fullstack Academy in NYC last January, so his unique perspective as a teacher is crucial to anyone...Continue Reading →
- Amanda D’AvriaUpdated on June 6, 2016You 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 ...Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on October 21, 2020THE 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 ...Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on June 2, 2016Aravind 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 considere...Continue Reading →
