Flatiron School

I had an amazing time at Flatiron. If you are new to programming I would highly recommend this program for how conducive it is to learning. The environment on campus in NYC was amazing. Everybody is incredibly welcoming and for such an intense program the feel around campus is light and really allows you to have fun while learning. The curriculum is very clear and goes in an order that makes sense, going from super basic to advanced. While it is fast paced, you will not find another program that does a better job at catering to their students both on campus and post grad. The teachers do a solid job, some are better than others, but the student teachers are what really really helps. In the case of my cohort they were more than willing to stay late to help and even come in on weekends. B...

The online data science bootcamp prep course on learn.co was the best online course I have taken. Before applying to flatiron, I took multilpe online python/data science courses (Udemy, codecademy, edex, etc.). So, when I started this one I quicly realized I was learning fundamentals that many didn't touch on. What I loved the most was that they are preparing you to do the data science immersive program, but they want you to be a great programmer as well. Instead of simply teaching you libraries that will be useful, they teach you the basics and build onto it. I was challenged and I learned so much. The bootcamp prep was definitely a huge factor in my decision to go to flatiron--along with all the feedback I received from alumni at campus events and ones I randomly met. I can't wait to ...

I'm currently working my way through this course in preparation for the program. I've done some other self-teaching programs online and this has definitely been the best free resource I've found. I think it does a good job of walking the line between being manageable/understandable and challenging enough to really improve your skills. The chat feature is also very helpful and the response times are great, so if you ever do get stuck it's easy to find the help you need.

I initially started self-learning on Codecademy and found that there weren't enough practice problems for all of the material to stick long term. After finding Flatiron's Bootcamp Prep Course, I was making notable progress. I've since completed the course and in my experience, it was the best free resource for learning the fundamentals.

The course is designed so that you're required to think pragmatically which helps improve upon your problem-solving abilities. What's also super neat is that there's a chat function to ask instructors and peers for help if you get stuck on a problem. The response rate is within seconds and the responses have been extremely helpful every time!

Before doing the Flatiron Bootcamp Prep I was self teaching myself from various sources including a free cource on web development from Udacity and a course I purchased from Udemy.

Learning from the first two methods I always got confused when I got to Javascript Arrays. I just could not grasp the concept. It wasn't until I started the Flatiorin bootcamp prep that the lesson on Arrays started to click.

The way the lessons build on each other in the Flatiron prep is very helpful. What is more helpful is the ability to interact with your code through their IDE (integrated development environment) learning system.

Through this I learned how to problem solve and understand better the errors I was making in my code.

Since completing the bootcamp prep I have been accepted into...

This is a great program! The instructors really work with everyone to make sure the information is well understood. The school also pairs a career coach with each student to make sure everyone finds a job. If you're unsure about the program, you can do the free bootcamp prep and see how all the lessons and labs work. I definitely recommend you try it out!

I decided to write a review to share my experience with online coding Bootcamps as I was confused before joining the flatiron school virtual campus.

Background: BS in Mechanical engineering, 10 years experience in the mechanical design, Mother of a toddler and 8 years old boy, super supportive family.

Timeline:
2016 - 2017 think about persuading a master degree in CS from a reputable institution.
Feb 2018 - Enrolled at Flatiron online web developer program
July 2018 - Graduated
Oct 2018 - got an offer and start a new position as a Programmer Analyst

School:
The curriculum is basically designed to let you digest what you learnt in the lessons in a non traditional way. The lessons, aren't just tutorials you have to follow, rather, every lesson tailed with assignment to f...

I decided with my husband that we both wanted to go back to school and learn software engineering. It was a bit of an endeavor of course, but I am thankful that the school offered a free boot camp prep so I could feel out the program and see if it was achievable to take on going to school. The boot camp prep for the most part was pretty easy for follow along and I really liked doing the labs. At times, it was challenging, but as long as you’re comfortable asking questions or looking things up at times, you’ll do just fine. I was also very thankful that the school worked with me on financing the program (as it was a bit challenging to budget two people in the house doing this program!) I am still in the course work and I have enjoyed the experience so far. Everyone has been very nice and...

Flatiron School's free Bootcamp Prep, for me, was a great refresher for HTML, CSS, and Javascript and completely taught me everything I know about Ruby. The Javascript and Ruby portions went over the basics, but also included lots of practice problems to solve, so you can start feeling more comfortable and confident when looking at functions and data structures. To me it seemed like a lot of this prep was learning and getting comfortable with Ruby, going into debugging, loops, classes, and a lot of projects. I was hesitant to learn Ruby at first, but after constantly using it and learning more about it, I've come to really enjoy thinking in Ruby. It's fun!
After completing this course I really felt I came a long way from when I started and I'm happy to report that was accepted into ...

Doing the Flatiron Bootcamp Prep course changed my perception of what it takes to be a coder in the real world. The difference in my perception and understanding of what it takes to be a coder increased exponentially once I started using it, compared to the other free online resources I had used. The best way I can describe it is like having stabilizers removed after you've learned how to control a bike. The Bootcamp Prep course teaches you how to think and solve problems as well as teaching you key concepts, which really helps to solidify your learning, and prepares you for coding in the real world outside of a learning environment. The best part is it's completely free, can't recommend it highly enough, invaluable resource if you're thinking of applying to a coding bootcamp!

This is a great introductory course of around 75 hours covering the basics of Python, giving you a flavor of what's to come with the full Data Science course offered at Flatiron. There are lots of challenging labs and the learning curve is quite steep, but the content is very clear and well-written - so it's a rewarding process to work through the material. Highly recommended for anyone considering this as a career path, I'd say it's great value for money but that would be meaningless as - to top it all off, it's absolutely free!

I was shocked and delighted by the quality of Flatiron's free bootcamp prep curriculum. Having initially tried once or twice to find some free, online introductions to front-end programming, I had become used to platforms that--despite making big promises up front--only offered confusing, unhelpful, or overwhelming lessons that left me in the dark without any sense of progress made. Flatiron's bootcamp prep could not have been more different: evenly-paced, comprehensive, and with skill-testing labs at regular intervals to put your education into practice.

Even more impressive was the constant availability of Flatiron instructors & experts, even for the free bootcamp prep students like myself. On maybe five or six different occasions throughout the dozens and dozens of hours of onlin...

Flatiron bootcamp prep is both challenging and motivating. They really take pride in teaching future engineers. I even learned a thing or two from my technical interview. I am excited to be part of the Oct 29 cohort. As a former charter school teacher, I am not at all afraid of hard work and am excited to help fix and build things.

I've been taking dev courses here and there but was getting nowhere without consistent practice. Then I decided to get serious and took Flatiron School Bootcamp - online program. I was a bit skeptical, to be honest. But decided to go with it because it was month-to-month and I could cancel any month. Soon enough I was writing my first project from scratch. I think Flatiron has a very strong curriculum. It is built in a smart way of pushing you towards learning how to learn in the first place. I would totally recommend checking it out, especially since they have free prep-course to get a feel of the learning platform. Another big plus is career support at the end.

The prep work is a great introduction into Python because it's segmented by topics, and those topics are segmented to give your brain a break. And it's nice that all the topics build upon one another. For those coming from a not-so-technical background, this prep work is great because they explain the math concepts very well. And for those coming from a math background and/or little coding background this prep work is definitely doable and maybe even easy for you!

I would suggest that the prep work be edited a bit - towards the end I found a couple of small errors that might confuse the person taking the prep work.

Having no Python experience and little coding history, I was nervous when I found out about the technical interview portion of the Immersive Data Science Bootcamp application process. With the help of the Bootcamp Prep Course, however, I had a boost of confidence and felt fully prepared for the interview. The material on Learn.co is comprehensive and interactive. Every concept introduced is accompanied by various examples, as well as a lab activity, which provides students the chance to apply these concepts. With the help of lab activities, I gained a better sense of topics I had mastered and of areas where there was still room for improvement. Whether planning on attending the Immersive Data Science Bootcamp or simply wanting an introduction to Python, I would highly recommend Flatiron...

I am happy I attended Flatiron. I enjoyed the community, learned a lot very quickly, and now I am employed as a software engineer.

I went to Flatiron immersive software engineering course. The bootcamp experience has changed my life in a lot of ways already. It's powerful knowledge. Most of the time at Flatiron you are building apps from scratch on teams, which is a great way to learn. You'll be expected to do a lot of work on your own as well. However, don't expect to be an expert after a bootcamp. There's always more to learn and you will be humbled every step of the way. In terms of the curriculum, the Ruby on Rails section is strong but the React labs were very buggy when I took the course. They're working on making it better but it will take a while. One of the biggest advantages of flatiron compared to other schools is the amazing career team. Flatiron has the best career team of any bootcamp by a large marg...

Easy to navigate, study groups are useful, and question chat with other students and teachers.

Well written curriculum, which gives you a very good idea what you will be getting in to.