Flatiron School

Coming from a background in business/management I joined Flatiron School to gain a technical skill. After completing the course I am now a Full-stack developer at Tried and Supplied, a recently launched start-up. I am the only developer on the team and I think that speaks to the level that Flatiron prepares you for.

At no point throughout my time at Flatiron School did I think 'I can not do this' and I think that is due to the incredible people there. At each stage, from admissions, instruction, to the careers team you have the support you need to get you through it.

I chose Flatiron because of their focus on diversity - not just gender or racial diversity but diverse occupational, cultural, age, economic background. I was a tattooer for 15 years and a high school dropout. Flatiron allowed me to successfully change my life and switch careers in my 30's. Started with the Free Bootcamp Prep course online - got accepted - graduated - had a brand new career within 2 months. I learned much more than just coding. I really wasn't sure at first that I could even get accepted, let alone graduate and get a job. It was one of the most difficult things I've ever done but one of the best - maybe the best decision I've ever made.

Flatiron immerses you in code (2 different languages) for almost 4 months so it naturally becomes your life. The culture is support...

I graduated from Flatiron School's immersive Web Development program in 2018. It is a great place to learn. The staff is committed to your success and even after graudation there is plenty of support to help you find a job. The best part of Flatiron is the community you build with both students and staff (a lot of the staff are former students). Most classes build really strong bonds that continue even after graduation. Some downsides are that a lot of the community building happens at happy hours on Fridays so if you don't drink it may be a bit harder to make connections but the people who didn't drink in my class were still well liked and included in any non-drinking activities.

Overall wonderful experience. I came to Flatiron as a recent college graduate with a CS degree, so I had a certain expectation with programming classes. I was pleasantly surprised by my experience at Flatiron. They have a great community where everyone is helping each other out. I did take issue with one instructor who wasn't as engaged with my class as the other instructors were, but they were all extremely helpful and approachable. The only main problem I had was with career services. Although I appreciated all of the tools they provided to help me look for a job, I felt once I received my first job offer, the school pushed me towards taking it just so they could add me to their jobs report. I could be pessimistic but it left a sour taste in my mouth. I would still recommend the cours...

I chose to go to Flatiron School, in the Manhattan campus, after a lot of heavy research and planning. I was between this cool and mt seconds choice, but after reading a review about Flatiron on Quora that seemed to emphasize the human aspect of coding, & the "bootcamp-prep" platform that Flatiron made available to you for free, I chose them.

There's a flexibility that's part of Flatiron's curriculum can be nerve racking because it really does all come down to how much work you can put in, in a short amount of time. And most likely that's being done while learning new material and in most cases while working on a module-specific pair programming project.

Ultimately, there are other coding bootcamps that are well known for being just as good, but there are no second chances, they h...

I graduated Flatiron School's online web development program at the end of the May and recommend them highly. I did a ton of research before enrolling in their program and they really have the best program out there. I felt supported and challenged during the whole process. The online tech coaching was invuable as I got stuck with trickier concepts.

After I graduated the career coaching was AWESOME. It was so helpful to me to have someone go over my resume and linkedin profile. I had weekly check ins with my career coach to help in my job search. It was really great and helped me to no end in landing my job!

For those like me starting out their coding journey, I strongly recommend Flatiron's Bootcamp Prep course. Whether or not you would like to do a bootcamp, this course is a great introduction to Javascript and Ruby, with lessons covering HTML and CSS as well. The topics are broken down into clear, concise, and useful labs. Best of all, the Ask A Question button allows you to get a speedy response whenever you get stuck. There are many great resources available to people starting out, but this is the only one that I have come across (outside of a paid program) that provides continued support while you work through the course at your own pace. Everyone I have interacted with at Flatiron has been friendly, supportive and professional. My experience with Bootcamp Prep led me to apply to thei...

I really enjoyed my experience with Flatiron's BootCamp prep.
The learn.co setup is satisfying in a myriad of ways. You learn what happens underneath the hood, as they explain what your code is doing. The problems are built on one another, increasing in complexity as you go. Another perk is if you're stuck on a problem, you can inquire about it in through the chat function, and someone will answer pretty quickly, no matter what time of day.
Everyone I've encountered has been really nice and helpful.

Flatiron has a free bootcamp prep class that is online and is a great resource if you want to move forward into a bootcamp class. I found the information very thorough and understandable. The best part about the Flatiron school bootcamp prep is the teaching assistants that are available for questions from 9AM- 1AM(midnight on weekends). They were an incredible resource- so helpful and willing to chat online, or do a screenshare via zoom. They were really an amazing asset and a great reason that I decided to apply to their full time bootcamp class, and thanks to their prep, I was accepted!!

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!