Flatiron School

I was enrolled in the immersive software engineering course and I graduated Jan 2019. The admission and technical interviews were straight forward and really smooth. I chose JavaScript for my technical interview. I would recommend to work on the free prep as much as you could when you are just applying for the course. I also found it very beneficial after I got accepted to do all the pre-work especially for my first week.

The insturctors are really good and they are available to ask questions about different tech topics even if it is not in the curriculum. Usually when we struggle with a lab we start by debugging and search for answers online, if this is not helpful then ask one of the technical coaches and then the instructors.

I was a self-taught developer for 2 years, learning HTML, CSS and JavaScript, which I struggled a lot with and I had some off time, around 6 months, because of JS but there was still plenty of things I need to learn about and that is why I took the decision to apply for Flatiron School where I've learned tones of new materials such as Ruby, Ruby on Rails, React and databases.

If you want to learn plenty in a short time then this is the right place and I wish you have a great cohort as mine which helped me a lot during the time I spent there. 

The school described on the website is not at all the 'school' that exists once you've paid your tuition. There are no experienced teachers (my cohort lead is a recent grad with no coding experience, no teaching experience and she generally pretty awful). They are not selective in the admission process - people are rushed through and encouraged so join (pay!) and then drop out en masse. I'm a third of the way through the program and my cohort of 35 is down to 10. The curriculum is old - often 4-5 year old videos with poor sound of other people being taught to code. There are endless 'known' issues with the learning environment not being up to date with changes to ruby. The standards are low and there's no accountability. The curriculum deviates from the syllabus on the website on day one. I have tried raising concerns with student services, and with Avi directly to no avail. The 'school' is opening up new campuses and expanding rapidly - but has a total churn-and-burn attitude towards students.

This is a review for the online Data Science bootcamp full time. The admission process was fairly easy; first, a video chat with someone from admissions and enrollments and then a technical interview, for this second interview they assume you have already gone through the preparation course, heads up: this is a free course open to anyone, and after you finished it they ask you to review it, so a lot of the reviews out there are from people who have NOT actually gone through the full program.
During the program it really depends of the instructor and the cohort, in my case there was nothing about the community feeling that they advertise, the instructors are nice but don’t expect much individual help unless you ask in the slack channel. Oh, and don’t even think about joining campus communities if you happen to live close to one, the campus directors will treat you as an outsider-space invader.
The material was difficult to follow, they introduce new concepts and finish with “don’t worry you will learn more on this later”, so the topics shift back and fort. The instructor never reviews the labs and you don’t get a grade or an official statement about the outcome of your projects. All notebooks are on Github and they encourage you to open issues if you find them; I found issues on every single notebook but as a full time student I really don’t want to spend time telling them about the issues they should have reviewed and updated before deploying the notebook. It struck me as a little bit odd that one of the labs was exactly the same as it appeared in a website that I happened to land while searching more about that topic; I’m not a lawyer but it got me thinking about where they source the materials from and how much of this is original content.
When you are approaching the end of the program, a career coach comes along with a bunch of more Jupyter notebooks about how to set up your resume, linkedIn profile, attend meetups, etc. Is not like they have a list of places asking for placements, they just push you to apply to every single job post that includes the words data and analysis; I myself have not yet landed a job. (I will update the review later on this as I still have a couple of months left before reimbursement, if that happens to be the case)

PROS
- A lot of material and resources, they do a good job putting together all related topics.
- The platform is easy to navigate.
- Instructors and coaches are nice.
- WeWork hotdesk membership for one year.
- Good education coaches.
 

CONS
- Almost every single notebook has misspellings, incomplete or poorly redacted paragraphs.
- Some lab solutions are completely wrong.
- No feedback on labs as they don’t get reviewed.
- You learn online but you learn alone.
- No information if a project is passed or not.
- Career services are not a staffing company; they just ask you to apply yourself for as many jobs as you find.

In conclusion, be prepared as you will go through probably 2 years of college in 5 months + one month for the capstone project.

**I have also posted this review on Switchup.

I attended Flatiron School London on the third bootcamp cohort. The support and community values were exactly what I needed when taking on such an intense curriculum. Not only is the teaching and material excellent, the career prep coaching played a key part in my job search. I received a job offer (at what flatiron advertised as the average starting salary) within 2 weeks of finishing the course. The instructors really did go above and beyond anything I had expected. My new job is great but leaving flatiron was pretty emotional.​

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'm an alum from the Flatiron school's online web development program.  I really enjoyed the program and feel like the curriculum was really well designed.  Most lessons are short enough that you can feel like you are getting something done even if you only have an hour at a time to dedicate to the program, which was huge for me as I was working full time while going through the program.  The instructors were also really great - they have a lot of knowledge and I always felt like I learned a lot when I had a project review.  I was planning to transition to the job I have now (within the same company) when I started this program, so I can't say that Flatiron school got me my job, but it's the reason I am prepared for it and doing well.  I did still go through the career services track and still found it really valuable - even without the job searching aspect.       

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 have the right to tell you that you can't work for certain companies because they'll pay you too little for them to be able to start taking back the money you owe them, or they're just plane cut throat places where only finishing is the objective.

Flatiron was a very safe space, which manages to squeeze in some Redux & Bcrypt lessons towards the end of the modules. These are some very important lessons that will surely come into play when interviewing at future startups that want to know that you're capable of picking up some slack if need be.

The groups themselves can be very organic and helpful, as much as they can be the opposite. But in the end it's really up to every individual of the group to try to be warm and friendly, and approach all of your collegues questions with openness.

Avi, the founder will come by to give you a life changing talk, which even though he's given it at the start of every mod, he never seems to lose the passion with which he tells it.

Don't listen to friend that might tell you that it's not worth it, that you need to go back to get a computer science degree or that you need to attend some community college courses. If you've saved up for the adventure, please join without hesitation.

There's a career fair that's very helpful for graduates, usually around 2 technical coaching fellows that your specific mod is given that will follow you throughout Ruby, Ruby on Rails with some SQL and Postgres, Javascript and React.

You will need to learn not only to pair program, but also how to speak up when things may need to change as well as speaking up so that your friends in your group can give you some perspective on solving a bug.

I moved from Florida to New York, and am currently working at a small startup. This place will give you the skills and resume to be neck in neck with other jr. devs in the area.

I still chat with my cohort all the time on Discord, and we continue to help each other through our interviews. This will be one of the hardest learning processes you undertake because of the time in which you need to learn. But as long as your prepare mentally, you can make it through! This amazing program has taught me that anything is possible when you have the right teaching staff.

People from all age ranges & backgrounds learn and grow with you, and it will definitley become one of your proudest accomplishments.

Flatiron School's online bootcamp prep shows how much effort they're willing to put into your success. They offer the prep coursework for free - you get to try out coding and see if it's worth your time/money and they get to know your work ethic/dedication level. The difference with Flatiron is that they WANT successful gradauates, their name and reputation depends on it. To this end, they go out of their way to provide a robust, easy to understand platform filled with instructional guidance and hands-on leanring. Very much recommended!

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 their in-person bootcamp, which I look forward to starting in the next few months. Many thanks Flatiron School for this helpful course!

I graduated from Flatiron School's Online Full Stack Development Program in March 2018 and I just accepted an apprenticeship at dream company in Philly. My experience at Flatiron School has been truly wonderful. The curriculum design which is always up to date with industry standards is simply genius which along with plenty of hands-on coding challenges/labs makes learning fun and effective. I was amazed by how much I learned and portfolio projects that I created while at Flatiron School helped me to present myself more strongly to companies I was interviewing with. Another great and unique thing about Flatiron School is its community support. Help is always available whenever you need. No need to book an appointment and wait for your turn! I never felt alone while learning to code. I made some great friends too! Instructors are friendly approachable and always there to help. They really know their stuff too. If you are looking for a place to learn and have fun, and where people are just as passionate for coding as you are, Flatiron Shcool is the place to go. I will highly recommend it because I really want you to succeed in your coding journey!!    

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!!