WeWork to launch Access Labs, a Flatiron School for low-income New Yorkers
If you’ve been wondering what WeWork would do with the acquisition of the Flatiron School, here’s an early answer. WeWork tells Technical.ly exclusively that it will open a new program this spring at...
View ArticleIs the coding bootcamp dead? Thinkful plans expansion with $9.6 million raise
2017 seemed like a bad year for coding bootcamps. Both the Iron Yard and Dev Bootcamp closed up shop. In bigger names, the Flatiron School was bought by WeWork, and one Brooklyn graduate spoke out with...
View ArticleA Brooklyn high-schooler takes on the world
When an enemy spacecraft is bearing down on you at warp speed, intent on obliterating every molecule of your being, it’s imperative that you take action, post-haste. But not everyone is equally adept....
View ArticleVolunteers wanted to teach code in Brooklyn schools
This is the third year of the #HourOfCode challenge, in which nearly all of the 500 public schools in the borough take an hour out of the day during the week and teach their students computer...
View ArticleWhy the Flatiron School landed in hot water with the New York Attorney General
We recently reported that WeWork had acquired the Flatiron School. Our coverage regrettably left out a significant detail: just two weeks before WeWork’s announcement, the New York Attorney General’s...
View ArticleWith WeWork and Flatiron School merger, coding bootcamps are set to proliferate
This year hasn’t been the kindest to coding schools. Over the summer, two of them — Dev Bootcamp and The Iron Yard — closed. But WeWork is still bullish on their potential, apparently. This week, the...
View ArticleEtsy worker recounts the time she really messed up and people didn’t freak out
There’s a deeply wonderful thread making its way around Reddit about a young dev on his or her first day at a new job where they accidentally deleted a database and got fired on the spot. Redditors...
View ArticleWhich coding bootcamp is best for you? 6 things to consider
In the past five years, New York’s coding bootcamp industry has grown significantly. The growth is good in many ways. A growing market with more competition means more choices for students and greater...
View ArticleHere’s what one Brooklyn dev says you should know about coding schools
After nearly eight years working at an Apple Genius Bar and pursuing creative writing, Kyla Massey decided to switch things up and learn to code. The promise of a good-paying developer job beckoned....
View Article7 ways Brooklynites can start learning to code for free
For many people, the road to coding starts with free courses, either online or in person. Bootcamps, jobs, meetups, they all come later, but first things first, coders-to-be want to see if they have...
View ArticleHow this Brooklyn designer learned tech isn’t all about code
In her spare time, Datrianna Meeks loves to geek out on podcasts. Among her favorites: Revision Path, Another Round and Note to Self. So that makes her recent career move, as a senior product designer...
View Article10 Brooklyn design firms you should know
One of Brooklyn’s main competitive advantages is the creativity of the people who live and work here. Many of the world’s best looking products and advertisements are born here, so it’s worth getting...
View ArticleGet $500 off Flatiron’s Online Web Developer Program by joining our email list
Wanna break into the tech world but need to develop some skills first? NYC-based Flatiron School is partnering with Technical.ly to give you $500 off its Online Web Developer Program through April...
View ArticleSharpen up your dev skills and help others do the same: Brooklyn Coded
Learn about different coding languages and teach other people about what you know Tuesday night at the Brooklyn Coded meetup. “Bring your projects, your knowledge, and a willingness to share what you...
View ArticleInstall an airhorn on your laptop’s ~ key. Why not?
Interesting people doing cool things. It’s what we have here in Brooklyn. One of them, tech poet Todd Anderson has made some nice lil improvements to the internet, but none are quite as fun as his new...
View ArticleWant to make the tech world better? Join ScriptEd and teach kids to code
Computer programmers are among the most privileged laborers of any profession. That has to do not with some generalized temperament they share, or the sometimes bonkers amounts of money that get thrown...
View ArticleThere’s now a free tech bootcamp for Brooklyn’s unemployed and underserved
The newest resident of Bushwick’s old Pfizer building is a bootcamp that rivals General Assembly and the Flatiron School but is only available to unemployed or otherwise underserved people. With 3,000...
View ArticleStartup vets open full-stack design shop in Brooklyn
A new product design company is starting up in Brooklyn, led by startup vets Elan Miller and Courtney Zalewski. Called Midnight, the firm looks to partner with startups looking to get products to...
View ArticleHey, devs: Use this free, privacy-protecting, customizable social share button
Some think that big innovations happen as strokes of genius: the iPod came out of the brain of Steve Jobs in a lightning bolt, gravity hit Isaac Newton on the head, a hunter gatherer in the Neolithic...
View ArticleBrew up a website in a night
Want to create a personal or ecommerce website but don’t want to take a weeknight off from your regimen of getting blitzed? Not to worry, Weebly and the Brooklyn Brewery are here to help you out. On...
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