The Iron Yard exists to create exceptional growth and mentorship for people, their companies and their ideas through code education and startup accelerators.
I once heard our good friend Aarron Walter talk about developing the MailChimp brand from the very beginning, which is a great story. One point he made doesn’t often come to mind when we think about the word ‘brand’: copywriting. A brand is many things, but the importance of the words—voice and tone, as they […]
Every week, we share some of the amazing stories that we get to hear from our students as they struggle (and succeed) at becoming software developers. These stories are their own, in their own words, and sometimes raw and uncut. But they are real and authentic, just as they should be.
We are thrilled to introduce Jason Perry, who joined our Tampa Bay team in May as a Ruby on Rails instructor. Jason has been a huge part of the tech community in the Tampa Bay area for years. He knows what employers are looking for and how to equip students with the right skills. Speaking of skills, […]
Every week we share some of the amazing stories that we get to hear about from our students as they struggle (and succeed) at becoming software developers. These stories are their own, in their own words, and sometimes raw and uncut. But they are real and authentic, just as they should be.
Spatial Networks, one of our hiring partners in Tampa Bay, recently published a press release about the local tech industry, The Iron Yard and hiring our graduates. Their company produces great products like Fulcrum, a mobile data collection tool. Congrats to Tony Gaeta, who graduated from our Rails Engineering course in Tampa Bay and joined the […]
We’re always blown away by the commitment of our staff to our students and our mission. This past semester, our Front End Engineering Instructor JD Isaacks wowed us again. JD was hired as a second Front End Engineering Instructor in Atlanta, but jumped at the opportunity to teach for a semester in Florida. He literally packed […]
Every week we share some of the amazing stories that we get to hear about from our students as they struggle (and succeed) at becoming software developers. These stories are their own, in their own words, and sometimes raw and uncut. But they are real and authentic, just as they should be.
Every once in a while we like to dive a bit deeper with one of our graduates of our code school and touch base with them to see where they’ve been since leaving the cohort and program. These candid one-on-one interviews allow us to ask some of the “meatier” and more introspective questions. Recently, Eric […]
People interested in our inaugural courses in Little Rock are in for something great: we’ve partnered with Winrock International to to offer $60,000 in scholarships towards for our courses starting on June 29th. Little Rock is home to multiple innovative programs and tech companies. The Venture Center and the AR Innovation Hub have built homes for all […]
Every week we share some of the amazing stories that we get to hear about from our students as they struggle (and succeed) at becoming software developers. These stories are their own, in their own words, and sometimes raw and uncut. But they are real and authentic, just as they should be.
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