Ironhack

Prior to attending Ironhack I worked as a teacher and coded whenever I was able to find the time. As I coded on my own, I would often find myself getting stuck, frustrated, and not knowing where to turn. After research and visiting several bootcamps in the Miami area, I decided to attend Ironhack for the full time web development course. One of the key factors in my decision was the desire to learn Javascript and the MEAN stack, since I knew they are popular and in-demand technologies of the web and Ironhack had recently re-vamped their curriculum to reflect that.

The staff at Ironhack is like a family; they do everything they can to make students feel a part of that family, as well as a part of the Miami tech scene. Marisa, Danny, and Alia are always checking in to make sure you fee...

I took Ironhack's Full Time Web Development course in Paris over the summer 2017. It was the first batch for the Paris Ironhack campus. My motivation for taking this course was to build up the skills necessary to code the prototype of a project I had a mind. Having finished the course 3 weeks ago, I can definitely now say: mission accomplished!

I'm today fully able to build a full-stack web app on my own and I knew close to nothing about web development on day 1. Disclaimer: I had had some coding experience some 10 years ago in unviveristy but nothing related to web development. Bottom line: I fully recommend taking this course in Paris.

Here are a few highlights:

The team (teaching and non-teaching) is amazing! They are very attentive, thoughtful and friendly
The course mater...

I'm sure you're reading this because your a skeptic. It's hard to believe that a course can teach Full-Stack Web Development in 9 weeks, and get you ready for a job in the field. Before I get into my review, let me preface it with a little information about myself. Prior to Ironhack, I worked as a line-cook, with no college and almost no programming knowledge. A week and a half after Ironhack ended, I had two full-time job offers to become a Web Developer. Now, it's not a magic wand, that will automatically give you a job. You have to work for it, and you have to love what you do. It is an intense course.

The intensity of the course, did teach me one of the most important things, when becoming a developer, and that is how to learn. The tech industry is constantly changing, and since ...

Ironhack is definitely one of the greatest decisions I have ever made. I went into the part-time course with the fear I would waste my money on a course that would ultimately leave me feeling unprepared for taking a role as a Web Developer. Instead what I found is the most supportive network of individuals who truly understood the sacrifice I was making and gave their everything to make this a worthwhile experience.

Not everything was perfect, especifically for Part Timers the variation in instructors was not conducive to the most stramlined way of learning, but they adressed these issues personally with us, assuring we still got everything we needed and did not feel left behind.

I definitely recommend Ironhack for anyone trying to make a change in their lives. I had been in Retai...

I went to Ironhack because I had a background in Computer Science but had little to zero experience with Web Development. I like that they gave us a pre-work exercise couple months before the bootcamp started so that everybody starts more or less at the same level. The location, building and stuff are super nice! Everybody is very friendly and willing to help. Our instructor Nizar is very knowledgeable and is a true Javascript ninja that can answer pretty much any question you might have about coding. Nizar is also very dedicated and truly loves coding which makes him an excellent mentor. Kevin and Ariel as TAs were very helpful and would stay with students even after hours to help which is great! Daniel Brito was very positive and knowledgeable. He is a placements manager and will do...

What is taught at Ironhack is the MEAN stack, which is incredibly valuable to learn as is one of the most demanding technologies on the market. Also, team work, resilience to frustration and how to overcome it was definitely a strong take away from the course.

I got a front-end job a week after I finish the Bootcamp, and I can say that is thanks to Ironhack, I think that says all about career impact. The learning content and interview preparation are both invaluable for succeeding on technical interviews.

The instructors are all experienced developers with years in the industry, therefore they don’t only teach you the technologies but also give you good advice on how to succeed as a developer and what companies are looking for.

Ironhack’s staff is awesome, they are always there...

Ironhack really struck a great balance between theoretical foundations from which to continue learning and broadening your skill-set, and practical skills that can make you a productive member of a dev team straight out of the gates. Nizar was a great instructor. His passion for teaching programming and helping students understand complex issues in the most basic terms was very evident. Josh was a great compliment to Nizar as they were both consistent in what they would teach but often took different approaches and perspectives to problems. The staff in general was very friendly and accomodating. You could tell while being around them that they all truly beleived in the mission of Ironhack and they took their rolls seriously. The comradery that the students developed in the classroom wa...

I attended the Ironhack Miami full time web development 9 week program for the summer of 2017. This program literally changed my life forever! I came with a background of computer science and studied outside of a traditional school, using free online tools such as codeacademy, treehouse, and tons of Youtube tutorials. I decided to move down to Florida and really challenge myself to become a real developer. The reason why I love Ironhack so much is that, they really start everyone at the same level, and break you down (mentally), so you can rebuild with the proper structure of becoming a web developer. Their approach is that the only real thing stopping you from learning to code, is truly yourself. The real battle is convincing yourself daily that you CAN DO THIS!!! dreams come true...

I went through the application process at three UX boot camps simultaneously. Ironhack immediately stood out to me in terms of The attention I received as a prospective student. I also felt like they had a grasp on the fact that teaching UX was a whole different animal than teaching coding, whereas it seemed some other schools just added it to the curriculum with zero research or understanding.

I interviewed with Marisa, Alia and, on my request, was also able to speak with Brito, the career placements manager. Each of them was very real and open with me, answering all my questions. Actually taking it a step further, because Alia made sure I had contact information for any former students I wanted to speak with.

When I was accepted to the program, I received personal phone calls fr...

I joined Ironhack due to my strong desire for self-directed learning, particularly programming. I entered Ironhack with prior experience as a front-end developer at an agency and a few computer science classes at college. I thought the course started off slowly and I had concerns about where I would be by the end of it. By the end of the course, I was extremely satisfied.

Nizar was a phenomenal instructor and took plenty of time to make sure we understood didfficult concepts. He's also a great, humorous guy we all got to know over the course of 9 weeks. Nizar is better than most college computer science professors I have had.

The Ironhack staff is welcoming and passionate about what they do everyday. They realize the risk we are taking and support us wholeheartedly.

I...

3 months at Ironhack is all it takes to change not only your career, but also your life. At first I was a little hesitant to start a bootcamp as I came from a Tourism/Hospitality background and had no Tech experience what so ever except from learning HTML and CSS (and a little bit of Wordpress) on my own. However, at some point I found myself stuck in my own learning process and decided to look into Ironhack. I was able to come by that same day for an introduction and that is where it all started. Now a couple months later, I am officially a Front End Web Developer at a modern and thriving company! For everyone thinking about doing this bootcamp, I have a few pieces of advise for you: First of all DO IT! It will be the best decision in your life! Also, put in the work. I am not going to...

I first considered joining Ironhack after attending one of the cohort's "hackshows." I found the students' final projects inspiring, and I realized that UX/UI design would be the perfect application for my creative problem solving skills. I applied, interviewed, and was accepted with a scholarship to the Spring 2017 cohort. I enjoyed my time in the course- learning lots, utilizing the amenities at Building, and meeting new people! In the end, I was able to create a very professional looking app within 2 weeks for my final project. I proudly presented it at our hackshow and realized that things had come full circle! :) The connections made and concepts learned were invaluable, as I was actually hired as a Product Designer by one of the Ironhack instructors after the course!

The most important thing I learned at Ironhack Other than MEAN stack and all things about JavaScript, is the fact that no matter how difficult a concept or computer language might seem at first, given enough time and practice, I will be able to figure it out. The fact that in class they encourage us to find solutions on our own, gave us the power to be self-sufficient. Project weeks are the best. Those are the moments when everything comes together, and you feel encourage to work hard and keep at it.

Nizar, our instructor was Amazing and his classes were fun! His patience and love for teaching is self evident. Also his vast knowledge is admirable.

Our T.A’s Kevin and Ariel they were both incredible. Although Kevin was a bit more approachable, Ariel dominates the subject incred...

I went in to Iron Hack’s web dev bootcamp after a couple of years of self study and crash coursing my way through contract development work. While I will always be proud of the achievement’s I made on my own, going to Ironhack has completely changed my career, the way I learn, and my understanding of programming. In retrospect I now know I knew just the surface of most elements of the development life cycle, and core logic of coding. Ironhack took me deep into the logic and overall understanding of software and because of that I can now proudly say I wake up each day feeling and knowing I am a full stack developer.

The staff at Ironhack went above and beyond to ensure everyone’s success. Nizar is one of the best instructors I have ever had, and I don’t say that lightly! His patience...

You can learn how to code on your own, with enough motivation, a computer, and internet connection; I really believe you can. So, why did I decide to join this bootcamp? Because making the transition from being someone who codes for fun to someone who gets paid to code is tough without the connections, it's tough without asking peers what has been like for them. Ironhack provided me with a supportive community full of people who inspired me and this is why I will forever love this place.

Nizar, our main instructor, is undeniably great at what he does. He truly wants you to get it, he is patient and dedicated. This is a genius developer who could be working anywhere he would like and instead chose to help a group of people achieve their goal of being real world developers.

I'm also...

I was very happy with the overall experience. The course is very demanding and you need to fully commit to it if you are thinking about doing a bootcamp. The staff at Ironhack were top notch and very helpful. The teaching staff were super helpful and made the experience especially the TAs. I would recommend the course but be ready to work hard and learn a lot.

I thought too many times to study computer science, but to be honest I couldn’t dedicate at my age 4 years of my life to achieve a computer science degree. This is why I decided to study a Bootcamp.

I had some previous front end knowledge but not back end. I studied graphic design (nothing related to IT) and after the 3 first weeks I became able to build simple web apps with Ruby on Rails! Seems impossible but it’s completely affordable.

We spent 8 hours per day in a standard class with amazing teachers that drive you from the more basic things to more expertise via good coding examples and exercices.

Then, after 8 hours with guided lessons you were able to continue working on extra exercices that cover through real project examples what has been done during the standard lesson...

Realicé el Grado en Economía en la Universidad Autónoma de Bellaterra (UAB) mientras trabajaba como administrativo en una empresa de logística, después de tres años trabajando allí, me despidieron y tras casi un año en paro me decidí por entrar en Ironhack, aconsejado por un amigo que trabaja en el mundo de la programación.
Ha sido una de las mejores experiencias de formación que he tenido. Pasas por momentos de estrés, momentos en que piensas que no te quedas con nada, pero ver como a medida que va avanzando el curso y realmente te das cuenta de que te van saliendo las cosas y vas acordándote de todo lo que has ido haciendo es muy gratificante, en parte gracias tanto a los compañeros como a los profesores, que siempre están para ayudarte.
Yo diría que lo más importante que he aprendi...

Firstly, I'd like to acknowledge the amazing team there, because they are an integral part of what makes this bootcamp so amazing:

Nizar (instructor) - Nizar's expertise is invaluable. He also clearly has a passion for teaching and empowering others to learn. Its clear he really cares about his students and whether or not they are keeping up. He had stayed late many times because someone needed his help. By the end of the course my class bought him a golden pizza trophy because we were so grateful to have him.

Daniel Brito (placements manager) - If you do your part, you can trust that Brito will do his to get you a job. He is very much involved throughout the entire course, whether its setting up amazing speakers to coming in, helping you write your resume, or teaching you everyt...

I fell in love with coding when I studied at Ironhack at the end of 2015. It was an unexpected but wonderful process. The whole experience was an incredibly challenging but fulfilling adventure and at the end I was exhausted but grateful. I always say that it was like opening the door to a wonderful unknown world full of technological mysteries and magic. Yes, I wanted to be a magician, there was still a lot to learn but the door had been opened.

After the bootcamp, I was lucky enough to be offered a variety of very interesting jobs, partially because of my previous experience as a designer but mainly because I COULD NOW CODE. Many people still have no idea how different the world can be when you can code. So off I went, worked in three different startups managing projects, changing ...

As with anything in life, you'll get back what you put in. IronHack proved to be just that. A bootcamp that provided a well-rounded curriulum that offers a peak into what the UX/UI world pertains without sugar coating the effort that it takes to become a part of it. Instructors come with solid resumes and years of true hands-on experience that helped guide students' personal missons and soldify their purpose for taking the journey in the first place. The staff cares deeply about the program and the success of their students. I for one took the course not to change my career, but to enhance my current skills. In the end, I definietly got what I needed out of it. If you're thinking about taking the course whether to switch careers or out of curiosity, I'd say do it. You won't regret.

Even though I have a business background, I have always been interested and attracted to learn how to code. During my MSc in Innovation and Entrepreneurship, I realized how important is to have at least some basic knowledge on programming. For that reason, I decided to join Ironhack last summer for the two months’ intensive bootcamp.

I am very happy with the decision I made. In two months, I was able to learn in a structured way all the basic concepts and gain a solid base that allows me right now to keep learning, on my own, based on my needs.

In my opinion, all the theoretical knowledge is important, but the only way to improve is to practice, to make mistakes and to learn from those mistakes. The bootcamp format combines the theory (morning) with the practice (afternoon) ver...

I had just presented my final career project and finished the Graphic Design Degree. I was
aware of the fact that with this professional profile I’d find so many amateurs and intrusiveness. I
had to specialize if I wanted to position, differentiate and define myself. And I wanted digital and
technology fields to be my professional playing field from then on.

I got my eyes on Ironhack for a year. Perhaps the first thing that attracted me from it was the
naming. “That must be a place where pro people come from”, I thought, and I wanted to become
one of them. As an intensive bootcamp, time saving was another important reason to take into
account, and so it was the fact that it didn’t follow the traditional educational model, tied to
stupid numerical qualifications. I was looking ...

I did the bootcamp two years ago without previus code experience.
it's quite intense but at the end you gonna feel yourself like a better version of who you were.

The most important skill that i have learned there was the constancy, more specificy, the constancy in keep searching until you find out the solution of a problem.

The instructor and the staff are leading/helping you over all the bootcamp.

My classmates where amazing, even if we have different levels since the first day, we helped each other and all improves our knowledge.

It's awesome how another person think about the solution of a problem, so different ways.

I left my carreer path behind, and started a new one as a frontend developer. I'm still in the middle of the path but now i know what i want to...

Even though I have a business background, I have always been interested and attracted to learn how to code. During my MSc in Innovation and Entrepreneurship, I realized how important is to have at least some basic knowledge on programming. For that reason, I decided to join Ironhack last summer for the two months’ intensive bootcamp.

I am very happy with the decision I made. In two months, I was able to learn in a structured way all the basic concepts and gain a solid base that allows me right now to keep learning, on my own, based on my needs.

In my opinion, all the theoretical knowledge is important, but the only way to improve is to practice, to make mistakes and to learn from those mistakes. The bootcamp format combines the theory (morning) with the practice (afternoon) ver...

If you go into Ironhack with the mindset that this course is one of many steps you must take before you become an amazing developer, you will succeed. Put in the hours during coding camp. Put in the effort during your job search. And most importantly put in the hours to continue your programming development after the course.

If you think ANY codecamp can suddenly make you worthy of applying to Facebook etc as a developer at 200k, you probably need a reality check. Perhaps you could sell yourself yourself as a project manager who can do business and code after bootcamp, but to become a developer at that level, you will have to devote at least a year of self learning in which you work on some pretty kick ass projects to get you remotely close to that level. Have realistic expectations...

Once upon a time...

There was a man who felt the call of "The force". There were so much brute power inside him... and he knew so. He wanted to control that force to do something useful in the war between the Mordor army and the Funky Army. He started his travel to be teached by the greatest masters...

and someone heard his call: The Ironhack Order.

He traveled to the capital in Neverland to know that wonderful people that everyone was talking in the Funky Army, and he did the test to become The Master Of The Universe and help the world to be brighter.

First day came and Marc Snow(Lead teacher), leader of the Enterprise squad, told him: "I will give you Javascript, bro! Now you could control your inner force". With the help of Raul Spok (Assistant teacher) and Papu Sulu (As...

Me llamo Fernando y tengo 41 años, estudié Historia, Diseño y producción Editorial, los últimos 6 años los dediqué a escribir tres libros y publicarlos. He realizado alguna página web con Html y css y quise dar un paso mas, usar nuevas tecnologías, contacté con Ironhack y me animé, con cierto miedo, la verdad, ya que pensé que sería un imposible realizar este bootcamp en solo dos meses y sin tener experiencia en programación, pero te preparan con un prework para que tengas las nociones básicas para comprender todos los lenguajes y metodología que dan en el curso. Para mi ha sido un reto, ya que muchos compañeros tenían experiencia en este sector, por lo que el esfuerzo ha sido máximo, en algunas ocasiones ha sido desesperante pero cuando unes todas las piezas del puzzle sientes una gra...

Before starting Ironhack bootcamp, I was working in a consulting company.
The experience was great. When I decided to take the course I was a bit afraid, because I was leaving a permanent job in order to study the bootcamp, and I really didn't know if it was going to be okay or if I even would like web development. However, after living the experience, I think that it was the best decission I could have taken.
Besides the contents of the course, the most valuable lesson has been to see that, if in just 9 weeks I have been able to learn so much and develop several projects, I am able to do and learn anything that I propose.
What I liked the most about the bootcamp was the camaraderie and the good atmosphere that we have always had. During these weeks, we have spent many hours together...

​Com um background em Economia e Marketing, decidi experimentar um novo ramo: a programação!

Porque? Porque era mais um desafio como todos os os outros mas a minha experiencia no Ironhack foi incrível. A forma como nos ensinam não tem nada aver com outro tipo de ensino. O foco principal é fazer com que te desenrrasques e que aprendas a fazer tudo de forma prática. Para não falar do ambiente: estive em contacto com todo o tipo de pessoas, desde ex-programadores de Cuba como estudantes Venezuelanos. Toda uma comunidade cosmopolita junta 24/7, que querem todos aprender a programar com a maior das motivações.

Aprendi principalmente a aprender e para além disso trabalhar em grupo e sob pressão.

O que mais me fascinou foi o facto de não existir qualquer tipo de hierarquia entre os p...