Le Wagon

I graduated from university in December of last year as an Environmental Engineer. After two months figuring out my next move, I realized that something was missing. Being a big fan of technology, I always wanted to code but never had the chance to do it.

I was planning to work on renewable technology accessibility and raising awareness of there presence in my country through a website. Then, I had a thought: “why not learn code and build this project with it?” Code, for me at the time, was this cryptic language that made every electronic thing work. After days of research, I found Le Wagon Barcelona and that was it. I had to do it.

I arrived to Barcelona five days before the course started in May. I was amazed by the city that Barcelona is. Coming from a developing country, all t...

I always knew I wanted to create my own business, but after finishing my undergraduate studies in management in London, I felt I lacked some of the tools to do it. Sharing a flat with three developers and wanting to develop my own product, I decided to do Le Wagon to get some knowledge in code. And knowledge I got. I can easily say that it is by far, one of the best experience of my life. Those 9 weeks were tremendously enriching on both an intellectual and human level. It is quite amazing what you can do when you put completely different people who share the same passion for learning, creating and innovating in the same room. Whether it was the quality and the dedication of the professors, the sharpness of the curriculum or the overall philosophy of the bootcamp, Le Wagon is a must d...

I am Growth Lead at Germinal. 🔥🛠

I did the Wagon (batch 101) when I was already a growth marketer but I began to feel limited in everyday life from a technical point of view: tools with limited functionality, need to understand the code in general and to become independent of developers, need to create custom scripts, code a site or features quickly.
I had to become a technical marketer, but it's out of the question to waste my time 4 years in a school, or to learn for myself for months.
The Wagon was obvious to me for 3 reasons: the training is fast, the quality of the training (more than 10 marketers around me praising the quality), the active and international community which is useful in a practical way when we have a question where professionally.

During the training? 1) Ma...

Je suis Growth Lead chez Germinal. 🔥🛠

J'ai fait Le Wagon (batch 101) alors que j'étais déjà Growth marketer mais que je commençais à me sentir limité au quotidien d'un point de vue technique : outils aux fonctionnalités limitées, besoin de compréhension du code en général et d'indépendante vis-à-vis des développeurs, besoin de créer des scripts personnalisés, de coder un site ou des features rapidement.
Je devais devenir technical marketer, mais hors de question de perdre mon temps 4 ans dans une école, ni d'apprendre par moi-même durant des mois.
Le Wagon était comme une évidence pour moi pour 3 raisons : la formation est rapide, la qualité de la formation (plus de 10 marketers autour de moi en vantant la qualité), la communauté active et internationale qui est utile de façon pr...

Before joining Le Wagon I was working as a SEO, ASO & Analytics Manager for various companies like Ofertia or Leadtech, as well as being a digital marketing freelance.
I needed some extra tech skills in order to make a good performance in my roles, as well as to start a new project by myself called EasyFork.
Le Wagon helped me to learn code from 0 to a certain level that I can program a web app by myself. Now I am able to build my project as well as perform better in the past jobs I had thanks to that new skills. I was very lucky to have the chance to do the bootcamp in Barcelona, an amazing city to live in, with lots of tech companies and entrepreneurs.

After working in banking for 5 years as a bond salesman, I decided to quit my job. I felt it was not intellectually stimulating anymore. Eager to learn a new skill that would unlock new opportunities in the challenging and demanding startup space, and feeling passionate about Rio, as soon as I learned Le Wagon offered the bootcamp there I decided to enroll in the programme. The 9 weeks were simply amazing. The bootcamp was very challenging and intense, and on day 1 I knew I had made the right choice. The cursus is flawless and before you know it, you develop impressing coding abilities. For our final project we build a peer to peer lending platform (www.crediteu.io). I honestly couldn’t have dreamed of being able to build a complex web app with relative ease after such a short period of...

Prior to joining le Wagon, I had worked in 3 SaaS startups. As Sales Manager, MD and CEO.
I always felt like my lack of technical knowledge was costing me a lot:
- I had no idea of what were the technical implications of client requests (so they had to wait for me to check with the tech team)
- I couldn't appreciate properly the work of the tech team
- I wasn't aware of what was possible or not.

So after quite some time looking online, I selected Le Wagon. I didn't regret it at all: the tool and the methodology are just freaking awesome.
I don't think I've absorb so much knowledge in such a short period of time!
I also really enjoyed that they select candidates so that I was surrounded by very cool people!
Today, I am actually working on a company project with 2 of my form...

"Ideas are easy, execution is what matters!” and this is where Le Wagon jumps-in. We all have business ideas but few of us bring them into life. Some of us are too risk-averse, while others do not know “how to” or miss the skills to bootstrap their projects. I guarantee that the bootcamps will help you remove these roadblocks between your ideas and what could be your future venture.
After business school, I worked for an international management consulting company for more than 2 years and was given the opportunity to take a leave to do “something different”. I had always been interested in computer science and wanted to gain the skills to develop my own business prototypes in the future. Therefore, I embarked on the journey and pushed this hidden door with a red kombi van logo on it.
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I started my career as a trader in a bank but I always wanted to create my own business. When I had the opportunity to really launch my project I spent a lot of time finding my co-founder and web development skills to build my tech product.
As a trader I know pretty well that time is money and I was then facing a situation where our product would have been built in several months and that it would have cost a lot to have it ready. I decided to stop the venture and learn to code in order to be able to build my idea from scratch. I wanted something efficient, so I short listed few bootcamps and contacted alumnis and read reviews. I had this interview with Edouard in their office and I was really seduced by the 9 weeks program and the atmosphere. This period was really important for me a...

I have been interested in Digital Tech for a while before finding Le Wagon. I have been working in Recruitment for the past 3 years and In my current company we have been exploring RecTech ("Recruitment Technologies") for some time, which also added to my professional interest about digital products, software development and AI. After meeting Le Wagon representatives at Slush Shanghai and hearing a few positive reviews from friends, I have decided that doing the coding bootcamp will be a great way to kickstart my RecTech journey. And it was. For my final project I made my first RecTech baby steps - a 'personality-based recruitment platform'.

The camp was very practical, fun and eye-opening for someone coming from outside tech. It was an intense 9 weeks, however I believe that it was ...

I used to be a graphic designer with strong knowledge of print media and marketing. I had made website designs and prototypes and worked on the visual side of web applications. I knew some HTML and CSS, but I had never any experience with the servers and backend part of the projects.

At the age of 39, I felt that I had to make a change. Learning how to code is to our generation the same as was learning how to read and write to people two hundred years ago - the illiterate ones will never catch up with the faster ones in their career.

So I looked for the best coding bootcamp in Europe and came across Le Wagon. The reviews were so good that I decided to apply.

After graduating from batch no #124, I can assure you all that the positive 5-star reviews do not lie. It really is just...

With friends we had many ideas of web-based company that we wanted to create but I never had the skills to test them. So I read information about different bootcamps in France.
After going to several demodays where I was surprised by the MVP’s quality that were showcased, I decided to register for their 9-week program.

In the first days, we are warned that the training is intensive and it’s true ! We feel that the training is iterative and that Le Wagon improves its courses between each batch.
I really liked the emulation between students. Everyone is caring and shares his knowledge. We all have the same passion : web, startups, technology, entrepreneurship but everyone has different backgrounds: one was a policeman before, others engineers, designers...

In summary, this bootcam...

Coming from a developing country like Sri Lanka, I realised there was a growing demand for online platforms and marketplaces. As Law graduate, I was forced to turn to other web developers who charged considerable fees, before I even knew whether my platform would be of any commercial value. I decided instead to invest in learning the skill-set to create the platforms myself, rather than depending on third parties.

Initially, the notion of learning an entirely new skill-set was daunting. After consulting many people and doing hours of research, I enrolled with Le Wagon. It seemed to be very product focused, and the atmosphere sounded amazing from the feedback online. I was a bit skeptical as first but decided to take the plunge.

After completing the program, I can honestly say I h...

My name is Remi and I just graduated from HEC, a business school in Paris. I'm currently launching a startup in the business travel space, and Le Wagon has been one of the most mind-blowing events in my life.

I joined Le Wagon 2 years ago, during my gap year. After internships at a Rocket Internet startup and a VC, I felt I really wanted to create my own company. But I felt incapable of building anything with my own hands. Some of my friends had joined Le Wagon, and had told me a lot about it.

I was the youngest guy of my batch (21 y/o at that time), but I felt welcome since day 1. I made friends with amazing people that were twice my age, and others that had completely different backgrounds. I enjoyed so much the unique peer-to-peer / learning-by-doing pedagogy I felt I had never...

I joined Le Wagon’s coding bootcamp in Paris to get real about learning the fundamentals of web development. Before that, I had been through dozens of online courses but I never really knew where to start so I just stagnated after a while. I knew I needed to change something if I wanted to make real progress.

That’s when I came across Le Wagon and it’s bootcamp format. With Le Wagon, you go back to school for 9 weeks and learn web development the same way you used to learn other stuff back in the days: by giving it your full and uninterrupted attention, surrounded by teachers and other students.

What I really love about Le Wagon’s coding bootcamp is that it’s designed to be comprehensive from the get go. No more a la carte, you’re on for the full menu. No need to pick random langu...

I’m an Olympian and former professional swimmer and I finished Le Wagon London’s bootcamp in March 2018 (batch #123). I had taken one coding class at university almost ten years ago and forgot everything with that bad experience. I moved to London to explore new careers and find a job and it was hard to find the right fit when lots of industries require some sort of technical skill or relevant experience. Le Wagon solidly put me on a path towards achieving that and solving this problem, and it was up to me to take it where I wanted. I think Le Wagon is a great fit for any entrepreneur wanting technical skills. If you want to get a developer job after, you will also be in the right place to achieve that. I just got a job as an Associate Engineer at BCG Digital Ventures and couldn’t be m...

Before joining the Le Wagon bootcamp I was working at a company called TicketSwap, a tech company in the ticketing industry. There, I managed the support team. I joined TicketSwap as the first employee, so during the first years I witnessed a lot regarding the development of the product. I liked talking to the developer colleagues and figure out how things, technically, work. After 4 years my time at TicketSwap came at an end because I wanted to change course and learn more about coding. A good friend of mine told me about the bootcamp and after a short holiday I hopped on board the Wagon. During the 9 weeks I learned so much. It’s incredible to see what you can do in that period. Even though I shouldn’t, I tend to compare it with my bachelor degree. I wonder; why did I need 4 years to ...

My experience at LeWagon was great in terms of learning and networking - great team. Would defo recommend to any entrepreneur in tech with no coding skills.

Launched 2 startups in 2017. I had to stop the first one as the devs I was working with stopped coding because they were too suddenly unable to continue and I wasn’t able to code it myself at the time. I wanted to develop an app and improve the website for the second startup which is still running, so I decided to enroll to Le Wagon and learn coding.
Now I am in a much better position to do so and work with developers.

I attended Le Wagon in Paris during summer 2017. It was an intensive but great summer. I was surprised by how much I was able to learn during such a short period of time and couldn't have imagined before the bootcamp that I was going to really be able to code for a living after the summer. I got hired by a startup as a backend developper right after Le Wagon and even though it was though in the beginning compared to other more experienced developpers, after a while I was fully operational. Great overall experience at Le Wagon, teachers and assistants that take time to help and are almost always available. Great methodology for teaching with only a few courses and a lot of exercizes. Highly recommended.

I always wanted to know how to code without really knowing where to start. My several attempts to learn as an autodidact has always failed so I decided to look for training. This is how I found Le wagon Tōkyō.

The courses are given in English, which seemed, to me, more reassuring to learn new concepts.
It’s a training that mainly focuses on the exercises.

The boot camp not only taught me how to code, but it also instilled a methodology and a new way of thinking. Teachers and teacher’s assistant are obviously always there to help you but they will also entice you to be autonomous by finding the solution by yourself. They will show you how to find the solution efficiently on the online documentation.

During the boot camp i used a lot of new tools like Git, Postman, Airtable...