Le Wagon

I decided to sign up for Le Wagon after spending a little less than 2 years in a chemical analysis lab. As it turned out, it was not the career path for me, despite devoting 4+ years in the study of life sciences. I needed to do something that challenged me more, that allowed me to think through a problem logically and creatively. Knowing many people in the field of software development, I felt that this was my future. My friend recommended Le Wagon, as it was a highly praised bootcamp and it allowed me to go study abroad a bit, which I love doing. So I set off to Amsterdam, with a limited knowledge of HTML, CSS, and Javascript.

After the 9 weeks there, I can do nothing but compliment the whole experience. From day one I saw how beautifully diverse our classroom was, not only in cu...

After a few years as a venture capital investor, Le Wagon was for me the opportunity to understand more precisely the underlying tech aspects of the startups I am investing in. After this 2 months experience, I can say that it has fulfilled all its promises. The great variety of participants and the impactful teachings of the staff was key to this success

I am an undergraduate Computer Engineering student from Turkey. Since I started my degree, coding wasn’t something interesting for me. I was learning too slowly at university and I didn't have enough skills to put my ideas into action. I needed a better way to learn. After searching for something different I found Le Wagon. At first, I was a bit reluctant to take the course because I didn't think that I was able to learn that much thing in such a short amount of time like 9 weeks. Then I decided to give myself a chance and I can say that it was one of my best decision. I recently completed Le Wagon's batch 168 in Montreal and I enjoyed every second of my experience.

Le Wagon doesn’t give you only coding skills. It offers you the motivation to learn coding from the beginning in 9 ...

Before joining le Wagon, I was working full time at a Bank and completing a bachelor degree in Software Engineering. Although I already had coding experience, I learned a lot of new valuable skills and explored new material during these nine rewarding weeks at Le Wagon.

The teachers are very knowledgeable and helpful and take time to ensure you understand the material that is being covered. The curriculum is well designed to teach you everything you need to be a full stack developer. The platform that Le Wagon students use every day is impressive and provides you with a wide range of resources and material that can also be very useful after the Bootcamp. I was even able to prepare for parts of my technical interviews by reviewing these resources made available by Le Wagon's platform...

Le Wagon was one of the best experiences I’ve ever had. I had graduated university in May 2018 with a business degree, but had already started teaching myself coding. I knew in order to get hired I had to get a little more formal training. My research brought me to Le Wagon, it was the most reasonably priced, highest rated, and wasn’t too long. I decided on Le Wagon, Montreal, seeing as I could speak French and had never really been to that part of Canada.

The program itself is very intense. Do not think that this will be an easy certification, it isn’t. By the end you will have suffered countless headaches, lost hope, found it again, stress-ate, stress-napped, but in the end it is so worth it. You get what you put into it, so if you really prepare, pay attention and work on challen...

I really cannot recommend Le Wagon enough. It was a fantastic learning experience, and the curriculum is very well-balanced. I have been applying to jobs since completing Le Wagon, and lots of the roles I have looked at require experience in the topics we covered at Le Wagon, which is great. It feels like Le Wagon looked at the kinds of jobs that alumni might apply to and ensured that they covered those complementary skills. I think Le Wagon’s system of exercises and tests is incredibly productive, and really encourages students to think like developers. We learn to not be afraid of the terminal, and how to conduct intelligent Google searches so we can think creatively and solve our problems independently. We also learn how to persist in the face of difficulty and repeated failures, whi...

I’m an entrepreneur and a mother of 2 young kids. My friends consider me to be somewhat of a geek, i.e., I love all things tech, which is not very trendy among the women of my generation (although, I’m the least geek of geeks). It’s funny how being an entrepreneur and being a parent have one important thing in common that radically changes one’s life: You are out of control, and you find yourself out of your comfort zone constantly.

Le Wagon radically changed my life in 2 different ways.

The first one is that I co-launch the bootcamp in Montreal with my brother Antoine. It was a huge step in entrepreneurship, but I was so excited and honored to bring the world's highest-rated bootcamp to my city. Driven by my passion about the product and its community, we took our place in the ...

Signing up for LeWagon was hands down the best decision I’ve made. Having no prior coding experience I was a bit concerned that I wouldn't be able to keep up with the intensity of the course. It wasn’t the case at all, it was perfect for the beginners and there were teachers available to answer any questions and help with challenges all day every day. Some of them wouldn’t leave you until they made sure you understand the topic and would patiently explain it to you over and over again. I was also skeptical whether it’s even possible to learn to code in 9 weeks, and I can tell you now that if you put in effort, show up and do the work, you will learn very quickly. After finishing the bootcamp I got a job almost right away and that’s the best proof of how awesome LeWagon is

Graduated from a business school and after specializing myself in asset management during a few years in the most largest banks, I decided to learn code for several reasons.
I saw that the industry of finance and the job market were radically changing and I wanted to be an actor of this paradigm shift. I also wanted to acquire concrete skills that will allow me to directly work in smaller and disruptive companies.
Le Wagon brought more than I expected: coding & design skills, start up culture, a network and last but not least it improved my way of learning.
Today I am now working as a product manager for a start up that builds a platform where companies can automate and design conversations with their customers through AI.

Before doing Le Wagon's program in Montreal, I had spent half a dozen years owning a yoga and massage studio in Boston, and had always thought "If I could just spend a year in a cave with no distractions, I know I could build better software than the stuff we've had to use." Ultimately, once I decided to take the plunge, I chose Le Wagon's program because I thought it'd be great to be able to go pretty much anywhere in the world and have an instant community around me. And, sure enough, even as I type this, I'm sitting at a sun-lit desk in Le Wagon's Berlin campus, enjoying some free co-working space and coffee while students from at least three continents work on coding challenges a few feet away, embracing their inner dreamer and releasing their inner nerd.

The program itself is br...

After graduating in business three years ago, I started working as a project manager on innovative services and digital products for large companies. Working every day with designers and developers I realized that I lacked some technical knowledge, I felt like I was always asking dumb questions, or not understanding how much work was needed to build something.

I decided to go to Le Wagon to improve my technical skills…it was the best decision ever!

Le Wagon is an incredible experience. You learn so much in 9 weeks and meet amazing people.

What I liked the most was the classes' practical approach and exercises.

Every morning you learn new things that you apply in the afternoon to solve problems, even on the first day.

The lead teachers are always available, and you still c...

I am very thankful for my time at Le Wagon, and for the opportunities it has opened up for me. Whether you want to become a junior developper or as an entrepreneur launch your own project, or work as a freelance : Le Wagon team does everything they can to help get you achieve your goals 🎯

Teachers and lovely staff strive to create and maintain a unique environment where students can learn new technologies with the best practices and hone their programming skills in the best conditions 🌿 The courses are intense; be prepared to work hard. I learned a lot, very quickly and pair programming was a blast.

The best part about going to Le Wagon is the amazing group of students and the robust alumni community that you get to be part of, it’s the perfect place to meet brilliant people ✨Afte...

After 5 years of business school I graduated with a specialization in luxury marketing. My internships led me to work in project and digital project management. after a while, I felt that something was missing. I needed to DO something, not just supervise or manage. I wanted to see the result of my work at the end of the day, for the best and the worst.

This 9 weeks at Le Wagon went so fast. It’s hard to realize how much knowledge you can assimilate in such a small amount of time. Every small victories leading to a urge to learn more. Also I think all the magic doesn’t come only from the learning thirst. Humanly speaking, it’s a blast of fresh air, It’s really amazing to be with all that people with different background, age, and share the same objectives.

I like to drive projects...

After 7 years working for companies that required more and more technical knowledge, I decided at the end of 2017 that it was time to go a step further and put my hands in the code. Based on very good recommandations, I chose to follow Le Wagon coding bootcamp from January to March 2018.

6 months later I am still very impressed and mesmerized by the high quality of the program and how much I learnt in such a short period of time.
I was very concerned when I started the bootcamp to have too much gaps to fill in, having no technical background at all but that’s where the magic happened : the program has been so smartly built that at the end of the 9 weeks I was able to design, code and ship a product built from scratch.
You can tell that every single detail has been well thought to ...

After working almost 10 years in a Hotel, I realised it was no longer for me. I was tired of working 10 to 14 hours per day, I barely had any time to enjoy my personal life and was mentally and physically exhausted. So, I had to make a decision and look for something different. After doing a bit of solo traveling, I realised what I really wanted in life, and that was to be free to travel wherever, work whenever and for whoever I want. After quite a lot of research, I found that Freelance Web Developer was the way to go as it combines my passion for traveling and new technologies. Looking deeper at what was needed to become a freelance developer, I thought to myself that this would take too much time to learn all by myself and would soon hit a brick wall so I then searched for coding boo...

An amazing 2 months at Le Wagon Montréal to meet inspiring people, discover a new land of possibilities with experimented teachers and all in all, discover my potential in coding

I have an engineering degree and worked for 2 years as an aerospace engineer before attending Le Wagon bootcamp in Paris. As my interest for tech startups was growing, I wanted to know how the tools I used on a daily basis were made. I heard of Le Wagon through friends, podcasts, and professional relationships. I started to think about it seriously and attended meetups they were hosting, watched workshops and tutorials on Youtube. Those videos convinced me of their pedagogy and made me apply.

My experience at Le Wagon was a real life-changing experience. I'm now able to build a whole product from scratch, and most of all I met amazing people. The teachers are really professional, the program is progressive and covers all ranges of web development, and the platform on which you submi...

Attending Le Wagon is the best choice I’ve made to complete my academic training. I was a senior student at a Business School and I wanted to build my own startup, that’s why I did Le Wagon. I learned the basics of web development which in my opinion is fundamental to communicate with developers. But there is so much more. They gave me a product culture. I learned to focus on the user: designing great products and eliminating user friction. Today I work with a data engineer and I think our visions are very complementary. I hope we will become a winning team!

Even before I finished my business degree, I knew I wanted to reorient myself. I had two professional experiences where after a few months I got bored and lost interest because I wasn’t learning anything new any more. My friends, who did Le Wagon, advised me to try the bootcamp. And what a good advice!

At school, I always had trouble staying focused during classes because the format was almost exclusively about listening. On the other hand, Le Wagon’s learning-by-doing pedagogy suited me perfectly! Every day started with a lesson of about an hour and a half where a teacher would present new concepts to the class. The rest of the day was then spent practicing on exercices with a « buddy » and the help of « teaching assistants », always ready to answer your questions about the exercise...

After 7 years as VP Sales in a startup, it was time for me to have fun with code. I was clearly determined to become a web developer. At start, I tried hard to learn by myself with online courses, but It was really hard to link all these elements. I was able to create simple algorithms, but how to store it ? how to create a simple interface for web users ? how to share an URL to target my users ? At start, Internet is a mess !... My luck was, a good CTO friend told me he just hired a young ‘graduated’ developer from Le Wagon and it was a good surprise for him and for his team. That was such an argument so after passing tests, I started to learn how to code with Le Wagon during the winter 2018. I really loved this experience working with other students with the same will to succeed in c...