Le Wagon

I'm Frederic, I'm 40 years old and I started my career as a former civil engineer and worked in audit and finance for many years. Within the last 5 years, I launched 2 startup projects. Through my career, I've also been working as a bloodstock agent (I buy and sale race horses).
As I was looking for new projects in the start up world, I heard about le Wagon FullStack bootcamp. At the beginning, I was not looking for a school or something like that a all.But after some researches and talks with friends, I realised that it could be perfect for me. I never had the ambition to become a fullstack developer, even when I considered doing le Wagon but I always had this little lack of technical knowledges that made me thinking I wasn’t speaking the same language than the developers. I found out...

I couldn’t imagine how my time at Le Wagon would be a great learning and human experience. I had a lot of good surprises during the bootcamp and after.

Even if you want to start your own project or become a junior developer in a team or as a freelance you’ll find at Le Wagon some competent people who really help you to achieve your goals.

I spent the toughest 9 weeks of my life but it worth it. Even if you don’t know anything about coding or programming and especially if you’ve never code any line in your life Le Wagon is a bootcamp for you. You’ll find a really good working atmosphere, mutual assistance between students and teachers who are helping you at anytime and with a pedagogic way.

You’ll discover a new world and learn some good working habits.

After Le Wagon I was g...

After many years in the oil and gas industry I’ve choose to reskill and learn how to code in a modern way. I did many researchs and alumni interviews before fixing my choice on le Wagon. The program and especially the teaching tools are awesome, everything is done to make you learn in a pleasant bootcamp spirit. I basically started with nothing and finished the bootcamp with a project, a goal, new skills and of course an entrepreneur spirit.
I’m now willing to join a startup to learn more skills and become a freelance later.

In England I was an Engineer, it was a good, stable job but I was bored. I kept thinking ‘it will pick up’ or ‘I’ll get that promotion next year’. One day I woke up and realized I had been waiting for years for something to happen. After an embarrassing amount of time I decided to take the plunge into coding and after a good bit of research, I choose Le Wagon - specifically Le Wagon Bali. Firstly, the Le Wagon syllabus is masterfully set out – they give you the arduous approach to a problem first, and then teach you the simple/succinct approach so that you know what is ‘going on under the hood’. This sounds painful but it works perfectly! It gives you an understanding of a concept in a matter of days, whereas otherwise, it would take weeks.
Secondly, the way each day was structured for...

I came to LeWagon without any previous programming experience, so everything was new. I did a little research from the start and I quickly find out that this was the right choice! There I obtain tech knowledge mainly in Ruby (on Rails), but left as a Full Stack Developer. Such as Javascript, CSS, HTML, SQL/Postgres.

The whole staff was really nice and the classroom environment was good and easy for learning. We used a platform called Kitt that had all our lectures (that lasted about 1:30h in the morning) and from then coding exercises until the afternoon. When the 9 weeks course is over, we still the unlimited access to Kitt and continue learning.

We had some companies that went there and gave us a perspective of a real dev work day. That was really nice and the networking that w...

Before Lewagon Lisbon I was a chartered accountant and worked for three years as a Financial Auditor. Watching how the work was done in such an inneficient way I decided to teach myself how to code excel and eventually started asking if this was the right job for me.
Luckily I have two great friends who are also programmers and pushed me forward to take a 180degree shift in my career and I’m só glad I took their advice by heart. The whole tech and web industry has always fascinated but for some misfortunate reasons we’ve been always separated until I joined the bootcamp.
Lewagon Lisbon not only helped me how to write code and develop a product from zero to production but also how to work in a team and more importantly how to think like a programmer.
Definetly not only an experience o...

I was offered the possibility to join le Wagon as part of my Master’s Degree at HEC. I had heard about le Wagon through a few friends who had previously followed the bootcamp. They had all finished with stars in their eyes and amazing job opportunities/offers so I jumped on the occasion ! I was not disappointed.

Indeed, le Wagon offers a great combination of hard work, excellent guidance, great people and good fun. You will learn how to code with Ruby on Rails, using Javascript, ActiveRecord, SQL and many other languages and first and foremost you will learn how to build and design a user-centric product.

I am currently teaching assistant for the following batch of students at le Wagon. I am now learning how to explain difficult concepts and solve students’ problems.

Thanks to ...

After a year and a half as a business analyst in a tech start-up I felt like I had a good understanding of our business and market. However as many of us with non-technical background, I was clearly lacking a certain number of skills in order to understand the development of our core product. I told friends about my very early mid-life crisis and met with someone who convinced me to go for Le Wagon’s bootcamp in Paris despite not having coded anything in my life. After the first few days, the fear of failing had completely vanished - Le Wagon somehow found the perfect balance between supporting students and teaching them to reach the autonomy they’ll need as junior developers. You also get to meet with awesome people who you will want to train with every day. Le Wagon is a family with s...

I was an optician before starting my Wagon training in january. I really wanted to change careers and I especially wanted to turn to digital. After some research, I decided to embark on the adventure, and 3 months later, I am trained and ready to look for a job as a Ruby fullstack developer. The Wagon is by far the most beautiful adventure I have ever known, it is above all excellent teachers, a fantastic school, and an unbeatable network. Once you've done The Wagon, you'll come to a very close and enthusiastic community, which will always be there to guide you in your entrepreneurial choices, or to help you with a line of code.

I have been thinking about following Le Wagon bootcamp since the day I heard about it. All the people that knew about it were unanimous. So when my school offered me the possibility to follow The Wagon bootcamp as part of my last year of studies, I didn’t really hesitate.

All I can say is that I wasn’t disappointed. With all the expectations I had in the bootcamp, it still found a way to get me positively surprised.
I really was eager to learn about coding, it’s really the field of study that motivated me. I wasn’t really thinking about my career, or that it would look good on my resume, it was all about learning something that I find deeply passionating.

That is the thing with this bootcamp I guess, you find yourself in an environment that enhance that motivation. Everybody arou...

Right after my studies, I decided to join Le Wagon thanks to a training I did in San Francisco that got me interested in learning how to code.
Honestly, I did not expect that I would love it that much !

My goal was simple, I knew that our studies were missing an important thing. We were taught to launch projects, to run a company, to do marketing etc but nothing on the importance of the web and applications. Which company does not have a website, wether it is to introduce its activity or to interact with its users? For me, it was not possible to stop my studies there.

It was 2 months where you learn many complex principles but with a very clear method. I was tough at times but after a while you get used to it and the logic falls into place.

The teaching method is just perfect....

I have always been attracted by the digital market, but I was a total neophyte in web developement. I was a business developer for a big company but I didn't really enjoyed my tasks. So I decided to "change my life and learn to code". This how I choose to attend Le Wagon. During this 9 weeks, I learned so much htat I can't believe I am now able to introduce myself as a web developer. Thanks to the lessons and the teachers, every students could easily share my opinion by saying Le Wagon is amazing !

My name is Marcus and I have an economics/finance background.

After working in the financial market in Rio (my hometown) and in a global consulting firm both in Brazil and Australia, I decided it was time for a change - the idea of starting my own business to help solving one of Brazil’s many problems simply got stuck in my head. I quit my job in Australia and came back to Rio to start putting the plan to motion.

Several months passed by and I was struggling to decide which idea to pursue. I was also not able to find a friend to be my technical cofounder. Then, a couple of friends suggested me to study at Le Wagon, as it would give me the basic skills to work on my mvp and meet people some amazing people. Sounded good, so I jumped in.

The bootcamp was really good and I was g...

I enrolled at Le Wagon as part of my last year at HEC, in Entrepreneurship Major, where I wanted to acquire key technical skills and develop my product knowledge, two essential topics in order to launch a company and that are not really covered in business School.

Le Wagon curriculum is extremely well constructed and interesting. Each day, you follow a new lesson before practicing with another student through exercices. The day ends with a "debrief" group. The days follow each other quickly, each focusing on a specific technical subject.

It is a real pleasure (and a achievement!) To keep such a learning curve throughout the 9 weeks, in an incredible atmosphere of exchanges and mutual help.

Since the end of the Wagon, I try to continue this learning through MOOCs or freelance wo...

you would think the slogan is a bit cheesy for Le Wagon but they do in fact change lives. Mine was one of these, I would have never foreseen the amount of change that came into my life from taking a le wagon bootcamp.

It has been 4 months since the end of my bootcamp in lisbon. I have been working in a family office fintech startup in brussels for the past 3 and a half months. One of my colleagues for the bootcamp final project liked my work and recommended me to his CTO, I had the job interview the day after the final bootcamp day, they rest is history and I haven't looked back yet. I really enjoy what I do, too much maybe, you could say. The need to adapt and figure things out as you go and the availability of this type of information on the web makes it a very interesting market t...

I was working as a manager in a store and I wanted to change my career direction, so I decided to become a programmer.
I attended to Le Wagon in Buenos Aires (Argentina) , it was a great decision. At first i could not believe that i will learn to code in just two months , but at the end is incredible all the things you learn. I pass from almost any knowledge of coding , to be able to build amazing webpages .
The teachers at the bootcamp were amazing , they explain everything you ask and always with good predisposition. Even when I finish the bootcamp they continue helping me every time I ask.
One of the best things is that when you finish the bootcamps you still have your alumni account where you have videos of the lessons and other videos that you can watch anytime you want. Yo...

I've always thought that web development is interesting, but never had the opportunity to embrace the learning journey as I dedicate my studies to Spanish literature,le Wagon Lyon gave me the opportunity to learn the basics of code,me,who never ever wrote or read a line of code before embracing le Wagon Lyon journey I am able now to develop a website in both back end and front end.
At Le Wagon Lyon we didn't felt like at school but more like a community. It was a great experience, stressful at the beginning but totally worth it.

Le Wagon was an amazing opportunity for me since Ive always wanted to learn how to code and had no clue how or where to start. The program is great time-wise because you learn how to code in only two months which I didn't even think could be possible.

I attended "Le Wagon" Argentina and couldn't be happier for that decision. The teachers were amazing and really loved their job which made it even better because we got all the help we needed, and even now (after the course) every time we have questions they are there for us.

After the two months me and two other more classmates decided to mount our own business in development. We now build webpages and web apps for other businesses acting as a web agency and consultancy company.

It was the best investment Ive made this year to...

I wanted to learn how to code for a few years before I joined Le Wagon. This bootcamp was one of the best choices in my life. Coding is more than just being able to create a webpage and post it. It is a new way to think and imagine things in a broader way. Thanks to these new skills I'm now able to build and try any idea I got. Thanks again Le Wagon Montreal, it was a wonderful venture.

I wanted to learn how to code for a few years before I joined Le Wagon. I tried to learn it myself by following online courses a few times, but each time I didn't manage to continue after a few weeks of trying. I actually already gave up on learning how to code until someone told me about Le Wagon. People were telling me that you will be able to build products only after 2 months. I was a little skeptical, because it sounded crazy, but then after talking with a few alumni I decided to give it a shot anyway, I just wanted to become a more technical product manager.

The 2 months at Le Wagon were very intense. We were covering new topics everyday. It was overwhelming sometimes because you often feel you haven’t mastered the topics from the days before yet and you are already learning s...