Le Wagon

Le Wagon has officially changed my life.

I hadn’t done too much research before I applied to Le Wagon. I had read some reviews online and everyone had amazing things to say. Honestly, there were soo many good reviews that I started fearing that it was too good to be true. But now, having finished the course I can say I was not disappointed. In all honesty, I wish I could wake up every day and head to class. The 9 weeks are tough, I mean if you are learning something that could be taught in a span of 2 years in 9 weeks, can you expect anything less. Some days went by so fast while other days I was so overwhelmed with the coding language. There were also times of stress and exhausting, but nothing that I couldn’t overcome at the end of the day.

The reason why I believe Le Wagon wor...

I must say. I had a blast at the Le Wagon Kyoto batch. It definitely marks as the greatest learning experience I have ever had!

Being part of a small first batch, we were benefited with full attention from all of our instructors. In 9 weeks, we were able to build very fun applications from scratch to productions as promised. I think what distinguishes Le Wagon from other bootcamps is how product-driven Le Wagon is and it is more than just a coding bootcamp. The program not only provides you with coding knowledge, but it also gives you good exposure to technical workflows of start-ups and teaches you other important skills such as soft skills and product management. Le Wagon also organizes meetups with the local developer community and we are able to learn a lot from their knowledge ...

If you are reading this review it means that you at least have some interest in learning to code. Good! It is amazing!

Le Wagon made me realise a couple of things. The first thing is: knowing how to code and how developers think and work is indispensable if you want to start you own startup and/or manage developers.

The second thing is: if you put in the time you can become a developer. Before the bootcamp I was a Teacher/Freelance filmmaker and I never really saw programming as something I could do even though I have done some coding during middle school and university. Then I joined batch 173 of the Le Wagon bootcamp and felt right at home. It was such a diverse, friendly and motivated group that it felt like hanging out with friends. Don't get me wrong. You have to work hard. B...

Despite working as a translator, I had a background in IT prior to coming to Le Wagon (mostly programming Windows applications and Linux scripts on my own time). For me Le Wagon was a transition to web development, so I perhaps cannot speak to the difficulty of the course as objectively as those for who coding is a brand new experience. Nonetheless, my time at Le Wagon London was time well spent.

The hours are long, and the amount of content daunting, but the unconditional support provided by the teachers and assistants, many of which are ex-alumni who have gone through it all themselves, help make the 9 weeks go by in a flash. The general atmosphere in the office gives you a good sense of what it's like to be a part of a startup, and during the last 3 weeks you get to be part of the...

As UX designer who owns a startup in online education with a background in industrial engineering, I wanted to enhance my knowledge of coding in order to understand my product better and strengthen our developing manpower. The reviews of Le Wagon were great but what convinced me to go there was the testimony of Le Wagon alumna. The structure is very well organized so that you learn in the best conditions with the support of tutors and the community. Once the boot camp is done, you have access to all the material that was given to you including the videos of the lessons that were given to you. But what truly makes it amazing is that you then belong to an international community of game changers in the web industry and else. This has been a life changing experience for me and many others.

The lack of negative reviews I found online gave me very high expectations about the bootcamp. Le Wagon managed to surpass them all. Learning new languages? Coding a fully functional website? All of that in just 9 weeks? Believe it or not, it is possible at le Wagon.

From writing your first line of code to building your final project and see it come to life, the amount of knowledge you get during these 9 weeks is truly impressive. You would be amazed by how much you can learn and build in such a short period of time.

More than just a school, when you join Le Wagon you become part of a community, a family some would say. It’s not all about coding. Le Wagon organizes bi-weekly yoga sessions, events and meet-ups with entrepreneurs to name a few. The working environment is so great th...

A life-changing experience, I still can’t believe what I’ve learned in such short of time. I can honestly say my expectation was overly exceeded. When I applied, I was just expecting to gain coding skills which obviously makes sense since it’s a code Bootcamp, what other can you expect right? I mean that’s all I was looking for, but then Le Wagon happened! On top of coding skills, I gained two other very important skills, which are problem-solving skill and can do attitude and I can confidently say these two skills have had a positive impact in my life since then.
So, it all began when I was working on my final project at university which was also my business idea. It involved making a business plan for an application, though it annoyed me that I didn’t understand the technical part o...

I used to work in communications. I felt a bit stuck in my work, couldn't see any possibilities of evolution, I wasn't learning anything new and I was losing all motivation. I had the feeling coding would be something I would love doing, but I didn't want to go back into long studies and wasn't sure where to start.

Then a friend of mine told me about Le Wagon. This bootcamp had everything I was looking for: a clearly defined learning path, passionate teachers always available to help, and many great co-students to learn with! Thanks to Le Wagon, I've learned many valuable skills in computer programming of course, but also in team work.

Today I'm on a new career path that I really love and where I can keep on learning new things everyday. What I especially appreciate from Le Wagon ...

I attended Le Wagon bootcamp in October 2018. I really enjoyed the experience and they provided more than I expected. The quality of students is very high. The instructors are very helpful and the lectures are engaging. There are enough TAs to help out when you have questions. The course covers a lot of content in a short amount of time so you will have to practice on your own after the course.

I spent many late nights and weekends trying to teach myself how to code, over many months, with very little results. I was sure that if I quit my job and dedicated myself full time to learning how to code that I could teach myself properly, and certainly not pay money for a bootcamp when there were so many online resources. After quitting my job and spending a couple of weeks of long days in a library teaching myself, I had spent most of that time stuck on tiny coding problems, and I knew that the only way I could progress quickly was by having a teacher. After doing research on what the top bootcamp in Melbourne was, I settled on Le Wagon.

I’m so happy that I did!! Le Wagon surpassed my expectations, I had expected non-communicative teachers who would lecture in the morning and ba...

After 4 years working as a lawyer for a Magic Circle firm in London, I realised that what I love most is to build things – and that was something that life as a corporate lawyer could not offer me. Having secured a Product Manager Role at a Legal Tech start-up, I decided to attend a coding course to help inform my work. That’s when I came across Le Wagon.

I originally decided to join Le Wagon Barcelona having been convinced by their consistently good reviews online. I had high expectations, but Le Wagon consistently surpassed them all. I have inherited a passion for code, and just 3 days into my new job I am already reaping the benefits of everything that I learned.

The three main things that really stood out for me during my time at Le Wagon were:

1. Consistently excellent sta...

I signed up for Le Wagon after having taught myself to code for the previous four months. At the time, I was mainly interested in formalizing my knowledge and expanding my network. I expected the bootcamp to be fun (and had heard as much from a few alumni), but I didn’t expect to learn *that* much that I hadn’t already covered in my own studies.

As it turns out, I was definitely wrong about that last part. I learned *way* more during my two months at Le Wagon than I had during the preceding fourth months of self-directed learning. The course has a great structure, a heap of helpful resources and, most important of all, a super-enthusiastic group of teachers who really care about your development.

I felt confident applying for jobs after finishing the bootcamp and ended up findin...

I would not hesitate to recommend LeWagon to someone who is looking to get into coding for any reason. The course is designed to provide students with the tech skills necessary to enter the job market for tech-related roles, while being sufficiently product focused to allow them to build their own product for those looking to kick-start their business. It’s not easy and very intense, but if you are dedicated and committed to learning anyone can complete it and come out the other side a developer!

I was an IT & account manager for different companies based in Morocco, I have always been a tech hobbyist & a self-taught person inquisitive to learn more about new technologies & programming languages, coding in particular was something I truly love to do, but I needed an intensive program or courses allowing me to practice through pair programming instead of learning it solo.

For a time I have been dealing with this energetic determination to change my career and embrace the tech industry, I was carrying it too far until i began to search all over the internet for a coding school, there were so many bootcamps all over the world with plenty of challenges & resourceful courses online but only one hindrance ... there wasn’t any coding bootcamp back then in Morocco.

Until...

I had a great experience at Le Wagon, which proved to be a very product-driven bootcamp. I’ve learnt step-by-step the essentials to building a full web application, and the last weeks of the course were dedicated to just building real world products. The teachers and tutors were fantastic, making the whole learning experience an enjoyable one.

TD;LR : Why are you still here, reading reviews ? No time to loose ! Go apply to Le Wagon.

If you like:

- Challenges

- Go out your comfort zone

- Meet amazing people

- Learn quickly with efficiency

Then you really should consider Le Wagon.

Regarding my background, I was working in Finance, learning CFA when i decided to swtich careers, i had 0 knowledge in coding before the bootcamp and now I'm able to create a copycat of airbnb.

Don't fool yourself, it will be hard, you'll be very low at some point but don't forget, once you are down you can only go up ;)

My Le Wagon Batch 199 Barcelona journey started somewhat unexpectedly. Having worked in corporate purchasing and program management for almost 10 years since graduating college, I never thought that I would make such a drastic career change. However when I realized that at 33 I was stuck in the never-ending 8 to 5 leading to eventual retirement without any realization of my dreams, it was a fairly easy decision. It was now or never.

All my life I had ideas for websites and apps and that’s all they were, just ideas. Learning to code gave me the tools to make those ideas reality. It gave me the confidence to be able to tackle any feature that I would like to add to my website.

There were so many highlights to this amazing experience. The people really made it special. The teachers...

I'm a alumni leWagon from the batch #188 in Montreal.
I use to be an engineer in the aircraft industry, after 4 years of experiment I've drooped my job in France to come in Montreal, following a master degree in environment.
I decided to change my life by following Lewagon training and it was the best decision in my life.
How can I sum up my experience? Learning a lot! Discovering a passion. Meeting amazing people. Finding in myself i'm maybe less stupid that I was thinking.
This experiment just gave me more confidence and new perspectives for the future. More modern and exiting.
Now I think I can build a career which make me proud and open to me a lot of new directions and field.

By the way! I'm actually assistant teacher for LeWagon Montreal and it's a very nice experience.

TL;DR :

I more than loved my Le Wagon experience. From both human and learning sides, it was the best 9 weeks ever. The teachers are 300% dedicated, the whole staff, in fact, acts that way.
Having a self-taught background and working as a graphic designer & webdesigner, I wanted to upgrade my tech skills, I ended up not only sith a solid development knowledge, but also with more confidence, learnt how to speak in front of a bunch of people to present a product, how to work with other people on a project…
In a few words : amazing experience.
Le Wagon FTW. <3

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For those who wants to read the whole text I published on my blog about that amazing experience, here it is.

1er octobre. Autour de la grande table en bois, pas très loin des croissants et des chocolatines de bienve...

Hi, my name is Otávio and I am a Le Wagon alumni from batch-#204, taken in Rio de Janeiro between October 15th and December 14th, 2018.
Some background about myself: I used to be a logistics project coordinator for a telecomm top 3 company. Worked for the US Government also, in a diplomatic mission. My career focused on international logistics, supply chain management, contract and process management mostly. I can honestly say I had no prior experience in programming before the course. Setting up Macros in Excel would be the closest thing.
In the years I worked in the telecomm industry I was lucky to see technologies being developed and had a glimpse to where things are going to. IOT (internet of things), small cells, smart cars, startups... and none of that happens without a good am...