Le Wagon

Le Wagon Istanbul was a life changing experience that could help me to change my career as well. It was intense, friendly and rewarding! Finding Le Wagon came at the right time for me. I wanted to learn how to code so that I could improve my work-life... Read More balance, and especially so I could work from home. At the time I was working long hours in the hospitality industry, and I felt it was time to make a change. The choice of bootcamp format for me was perfect, because all the other courses I saw took way too much time…and I wanted to learn quickly. After graduating, looking back, I think I made great progress. I was remote for almost the whole bootcamp, which is why the buddy-system of paired-programming was even more important for me. It was hard at first, but it was really helpful to be able to interact with the other students. I learned how to help them when they were stuck, and in return they helped me. Team-work was especially important during Project Weeks (when we built a new web app together). I met amazing team-mates and learned a lot from their analytical skills. Projects Weeks were the highlight for me and I’ll miss them the most. It was really exciting having the freedom to solve problems by ourselves and code real solutions in a real web app. This is when my confidence grew the most, we were really gelling as a team. Since graduating I’ve made use of Le Wagon’s amazing global community to reach out to alumni in different cities and brainstorm about their progress. It’s really exciting to be able to connect with other people internationally, especially in London where I’m looking for a job. Career Week – in Week 10 – was very helpful in terms of employment, because we received a ton of information, informing us on the different kinds of jobs out there and how to prepare for interviews. It gave me more confidence! Now I’ve learned how to search for answers, how to code independently and I’ve developed my skills to such an extent that I feel confident I can keep learning and improving by myself using what I learned at Le Wagon.

I attended the Full Stack Web Development Bootcamp (Mexico, 2020). It delivered on all the levels I expected. Within weeks we we're building powerful web apps with small teams at incredible speeds. The team is all kind and talented developers and designers,... Read More eager to help and generous with time. I have a few issues with the curriculum, especially with how little focus there is on JS and how heavily the course relies on Rails. JS is a much-needed skill that could be taken more seriously at the Bootcamp. There is also a lack of material based upon dev ops, hosting, deployment, and unit testing. But overall, fantastic decision to take the Bootcamp and you will come out having learned a lot even if you are already a junior developer. I highly recommend taking the course in-person rather than remotely to help build some community and motivate yourself to get the work done efficiently with your partner or team. You will leave with skills that are easily transfered over to development in JS, Python, etc. It's a great course.

My experience as a Le Wagon student went beyond my original expectations, both for how much I would enjoy it and how well it worked, even virtually. The teaching staff and companions were fantastic, all equally driven. I never felt that resources and... Read More help were outside of my grasp, plus it all culminated in an amazing final project to show off what I learned. I look back at it all now in awe, grateful that I took the chance to block out all other obligations to just focus and have fun with the experience. Now as an alumni I also have to praise the amount of help we are receiving in terms of career help and coaching, something that is light years ahead of the kind of help I received leaving university. I’m setting some high new goals for myself and I have the Le Wagon team to thank for feeling wholesomely prepared to take them on.

I was proudly part of the batch 568 in Le Wagon Milan. It has been a really exiting journey, where I found teachers with a lot of knowledge and most important a real passion for teaching and coding. I feel every day of the bootcamp that the team of Le... Read More Wagon Milan really wanted to make the students understand deeply all the concepts (and they reach always this objective ;) ) The bootcamp is intense but with really good human environment. The last weeks of the bootcamp are made for developing an app in small groups, this was amazing to experience coding in a team with all the best practice involved ;). After the bootcamp teachers and the driver of the bootcamp are always available to mentor you about your level and for suggestions about your next steps in your career path. And not less important as an alumni you have access of all the courses and the community of Le Wagon for-ever. If you are looking for a Bootcamp that not only "teach" but also "mentor" you, Le Wagon is definitely a good choice! Thanks Le Wagon Milan Team!!

The bootcamp at Le Wagon was a really unique and exceptional experience. It is intense, and you do kinda disappear for 9 weeks in your life but it is incredibly rewarding. The attention and dedication you get from staff to succeed and help you learn is... Read More immeasurable. I come from a luxury hospitality management background, and after a 6 year career COVID hit and I underwent the bootcamp in Brussels. I cannot tell you the amount of reviews, youtube videos, etc. I watched just to ask myself is this going to work? Fast forward a few months and I can say it absolutely will. You need to prepare to really step out of your comfort zone in understanding a completely different way of thinking and working, but if you are motivated and you show grit, this bootcamp will give you every opportunity to change you life. Good luck and thank you to the Le Wagon Brussels team <3.

At the start of 2021, I took the plunge to learn Web Development full-time for 9 weeks at Le Wagon Singapore, after 2 years of trying to learn it on the side through free online courses. My instructors, being experienced software developers and teachers,... Read More were great at breaking down concepts simply, clearly and memorably, and explaining how best practices would prevent sticky situations in the real world. They were really approachable and intentional in creating a safe environment to ask questions, make mistakes and grow, and my peers were collaborative and highly motivated too. We had a high teacher:student ratio of 1:4 (including the TA), which ensured we got timely help when we needed it. On top of that, the syllabus was well-structured such that I could feel my progress every single day by simply trusting the process. The daily exercises, flashcards and live code tested my understanding and recall to solidify my learning. Besides code, we learned important industry practices by doing - applying Test Driven Development, Continuous Deployment and Agile Project Management in our 2 final projects. The bootcamp also opened my eyes to the world of start-ups as we pitched our product ideas to actual VCs (venture capitalists), went through a product design sprint and demo-ed our MVPs (minimum viable products). My instructors challenged us to implement realistic features and worked with us through hurdles, so that we have 2 apps we can be really proud of. More importantly, I now have a good foundation upon which I can continue growing as a full-stack developer.

I came to Le Wagon Tokyo with the aim to commit to learning to code without sacrificing a full-time job. I have tried to self-study while working a couple years back with online courses but none would stick longer than a couple weeks. I finally took the... Read More leap and joined the 24-month part time course - one of the best decisions I've made. Attending classes and working in team to ship a complete web application product while working full-time was not easy. I sometimes heard me saying, "why am I doing this to myself?"! It helped tremendously when our teachers and TAs at LW Tokyo were extremely flexible and patient in accommodating our needs - switching smoothly to full remote due to the pandemic mid way, staying back to make sure we find a solutions to make our codes work, explaining things over... And it all made sense on the Final Project Demo Day when my team and I presented our product to more than 100 people and someone said they would like to test and use it! I took from LW Tokyo not only hands-on experience with web development and shipping a product, but also an incredible global alumni community where I can come for career advice for different countries, technical questions, inspiring entrepreneurial alumni - a community that I'm now proud to say I'm a part of.

After I was placed on furlough over the summer I decided it was time to evaluate my career in events and consider what I wanted work to be like in the future. I've always had a keen interest in web development and startups so the course at Le Wagon seemed... Read More ideal. From the first day, I knew it was a good decision and I enjoyed every minute of it. The course can be very challenging at times, but it's also highly rewarding and I would recommend it to anyone considering a career change or upskilling. Due to Covid, my batch was completely remote and initially, I was a little disappointed, however, it quickly became clear that it comes with a lot of advantages like having a home setup with multiple screens, not losing time to commuting and being able to hop into a zoom room with a teacher in a matter of moments. If you're considering it, please do go for it. my only regret is not doing it sooner!

I absolutely loved Le Wagon and had the best 10 weeks. The course structure, the teachers, the community: it's all perfectly thought-out and executed. I wanted to learn to code to make a dramatic career change from publishing to tech, and Le Wagon helped... Read More me to do so in just 9 weeks. Despite the entire bootcamp being held over Zoom (in lockdown in January 2021), the teaching standard and community still felt extremely strong. I couldn't recommend Le Wagon more.

I was a journalist when I signed up for the Wagon, interested in modern data mining tools. The Data Science bootcamp is exciting from start to finish. The program is generous and ambitious and the active pedagogy (learning by doing), very effective. Days... Read More go fast while confronting and resolving difficulties by ourselves through exercises, with the support of the team. Working in pairs and in groups on the projects brings a positive energy. It’s hard, challenging, intensive, but you’ll be amazed at what you can achieve after 9 weeks.