Le Wagon

Overall very good experience for someone coming in with zero working experience in development. Pros Good team projects, easy to follow curriculum that gets you ready to work individually. Cons Some people who were a little less quick to catch-up got... Read More lost on some concepts, but everyone got up to speed eventually.

Before Le Wagon i was already working in IT as a product and project manager. Although i had basic understanding of programming and technologies around data i always wanted to dive deeper into this topic. There are many courses and bootcamps for Data... Read More Science out there, but i decided to go with Le Wagon, because it seemed to be an intense program. After the bootcamp i can say that it was the right desicion, because the Le Wagon Bootcamp has a great concept that makes it stand out from other courses. Here are 3 things that are especially worthy to be highlighted: Mass, quality, availability of material: Your first impression is probably gonna be, that the pace is way to high, but that's the goal. You go through a ton of material every day and its sometimes hard to cath up. Every topic will be introduced through a live lecture. But there is also a possibility to watch a prerecorded lesson and take a look into a script later. If the pace was to fast or something wasn't clear enough you can have a look at it in the future, because all the material will be availible for you even after the bootcamp. Teaching concept and community: Bacause the topics are new every single day it's pretty tough to get through the challenges without any help. So you have to collaborate. Challenges are designed that you solve them in collaboration with the teachers and other students and of course with the use of stackoverflow & co. There is also a lot of communication on the slack channels, so you really get to know many people and benifit from the huge international community. The final project: At the end of your bootcamp you can pitch you own project or join a project of other students. In two weeks (with support from teachers) you, as group of 4 students, will develop and deploy your own web application... and thats impressive. PRO Variety and depth of Data Science Topics. You get a great overview of the most important concepts of data Science, because of the high pace you can not really focus to much on one specific thing but you always have the oppertunity to look it up after the bootcamp, because all the lectures and exercises are still availible for you after the bootcamp. CONTRA If you do not like to be challenged and face adversity, bootcamp is probably not the right thing for you. If you do not have a technical background and no previous programming experience it can be a pretty rough experience for you on some days. But if you feel motivated, go for it nonetheless. Frustration management is a very important skill, especially in IT.

Amazing how much Le Wagon takes you from the basics of programming to a complete application. I started from scratch and decided to make my career transition in 2019. After evaluating several bootcamps, I realized that Wagon's proposal and especially... Read More the results are differentials beyond the immersive methodology and decided to face this challenge in mid-2020 and in 2021 I started as a software developer. I completely recommend the experience of learning at the best Bootcamp in the world.

Trying to condense a 24-week bootcamp journey into a 7-minute read might be as tough as the bootcamp itself, but let me try. About me. I am a techie, with a fairly long “been there, done that” career in the industry. And in the autumn of 2020 (autumn... Read More in Singapore? Use your imagination, I say) I was at the peak of my anxiety and general unhappiness with being the rat on the wheel, and the wheel was getting more slippery with each passing year! It was then that I decided to take the plunge and do the Le Wagon bootcamp. I was very clear about WHY I was doing it - my driver was a creative itch to build new things and use software skills to build them. I was also clear about WHY NOT: for me, the pull wasn’t to get a new job or build a new career - if those were to happen, well and good, but I wouldn’t fret if they didn’t happen, yet I could still walk away with new knowledge and skills that I could tinker with and use to keep me rejuvenated and excited about my life. Enough about me. About the bootcamp and my ride, from here. First lesson learnt: it pays to do the pre-course prep work well. I had initially underestimated the load and complexity of this piece, and had to ramp up exponentially before the selection interview with lead instructor Miguel. Frankly, I wasn’t happy with how I fared at that interview, but luckily, Miguel was generally ok with my skill and knowledge level, and I got through. I chose the part-time program that stretches over 24 weeks. Obvious reasons: I had to balance across the demands of a regular day job and my family. The intensity of a 9-week stint of back-to-back sessions looked intimidating to me, so I chose the part-time course - and it worked for me. I must admit that at the start of the bootcamp, it felt a bit strange when the classroom sessions seemed to be so “light” on theory, and the constant nudge to work on the challenge exercises. My initial reaction was hey, how can I do this when I haven’t fully grasped the theory? Adapting to this learning-by-doing regimen needed me to double down on paying close attention to and understanding the recorded videos that we were expected to see before each classroom session. At night, I started doing the exercises showcased in each recorded video lesson, before starting on the classroom session challenges. I focused on getting each flash card answer right, even if it took multiple attempts. I realised I had become rusty at retention, and had to ramp up on repetition and practice. After about 3-4 weeks of doing this, I got much better at learning by doing and I got to a point where I was able to complete some of the challenges before the next day’s session started. Hard, bull-headed effort was finally paying off. And I realised that familiarity breeds other things besides contempt and children: self-confidence which then leads to wanting to do more. Another thing I thoroughly enjoyed about the bootcamp was the challenge exercises - their variety: a mix of brain-teasers, games and real-life needs - they were never boring. End-of-course project. I started with a deja vu feeling - am I ready to do this yet? And at the end of the project, I realise now that there two crucial factors that made us succeed and achieve what we set out to build and built in 14 days: - a very sensible and pragmatic assessment by our teachers, of the products we pitched to build, driving a fine balance between creating new, interesting value propositions while not trying to go to Mars in 14 days - followed through with continuous mentoring, as well as refinement and critique of each product as it took shape; and - having a framework to follow in actually doing the project, which drew upon a broad canvas of tools and methodologies; this made teamwork and planning easier and more effective, leading to productive, rapid builds in a controlled, coordinated manner. This was particularly important during the weeks where Covid restrictions meant everyone working remotely, without the natural benefits of “common ground” classroom sessions. Well, that’s the story of the ride, in a nutshell. Not only did we all survive, but we emerged with new wings to fly, perhaps eventually to soar. I realised that each one of us students had a different reason to do this bootcamp - some came to self-actualize, some to improve upon what they were already doing, some to change careers and some to gain first-hand knowledge akin to learning “what goes on inside a kitchen before opening a restaurant”. I believe that our bootcamp education satisfied each of those drivers with its unique mix of content, method and teaching. For those who stay through the rolling credits part - I take this opportunity to thank my teachers Miguel, Prima, Grace, Ann and the all-round support from Liana before, during and after the bootcamp. I could write a whole chapter on how great each of them are. But I will suffice it to say thank you, and I hope that I can live up to the trust and confidence that they have shown in all of us.

9 weeks of Full Stack Development with Le Wagon Singapore helped me rediscover my inner geek. Every day, we were challenged with new ways to write better code, relational database mapping and finding that missing semicolon that breaks everything. Although... Read More the learning curve was steep, my awesome squad had emerged with 2 web applications that was the culmination of our learning journey. Urban Farmer Online (UFO) and RideNow. Both web-apps are poised to solve real-life user pains and both being our pride and joy. Massive thanks to the Le Wagon SG team for the dedicated guidance and career support after the bootcamp!

I am an anthropologist from Argentina but since I moved to Barcelona three years ago, I started working in customer service and technical support roles. I wanted to change towards roles that present more complex tasks and that demand a greater intellectual... Read More challenge. I was curious about the areas of Digital Marketing, UX and UD but finally, I decided on web programming because I was interested in having the creative possibility of building web apps from scratch. Doing the Bootcamp at Le Wagon was an unforgettable experience. It was a very intensive program that in a very short time transformed and trained me to have a mentality closer to logical thinking. The program is fundamentally oriented to learn backend with Ruby on Rails, the teachers were very close and helped us a lot throughout the journey. The energy that was generated in the group was very positive and stimulating! Totally recommended!

Before the bootcamp I was wandering aimlessly with no clear direction, that is until my brother came to my with a recommendation on how to fix my current situation. My experiences after joining it are all overwhelmingly positive. Even if it was daunting... Read More at the beginning, my TAs and fellow students made sure to never make me feel discouraged, always offering a helping hand whenever needed. Through cooperation and hard work we ended up creating an app we're truly proud of, (Nomacafe) and have now confidently entered the programming world.

Before joining Le Wagon I finished law school and worked in big law firms, but most recently in a legal tech startup. I realized how much power lies in the digitalization of the legal market and decided that I have to learn how to code myself in order... Read More to drive this development. Furthermore I was also always fascinated by coding and it's endless opportunities and finally wanted to learn "the magic" myself. I liked the hybrid format of my batch, starting remotely and finishing on campus. I really enjoyed the vibe of learning a lot in a relatively short time while meeting awesome people on the way, this includes the people from my batch but also the whole staff of Le Wagon that were very supportive. Kudos! Seeing the final project build up over the intense last two weeks and presenting it on demo day was a great experience.

I entered the Le Wagon bootcamp in Tokyo with two objectives: career change (to become a professional web developer) and take advantage of the bootcamp connections to land my first tech job. I got everything I hoped for and more from this experience.... Read More While it’s impossible to learn absolutely everything during this short time, the program leaves you with all the necessary tools to continue your coding journey. The teachers do a great job to prepare you for the future challenges and help you build the confidence that you can find solutions to any problems you may face. I honestly couldn’t imagine a group of more supportive and helpful people. I took part in the full time curriculum, which was a very intense experience but at the same time rewarding, fun and refreshing (back to school feeling, 9 weeks of focusing solely on upskilling). I got a job with one of the hiring partners we talked to during career week. If you want to change your life and can afford the bootcamp, go for it.

After reading a lot of good reviews about Le Wagon I decided to do my Full Stack Web Development Bootcamp with them and I have to say that it exceeded my expectations. Amazing teachers that are knowledgeable, helpful & friendly paired with a fast-paced... Read More learning experience and real-world examples make this Bootcamp a 10/10 for me.