| | Jordane | In a nutshell I would say that Ironhack is a great opportunity for those who want a real career change. I've enrolled in the UX UI Bootcamp at a time when I was a bit stuck in my career, shifting from Event Management to becoming a freelance webdesigner. Because I didn't have any proper knowledge of Design, I looked for courses and the more I discovered about the UX UI subject, the more I understood that I needed to learn skills in this field. However, I didn't want to go back to long studies (I have already done 6 years of university and didn't want to go back to square 1). I came across Ironhack's intensive bootcamp in UX UI Design and decided to enroll after attending a Zoom presentation. Pros: - intensive course that will give you all the tools and methodology to succeed in your future career - Projects carried out during the whole bootcamp to apply and practice your newly earned knowledge - Teaching team of quality who have professional experiences in the field - Fully English course (a real plus when you know that English is almost mandatory in the job world) - Learn by doing method - real coaching done for job hunting Cons: - that the course doesn't last longer in the end! You get so caught up in your projects and with the new friends you make along the way that you don't want this experience to end :D |
| | Matthieu C | Here are my impressions a few days after completing the web development bootcamp at Ironhack in Paris: Before the bootcamp started I had to complete a pre-work course which is a series of online lessons and exercises to learn the basics of HTML, CSS and Javascript. 100+ hours of work later, I had already learned so much that I was under the impression that the bootcamp was going to be a walk in the park. I couldn’t be more wrong! Although the pre-work seemed a lot, I had only started to scratch the surface of what is needed to become a full stack developer. The bootcamp is only 9 weeks long but it felt more like 9 months because if you want to follow the pace you have to dedicate all your time and energy to it (nights and weekends included!). The structure of the bootcamp is as follows: every morning you learn new concepts and skills, every afternoon you do a guided project - called "lab" - to put the lesson into practice. The labs are challenging and put you in real life work situations so it’s a fantastic way to learn. There are sometimes solo labs, sometimes group labs so you can practice working on your own as well as with a team of developers. At the end of every 2 weeks, you have 1 week to develop a project of your own with a couple of teammates to test your skills and start building your portfolio. During the entire bootcamp you get the support of super skilled teachers. They always look for the right balance between helping you when you get stuck on a problem and letting you find the solution for yourself so that you do not only learn to blindly apply concepts but genuinely understand them. Overall, I had a fantastic experience at Ironhack. Yes, it’s been intense but I could not have learned this much in such a short time with another format. Thank you to all the Ironhack staff and to the students of the web dev cohort 102 for making this bootcamp so enjoyable! |
| | Nick Sayago | Going into the Ironhack experience I had minimal Web Development experience, but this bootcamp gave me more of a well rounded knowledge about programming and the right programming practices than I could have ever imagined. I'd definitely say that the most valuable skills I gained from this bootcamp was how important it is in this industry to plan and pseudo code, and definitely working with others on various projects. I couldn't be more grateful for the help I got from my instructors, Marcos (https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcos-palacios-iii/), Sandra (https://www.linkedin.com/in/a-boskovic/), and Stefan (https://www.linkedin.com/in/cule219/). If I ever was falling behind or felt like I wasn't getting it they were always willing to take the extra time to help me understand what was going on and the best way to approach the problem. After getting through the bootcamp came the fun part of job hunting and it was an extremely painless process thanks to being shown how to job hunt correctly, and I owe that to my outcomes manager Brito (https://www.linkedin.com/in/dbrito1/). He was extremely thorough and provided me with tons of resources to make the job finding process easy and simple. I know I couldn't have gotten the job I have today if it weren't for Brito and his help/connections. He always held me accountable and that's the most important part of the whole process as an up and coming Developer. Overall Ironhack was the best decision of my life, I went from someone who was working in the food industry and coding as a hobby to working a full time job as a Developer for a great company and I wouldn't change a thing. |
| | Mélusine Rey | I joined Ironhack with the project to change careers and become a web developper. It was an intense and exhausting ten weeks, but I don't regret it at all! The courses were very interesting and are in sync with what companies are looking for at the moment, the teachers and teacher assistants are great and very helpful, so are the program manager and the career coach. I'm really glad to have such a lovely career coach who will help us in our job search and motivate us! And I met a lot of great people during this bootcamp, as a bonus! |
| | Mohammed Adib | I've been wanting to learn how to code for a long time now, tried different courses online on my own but I was always feeling like there's something missing in the explanation. That's where Ironhack steps in, of course you can learn to code on your own but not this fast and not this effective. The way the courses are broken apart and organized makes you understand the flow of a web application and where to look if there's a bug for example. At first it doesn't feel like you're getting it and you're not just "at the right place" but once you practice and you get to the projects phase everything in your head starts to line up and make sense. If you're living in France and want to learn how to code fast with the latest technologies, you're at the right place. The course is heavily focused on JavaScript so you can understand the other frameworks more fluently. My suggestion for improvements? Do a review of all the Labs(exercises) that we do after each class. |
