Before starting Le Wagon, I was working as a digital project manager. I felt limited by my understanding of the technologies whenever we were searching for solutions or simple options. I had been searching for an academic formation in order to gain more knowledge about coding. I had tried the online tutorials and I had started a University certificate in digital information management, but none of these options were really allowing me to understand the workflow, the headaches and the day to day life of a web developer. I had heard about web bootcamp, but I never had two months off in order to subscribe. I was on the hunt to have a concrete, technical course that would allow me to understand the limits of the technologies and their possibilities. Then, I found out that Le Wagon was also available part-time! When I started Le Wagon bootcamp, I was anxious about how hard it would be, would I know enough in the beginning? You don’t need any background, you just need to have the motivation to learn, that’s it. We were all from different backgrounds and that was so refreshing! Every session, we worked on difficult exercises with the help of a buddy and the help of the TAs. Time would fly by so fast. It was nice to feel so focus on something. At the end, we had the chance to pitch our idea and build two projects as a team. One of these was JoinCodeBuddies, an app for new developers who wanted to find buddies to work as a team. We had a real taste of what it’s to be in a team, developing a product and launching it. During the bootcamp, I felt so good, especially because learning, acquiring new knowledge made me feel like I was growing but at the same time, I was meeting nice, motivated, hard working buddies. It was a great investment for my career path, I feel more confident on many levels. | 