AI Software bootcamp | On campus, full-time Reviews

Being a business school student not on the job market yet, my few job experiences made me realize one thing : I might have screwed up my education orientation.
Thankfully, some short-length programs are available to make up for that, and that's when Le Wagon showed up.  
The program is only 9 weeks long and can easily fit in a tight schedule with a few arrangements made (i'm still a student so obviously that was easier for me).
I didn't really know what to expect from it, as i had no damn clue how coding worked even though i've always been tech-savvy.

But oh boy was i in for a surprise, and a great one.
The teaching-staff is highly competent and partially composed of former students as well as full-time teachers. The building and classroom give a nice atmosphere to focus and work, and the curriculum is made so that you get to meet new people and participate in few activities that will make each week unique.

It's been a month since Le Wagon is over and i'm already missing it and the numerous people i've met there and probably won't see again.
Would definitely do it again if i had not already gained the technical skills taught there (because the program is that good).
Le Wagon helped me develop new and useful skills, and gave me the tools to rethink my long-term professionnal and personnal goals.

One downside however:  i might have developed a caffeine addiction.

For 7 years, I had been organizing events related to wine, gastronomy and rugby for B2B customers. I had learnt to code on my own to automatize weekly and monthly financial reports and I really liked it. It’s something that I really liked to do, this is why I decided to become a developer.
I wanted to learn web development because it requires technical skills and also creative skills, as you build the apps you want. I chose Le Wagon in Paris because the pedagogy is great : one hour and a half a day of theory and then exercises during the rest of the day. The last 3 weeks are dedicated to building an app in teams. The teachers are great, the team is fantastic and I’ve learned much more than I expected in only 2 months ! The community is also one of the reason why I joined Le Wagon : it’s very active and helpful ! My experience at Le Wagon was awesome, I highly recommend this bootcamp to all the people who want to learn web development !

After 7 years working as a digital project manager in web agencies, I decided it was about time to look behind the curtain and understand how the websites I was working on were made.

I was constantly asked by my clients how long it took to correct or build a feature, and quite often I was completely mistaken. Even though I was trying my best to understand what the developers were saying, I realized I needed to experiment this world myself and learn everything from scratch.

And after these two amazing months in Le Wagon, I have quit my job and I’m now searching a job as a developer ! I know that the road ahead is long, and I have still so many things to learn, but I know that I’ve got all the tools needed to keep on learning the right way.

Before starting Le Wagon, I was finishing my Business School master in digital marketing.
During my studies, I had the opportunity to do some internships in marketing and more precisely, in CRM. CRM is in charge of the customer loyalty, through, among others, emailing and newsletters. During those experiences I learned a bit about HTML and CSS and tried to tinker some newsletters : it was not really successful, but I loved it.

During my last internship I found out that I needed to be challenged on my technical skills and it was something that I missed, working in marketing.
I heard about Le Wagon during my studies so I decided to start the bootcamp, with the hope, at the end, that I could find a job that would combine both marketing and programmation. During the bootcamp I realised that programmation was the only thing I wanted to work in, for the future : it is so satisfying to see our job working - or not, programmation does not lie - and to see the direct result.
Now, a world of opportunities is open and I’m looking forward to find my place as a developer.

Until not so long ago, I used to be a journalist. After a few years working in that field, I decided to take some time for myself and travelled around the world.
That gap year made me realise that I wanted to shift my professional focus. After exploring different options I started to believe that learning to code was part of the solution to find a path that would lead me to a new career. 
Even though the bootcamp was really intense and that I've learned a lot, now that I've finished Le Wagon I've realised this was only the beginning. Being a developper means I will have to keep on learning new things all the time (which is really exciting and scary at the same time!).
All that I can say is that I am grateful for what that experience brought me on so many levels and today I am more convinced than ever that I want to become a developper.

Never learned so much in such a short period. I decided to make a career change to coding because I felt I needed a big change in my life. Before enrolling the bootcamp I looked at all the reviews from various websites and Le Wagon was the only bootcamp that had great reviews. Then I decided to join the bootcamp and I’ve been to an interview with Alex Tombeur, the UK Manager who was extremely helpful to explain me the course structure and the steps to join the bootcamp.

In less than 9 weeks I managed to work in a team of four and created 2 complex web products. Also, the staff have been helpful, very well prepared teachers and teaching assistants. Throughout the bootcamp I've made a lot of friends and they were like my second family.

I had the opportunity to attend many events and to be introduced to many people thanks to Le Wagon driver.

The post-bootcamp support is very helpful. The week after completing the bootcamp, Le Wagon arranged a hiring week event at their office in London where I had the opportunity to speak with recruiters and employees looking for junior web developers. 

Finally, studying at Le Wagon was the best thing I have ever done and to be honest the bootcamp was much more than I expected.

I graduated from Le Wagon, London in September 2019 and immensely enjoyed it. The entire experience from start to finish was fantastic: the teachers and everyone working there are very supportive and helpful, the lectures are broken down nicely for everyone to understand and the additional information provided on their platform along the way is perfectly done. I am really impressed of how the course was structured and what they (and we) managed to achieve in these 9 weeks. My most favourite part was the projects weeks, where we got to work in a team (I was in a team of four) and build projects just like we would in a work environment and then present the final project in front of everyone. It was a proud moment for all of us as it's unbelievable to imagine where we had started from and what we had achieved in such a short time.

A few years ago I tried to start my business but was dependant on others for the technical skills. This year, when I decided to leave my field and start-up a new project, I wanted to be independent and autonomous to code the MVP myself. Le Wagon taught me front languages such as HTML and CSS, but also helped me master Ruby and the Rails framework. In the beginning I was doubtful as we had to absorb a lot of information in a short amount of time. It seemed confusing and overwhelming! All along, teachers told us to “trust the program” and they were right. With their help and the buddy system, it all made sense when we started to work on the framework (around week 6).

Thanks to Le Wagon, I coded the MVP for my start-up, learned to pitch my project to an audience met amazing people with various backgrounds and even my co-founder! :)

My experience at Le Wagon was amazing, and I would highly recommend it to anyone who is looking to change their career or improve their skill set by learning to code.

I graduated with a degree in Law and Business about two years ago and until earlier this year, I had been working in marine insurance.

I came to a point in my career where I felt I needed a big change and that’s when I started looking at alternative career paths for myself. I have always been greatly interested in technology and so it felt natural for my career change to be related to this interest in some way.

I began learning to code by myself using the typical online resources such as CodeCademy, FreeCodeCamp etc. However, eventually I felt like I needed something extra in order to take my learning to the next level. This is where Le Wagon came in.

I searched online for coding bootcamps in London and then narrowed my search down to two. I did extensive research on the two bootcamps on my list, and Le Wagon was the first (and ultimately, the only) one I had an interview with.

After my interview with the Manager and one of the Lead Lecturers, I was convinced that joining Le Wagon was the best decision I could make if I wanted to change my career. I was particularly interested by the description of what I would learn on the course.

The course itself is both fun and challenging. The learning process was enjoyable and, because of the buddy system, I felt that I could get help easily if I was stuck. Additionally, there are teaching assistants available to help throughout the day in case you get really stuck!

The teachers explain each topic thoroughly, and always had time to talk if something wasn’t quite clicking.

Finally, the social aspects of the course are highly rewarding. There are drinks on Fridays, tech-talks during the week, and there is such a diverse group of people that it is virtually guaranteed that you will find something interesting to do each day.

Before I joined Le Wagon I had just finished an entrepreneurship master in a French Business School. During this year, I realised that my technical background was weak. I had some difficulties working and understanding developers. This is why I joined Le Wagon and I must say that I do not regret my choice.
The 9 weeks bootcamp was incredible. It was intellectually stimulating and the people were extremely helpful and nice.
I am now confident in my technical abilities and  I liked it so much that I want to continue developing my skills. Also, thanks to this I can now get a job as a Product Manager and work hand in hand with developers.
If you hesitate, don’t  !  The bootcamp is clearly worth it !!

I graduated from Law School at UFRJ in Rio de Janeiro - Brazil.

Afterwards, I started my attorney activity, had some teaching experience in college and also at "BAR" preparation courses (in which I taught Tax-Law) and studied for "concursos públicos" which are public tests as a means to ingress as a public servant (as are Judges and Public Attorneys).

During this time, I had two post-graduate courses in Tax-Law and Customs Law. So after being in a market in crisis for 3 years, I had to change.

The few friends of mine who were thriving were programmers. There's where I should head, then.

I started to study Programming at Stanford's CS101 and then Harvard and Yale's CS50.

I went to Portugal to attend at a Bootcamp called "Academia de Codigo" but they only told me that I had to be portuguese to attend when I was there (and after 3 testing phases).

Then, a friend who works in England told me to attend Le Wagon in Rio.

Oh! The irony of life. I had to go to Portugal to see that the best bootcamp in the world was next door.  

It was one of the most intense experiences in my life. Staying in the same place studying from 9 to 19 is tiresome but also very rewarding. I learned more in two months there than in the past 6 months studying alone at home by myself.

Now that it's finished I feel more than ready to join the market and I'm really glad to have done it. My goal now is to be able to help other people find their worth again, just as I did.

Hence, this review. I hope I could be of any help for you.

As a business school student and young product manager, i wanted to follow the Wagon coding bootcamp for 3 reasons :
-Be better as PM (better colaborate with developers, better understand technical issues…)
-Develop a network in the tech environment, which is under-represented in business school in general
-Develop side-projects, be able to code my own prototypes and test my product ideas in front of potential customers

Finally, i’m more satisfied than i expected. The curriculum is very well made, teachers are amazing and they are fully dedicated to build a strong community. Everything is made to make all people get to know each other from day one. It’s a real human experience where i also developed my social and teamwork skills, surrounded by highly motivated people.

Even if you don’t follow the bootcamp to become developer, you are not immune to love to code at the end. It’s sooo satisfying to be able to build things by ourself, and i’m now confident enough to learn new languages, like Python in my current job, to carry out data analysis.

Don’t hesitate anymore, it will change your life more than you can expect before doint it.

I had an amazing experience at le wagon and I would recommend it to anybody being interested by code.  

I graduated from ESSEC business school with a master in data analytics. I then worked for more than one year in a start up that fights against food waste. I loved. the experience but I was very frustrated to work on tech products without understanding how they were functioning. I joined le wagon batch 290 in Paris and this experience changed my life and the way I want to move on with my carrer. I discovered I loved coding and I am now looking for new opportunities to become a real developer. teachers are amazing. They know how to talk to you and explain because they have been at your place few years ago. It is very challengin but in a very benevolent environement were everything is made to make you succeed and help you gain confidence step by step. Finally you get a unique opportunity to meet people from very diverse backgrounds ( from former monks to music ingeneer) and the network you create will follow you throughout all your professional life. 

Nothing more to say, just do it :)

Before Le Wagon, I worked in music industry during 7 years. I created a record label beside my studies and I promoted kind of 150 events all around France and other countries in Europe. I have 2 music studios in Paris for producing and post-production. I am also an artist signed on 7 different record labels in Europe, and I often play in lots of clubs or festivals. I decided to stop promoting events and working with other artists in studio to develop new competences in coding. I wanted to be able to launch my digital projects and work with startups or bigger companies.
After a fascinating and hardworking summer at Le Wagon, I am looking for a job as a developer and I continue my artist life ! Today I can achieve my application ideas and work on new inspiring projects ! I am so glad to understand what happens behind the web, and this is really rewarding ! I will never thank enough Le Wagon for this experience  ! !

Before le Wagon, I was (and still am) an undergraduate student at the Sorbonne School of Economics.
Since a very young age, I was interested in computers; I learned how to mount one and did a bit of programming too. However, I never went deep in learning and building apps with code, I found it difficult to learn it by yourselfeven if there are a lot of resources online.
When I graduated from high school, I enrolled in economics, but I wanted to go back to computers. Because I wanted to focus on the practical aspect of programming, learn a lot in a limited amount of time but well, I learned about coding bootcamps and Le Wagon came naturally as my first choice.
Because I have a lot of free time beside my economics studies, I had the opportunity to work part-time as a FullStack developer in a startup founded by an alumni who did the bootcamp with me! Overall, choosing Le Wagon was one of the best decision I made. I learned in 9 weeks what I couldn’t learn alone since I was interested in programming. During the bootcamp I’ve met incredible like-minded people, and made a lot of friends. Le Wagon gave me a lot of confidence and taught me how to build web apps, but also how to learn any language and framework by yourself thanks to their educational methods. Don't hesitate!

I spent an amazing time at Le Wagon Paris.

Staff and atmosphere are truly benevolent. Pace is fast, which is good and enable students to get great coding skills.Everyday, we start with a 1-hour lesson with a teacher, before diving into a bunch of exercises with a buddy, and the help of teacher assistants when needed. Buddies change everyday, which also allow the students to get to know each others. At the end of the day, a live coding session let the students wrap up all concepts learnt throughout the day.

On top of that, Le Wagon organizes a lot of events with entrepreneurs, companies, etc which may contribute to your thinking if you’re considering a switch in your career, or just are curious.It was really an empowering experience, as well as a life changer for me. After 3 years in business development, I am now a full stack developer, and a teacher assistant in Paris! 

Before joining Le Wagon I was working as a warehouse operative in London. While I was working I always had a thought in my mind that I needed to be challenged a little more in life so I tried coding in my free time, and unfortunately I wasn't very successful. It's easy to get lost and discouraged in a sea of programming if you have no guidance.

Few months later I came across coding bootcamps. I thought bootcamps were a quicker and cheaper way to get the knowledge that a university would provide, so after doing some research I decided to apply to Le Wagon London. I was quite surprised they took a chance on someone like me who didn't have a great background (but hey I'm not complaining).

The bootcamp itself was very challenging and intense, but luckily they have a great bunch of teachers, who are always reassuring and happy to help. The staff and teachers are all super nice and treat you like a friend. The buddy system is something that I enjoyed a lot. You basically get matched with a new person everyday so you get to meet and learn from many different people with many different backgrounds. Even though it was very demanding, I am very happy that I did it, because everyday I was having fun while getting better and learning so many different programming languages. I also got to experience what it is like to work as a web developer by having hands on experience and doing projects in a group of 3-4 people for the last 3 weeks.

If you are looking to change your career or just curious about learning code, I would definitely encourage you to join Le Wagon.

After working for more than 10 years as communications officer and manager for various organizations, I felt the need the change course. I wished to learn a new, technical skill that would allow me to feel empowered and to master modern technologies, instead of just using them unknowingly.

Le Wagon syllabus looked promising and exciting... and it delivered ! You have to go all in and commit (pun intended) 100%, but if you do, the well thought out program, the great teachers and always-here-to-help teacher assistants will accompany you closely in the journey.

What's more, after Le Wagon, you know how to learn, and don't feel overwhelmed anymore by the tech universe. It opens up a lot of possibilities, from freelancing to web agencies or in-house dev in any organization relying on tech... which are many. Le Wagon also offers job seeking assistance after the fact, which is really helpful when you don't know where to start.

Highly recommended !

I decided to complete the Le Wagon bootcamp fullstack program in order to learn the Tech skills to have more control over my own start-up. I realize now that Le Wagon taught me more than code: I have developed an empowering new mindset and logic. Besides teaching all the necessary skills, they have taught me to solve problems by myself and I cannot say «thank you» enough to express my gratitude.
The modules were very well structured  it takes you through the material in a logical order which is easier to learn, and the Teachers were amazing, passionate, and their teaching style is highly engaging.
I feel like I am part of a huge tech family, It is without a doubt the best educational program I’ve had!

After university, I had a stint in a startup where I got a taste of programming in Java. Following that, my career took off and I joined global consulting companies. My career pivoted towards product management and the more commercial sides of technology. As the years went by, I found myself further and further away from coding. I had the pleasure of managing and working with developers, but I always felt that they got to do the fun part of projects - building them !

Half a year ago I started to code again and built some projects in Javascript. This really ignited my love for coding and I decided to switch careers to become a developer. I knew I would have to start my career all over again, but I felt it was worth it as I could spend the rest of my life doing something I enjoyed. It was lonely to code alone and I often questioned the quality of my code. To learn best practices, industrial standards and work with other developers, I decided to enrol at Le Wagon.

At Le Wagon, I felt like a knight in training. Everyday we were given pedagogical challenges to shape our understanding of object orientated programming. Ruby was a new language to me, but after a few weeks I was surprised at my own fluency. I trusted the process and let Le Wagon carry me through databases, front end, ruby on rails, and then onto independent projects. The last few weeks of the course, I worked in a team of four to build two web applications. It was challenging to work with others, but after a day of Github chaos, it all fell into place. In our final project we built an app that ‘gamified’ eco-challenges (i.e. plastic free, ride a bike, etc) and there were features such as collecting points, competing with friends and tracking your progress. It was a fun and challenging project to build, and we’re incredibly proud of what we have achieved.

The best thing about the experience at Le Wagon is definitely the Teachers and TA Team. Everyday on the course, they were there to rescue us, guide us and teach us how to write clean code. They were truly ruby and javascript ninjas and the speed at which they could understand our problems and debug was impressive. Without them, I would not be where I am today - with a job as a software engineer working with the Python stack !To anyone who is looking for a career change, wants a challenge as well as seeking guidance, I recommend enrolling at Le Wagon. It is one of the best decisions I made in my life and the knowledge and community support I received was invaluable to my success.