AI Software bootcamp | On campus, full-time Reviews

My name is Daniele, and after a year of travelling Asia, I realised that I did not want to go back to my old job working in a restaurant. I wanted to be able to work from anywhere, and because of my long held interest in computing I decided I would learn to code. After completing some online courses, I realised that I was in need of increasing my pace of learning.

While I met some people who had gone to do a coding bootcamp. I started to do some research and came across Le Wagon. After researching where I could do the course, I seen that there was a new bootcamp in Bali.

After the first day of introductions and system setup, the course started at a fast pace, with lectures in the morning after which we were randomly paired with a coding partner. For the remainder of the day we would work on coding challenges with our partner and interfacing with the Le Wagon Kitt System. Not only was this a great way to tackle the challenges, but also a way to learn more about each other. As everybody got to know each other, it wasn’t long before we found our after-camp meetup spot, where we would discuss the days problems and successes, while sipping cold beers from the shop.

As we got into the final few weeks we pitched ideas for the final projects. I pitched a bot application that would be able to automatically make trades on a cryptocurrency exchange. My idea, Crypto-Balance, was chosen, after which the kitt system perfectly selected my teammates based on an algorithm.

Now that we were in teams our first project would be an AirBnb clone. This 1 week project allowed us to work out each others strengths and weaknesses and have some practice of the processes of working as a team on GitHub.

For the final 2 weeks we would work on the Crypto-Balance application, having to deliver a working MVP to be presented on demo-day. Our app had a lot of back-end which would have to work with the Binance API. We found this to be challenging as there were a lot of margins for error. However we were able to fine tune the code by demo day so that the MVP was successful.

All in all the bootcamp was a success for me. I made many new friends from across the world and I learned how to make full stack applications. I also have lifetime access to the brilliant Le Wagon Kitt system and the Le Wagon community chatrooms on Slack. I fully recommend the course for anyone who wants to jump start their skills in web development!

PhD in NanoPhysics, worked as a project manager in a tech startup, I joined Le Wagon Lyon to improve my technical skills in web developing for new opportunities. 

The way of learning is the thing I liked the most. The quality of the lessons, exercices and also the teachers were unbelievable. The organization of the batch was also very appreciated. Matthieu made us comfortable during all the training. The training met my expectations. Impressive way of learning and very nice community. I could easily recommend Le Wagon.

After an engineering school, working in a bank 2 years and a working holiday visa in New Zealand for a year. I decided to join Le Wagon to become developer.
I had some basics from my school but I didn't really like the way it was taught. I also learnt some stuff on my own on Internet before but I didn't know how to join everything to make something global.

Le Wagon fit perfectly what I was looking for : a fullstack program in a short time.
I really liked the format : most of the time spent on programming yourself.
Moreover the team is really dynamic and there are many events organised, which enables to share experiences with many people from many different backgrounds.

The community is very strong and it keeps going after you ended it. I would definitly recommend it.

Coming from a completely different field (logistics) I wanted to learn something new, and I wanted to learn it the quickiest way possible, and Le Wagon made that possible.
After a few months where my interest in coding grew, I heard about this bootcamp, and after some researches I did it, and I couldn't have made a better choice. The learning system is very optimized, and the subjects are carefully chosen in the right order to help you learn the most, the teachers are experienced beasts who know what they're talking about, and their teaching skills are just as good. The staff members are attentive, and they do their best to instaure an amazing atmosphere, whether by organizing drinks, restaurants or activities, so we're in the best conditions to learn. I couldn't be more grateful for the memories I had, and all the knowledge I got there.
After the demo day, the alumni community is huge, and they're always willing to help us with any question, and keep sharing job opportunities and forums to help us be more implicated and not left alone at the end.

If you're looking to learn programming quickly, in a great and friendly atmosphere, with great tools and amazing teachers, you can't go wrong with Le Wagon.

In today's world, knowing how to code has become more of a necessity than a luxury.  Being an entrepreneur and having faced tech related challenges in my previous venture, I was certain that coding is a skill that I definitely need to develop so that I have no dependencies on other people when I want to create an MVP of a new product or when I want to partner with an agency or hire developers. After doing some research, I came across Le Wagon and decided to do the bootcamp in Bali. That decision was probably one of the best decisions of my life. I learned a lot more than I expected. The teaching method is also very hands on which ensures you grab all the concepts and the entire staff is always there to help out in whatever way they can. If you're on the fence about this, I would say just do it and you won't regret it all. I cannot recommend the bootcamp enough for anyone and everyone.

When I first heard about the Wagon I felt I needed to add value to my managerial education with a harder set of skills. Programming obviously came to my mind and so I started looking at opportunities to get involved. Many online programming schools presented candidates with attractive features (low cost, schedule flexibility…) but none seemed to have both the professional and social aspects of Le Wagon and its solid cursus and internal structure. In the end, more than just hard programming skills, we were further introduced to the thriving technology industry, bringing us at the crossroad of our initial formation and this new one, leading us into more strategic positions for ourselves, particularly in our approach to project management and learning how to better set and surpass expectations.

I joined Le Wagon bootcamp batch #247 in Montréal. Le Wagon bootcamp exceeded all of my expectations, not only due to the new skills I got out of it, but also to the people I was surrounded with. For me, it was a human experience and a learning experience.
I received my bachelor in Psychology but I did not want to pursue a career in it. I decided to go into Marketing. After working a year as a marketing coordinator, I found that it was not for me, but I loved creating websites, and maintaining them. So I decided to learn how to code. Joining Le Wagon finally enabled me to get rid of that growing frustration and empowered me to work more efficiently with developers, to better manage digital projects now considering them also from a technical point of view, and to build my own digital projects.
Le Wagon’s methodology is perfectly designed and well rhythmic for people with no prior coding knowledge. The outstanding teaching staff is constantly sharing tips and the best practices they gained from years of experience which gives a lot of hindsight and help better understand what you are learning.
On top of that, Le Wagon gives you all the tools and resources you need to keep learning autonomously and improve your coding skills in the long-run.
Last but not least, Le Wagon is also a strong community of creative and entrepreneur-minded people driven by the pay-it-forward mentality that it’s just awesome to be part of.
In a nutshell, whether you are in digital, you want to be able to build your own projects, or you are currently working with developers, this bootcamp is for you :)

I had a very strong experience in the cultural field and yet I was often ignored by French recruiters. With that in mind, I wanted to learn to create things by myself with my own hands, so I told myself, why not learning to create web apps. After all, it would also allow me to keep running and developing cultural projects, while magically becoming super sexy in the eyes of recruiters.
Le Wagon enabled me to value my previous skills, while pushing me to discover a new world, full of ruby-coloured magic. Most importantly, it is Le Wagon’s community that pushes each one of its members to surpass themselves and give their best to achieve their personal goals.

Before the bootcamp, I studied in a school that didn't satisfy me due to the horrible environment in which it was inserted. When I joined the Le Wagon Lisbon, I didn't expect such a engaging environment, where all the staff makes you feel at home and makes you want to learn more every day.
Looking back, it's amazing to compare the first day with the last (you go from not knowing how to make a simple line of code, to being prepared to build amazing web applications).
Without a doubt an experience I recommend 100%! Not only do we go out prepared for the world of code, but we end with friends for life! I venture to say that it was one of the best experiences of my life.
If you want to be happy programming, choose Le Wagon!

I used to work as a Marketing Manager in a Start Up.
I was constantly working with people from the Tech team, and I realized that communication between Marketing and Tech was actually very complex. That's how I wanted to learn how to code. So I did not hesitate, and I decided to subscribe at Le Wagon.
After the bootcamp, all I wanted to do is was keep coding. I didn't expect to love that much coding, and I think it's because Le Wagon conveys well this passion for code. 
Thanks to Le Wagon, I was able to join very quickly a Web Agency as a Full Stack Developer

After 12 years of gathering experience in Marketing for big multinational companies I have decided to make a career change and dive into the ocean of digital expertise. I knew that I want to become a web designer but the journey to get there starts with understanding the world of code. 

I started searching the most efficient full-stack bootcamps around the world, I did not have any geographical limitation, I just knew I wanted to learn to code as fast as possible. After my research it became clear that Le Wagon was the right choice for me. With their extended network across the whole world you can choose any place in the world and join the community there if you want.

What I appreciated the most was the diversity among us, students. We were coming from all kinds of background : among my classmates, for example, there was a nurse as well as a carpenter and a finance analyst. You meet people like you willing to give their best to change their lives and this is something what helps you to keep the motivation and gives you energy to keep going even during those moments when you doubt yourself. If you keep going and each day you put an effort to keep the tempo, no matter your background, you will suceed to code at the end. Le Wagon bootcamp has its reputation well deserved as all aspects of your learning process are well thought-thru and you just need to trust the process. During those 9 weeks of coding you will experience ups and downs but your teachers are always there for you, they understand your struggle and do their best to make your experience worth it. I have nothing to complain about, I am very happy I made this choice to attend Le Wagon and would recommend it to everyone who wants to learn how to code. It is the most professional way how to make it happen. 

A super team with a amazing organization. The wagon Paris enabled me to acquire real notions in web programming (Html , Css , Java Script, Ruby on Rails). For beginners as well as those with programming skills. The entire team is there for support you and help you to achieve your goals, not only during the course but also afterwards. After two months in The Wagon I am able to create innovative websites and I can continue to learn other knowledge by myself. I recommend it entirely

In 2019 I saw my grandfather died after long suffering from diabetes. To solve that problem we gathered a team of people to create the first automated tool to enable people to live free of chronic diseases, starting with diabetes and we call it Arkangel AI. We envisioned this solution to be like the Siri of Health, one that you could access it whenever you wanted it or wherever you were by learning from the data collected from existing sensors people had like smartphones. We crafted the business and developed a little Frankenstein using free cloud solutions and tutorials. To our surprise, our prototype exploded and getting more than 9,000 users from 22 countries in the first 2 months. Unfortunately, our founders came from business, medicine and design, so the prototype had many holes and did not perform properly. Additionally, the technical founders we interviewed did not want to bear the risk of leaving their jobs to work with us. We were blocked, so, we decided to bet all and hired a company to work on the app. That was one of the worst decisions we did because we needed to move fast and the contract did not allow for any of this. It was horrible, we had a product 3 months behind and we didn’t know how to update it. Our best solution was that one of the founders learned to code, and after getting the support from my team I took the chance.

I interviewed at le wagon 6 days before the batch and finished the prep work in one weekend (not recommended). The experience was remarkable and intense at the same time. I learned how to bring ideas to life, I learned the mechanics and how to talk about software. As an entrepreneur, you think software dev is easy, but it is not, you need to learn to think like one and that is really hard to do on your own. One thing you need to understand is that it requires years to become a ninja dev. and you need to learn more stuff after the Bootcamp, it's impossible to get everything in 2 months. That being said, Le Wagon does an amazing job in cutting the boring stuff to give you only tools you need to build web-apps, and that’s exactly what I wanted. At the end, we built an MVP of Arkangel with an awesome team -Gustaf, Joe and Thomas- and today we have raised $69,000 in non-equity funding and at the end of the year, we will be raising a pre-seed of $350.000 to grow our customer base. I highly recommend this program and if you want to learn more about my experience, contact me (you can watch our demo at Le Wagon Montreal website by searching Arkangel).

I started my company right after university. My issue was that I never really liked the field in which I was. Last year, my partner and I decided to make a career change. I had some app ideas but it is really expensive to hire a developer so I began to learn to code through online platforms such as CodeCademy to try to do it myself. Since it is really difficult to learn by yourself, I decided to join Le Wagon to learn faster and with good practices. It’s crazy what we were able to do in such a small amount of time. We learned all the steps to create a web app. All the teachers are here because they love to help and to teach. We also have a life-access to their platform which is really helpful afterward when you are by our own trying to do your stuff. I recommend Le Wagon bootcamp to anyone who wants to learn to code and wants to make a career change. It was a great experience and I made a lot of good friends!

Before le wagon I worked as an engineer and I taught mathematics in high school. 
I began coding in ruby because I wanted to create a website.
This is after 2 months of self learning coding that I joined le wagon. It was a really nice experience. I learned good practices. It gave me the tools, and confidence of what I can do. I met a lot of amazing people among the students and the business network.
After two weeks i was working as a developer fullstack in Doctolib!

Pros: 

Kitt, Le Wagon's learning platform, is one of the best things about the bootcamp: you can redo exercises, test, and refer to lectures and slides. Being able to redo and refer to the platform after the bootcamp & complete additional challenges is incredibly useful.
At the end of the camp, you have two MVPs in your portfolio that you've built in a team of developers & with pair programming; these experiences help whether you are interested in becoming an entrepreneur, working as a freelancer, or gaining a job as a software developer.

Learning with classmates was invaluable. Everyone was fully dedicated, ambitious, and wanted to learn as much as possible- which made us all strive to push ourselves further & help each other out. 
The Le Wagon community of alumni is another pro- people all over the world post help, guidance, mentorship & opportunities, which means your network in the tech space expands exponentially by joining. The ability to do the bootcamp all over the world helps draw an incredibly diverse & international community: so many graduates are still active in the community which goes to show how positive the experience was for so many. 

Cons: 

9 weeks is a short time to learn so much- I wish we had had a few more weeks to learn more content. 
Le Wagon was up front that they don't guarantee jobs after the bootcamp- which is a bit of a pro/con. Instead of being placed in a job that might not be a fit, at the end of the bootcamp you do have to find your next job yourself. The teachers/TAs/career coaches were helpful in being realistic and giving guidance for us on where to start the job hunt & what to expect during the process. 

 

I would recommend Le Wagon if you're interested in acquiring tangible skills, expanding your network, and/or want to build software products- and are fully invested in learning. 

I decided to make a career change from Investment Banking to coding after researching and attending multiple workshops and talks. 

I looked at several providers and chose Le Wagon based on the combination of reputation, price, length of course, diversity of the cohort, course content, teaching environment and approach but mostly the focus on building a product and developing problem solving skills.

The course is fast paced and intensive but the teachers/teaching assistants and Driver (Le Wagon Manager) were always available and approachable to help with any concerns. They always make sure that no one falls behind. It's crazy thinking about how much content we covered in 9 weeks.

For someone who didn't have a tech background I found that it all came together in the last 3 weeks of the bootcamp where you build a marketplace in week 7 then weeks 8 - 9 on a product pitched by a member of the course.

Why 4 stars? There's always room for improvement and I provided feedback on certain aspects of the course. I'm happy to report that Paal (the Le Wagon Driver) took it on board and has already implemented it for the next course.