Ironhack

Although the work is intense, working every weekday from 9 to 6 and then most of the time leaving for the night with work to do, and also having projects over the weekend, the payoff is most certainly worth it. In just nine weeks you learn how to develop applications with the MEAN stack and then get prepped for the interview process and provided with companies interested in hiring Junior Developers. 

During the nine weeks, work looked like this. We worked on three different modules separated into three weeks each. We would have classes for two weeks and then a project involving what we learned for the third week. A regular day looks like this. In the morning you would study and follow along with a lesson for about three hours. Then you would make an excercise applying these lessons with a partner. After that we would get an hour for lunch and then another block of three hours of learning and then an hour of doing an excercise. The only changes in this were during our project weeks were the workflow was more freeform, and really up to you. There are no tests, no grades, your performance is based on the quality of your projects as they will serve as your portfolio.

After these nine intense weeks you get a tenth week of the course which is exclusively prepping for the interview process and the hiring fair. You practice some technical and soft skills with people that usually do that process in their respective companies. The final two days are were you actually interview during a hiring fair held in Ironhack. This looks like speed dating as there are tables set up with companies, and you go and pitch yourself to them for about twenty minutes a pop. Most of the companies that attended our hiring fair well really reputable places that seem like good companies to work at and keep developing skills.

The only real downside to this course is how time consuming it really is, requiring you to put the rest of your life on hold for these 9 weeks. Overall it was a great experience and would reccomend it to anyone looking to start a career in development. The only thing you need is the willpower to work this hard for about two months. No previous coding experience is required as they also provide pre-work to get everyone to the same base level.

I will remember this bootcamp as one of those great, game-changing choices I made in my life.

After working as a web project manager in an advertising agency, I decided I wanted to learn to code and looked around Paris for a webdev bootcamp. Unsurprisingly I found many, met them and had to make a hard choice: who would my money go to? Who would actually keep the promises they make on their website?

After reading a lot of good reviews, I chose Ironhack and arrived the first day, still a bit anxious. When I went back home I was fully reassured: I was in the right place with the right people.

Those 9 weeks were so intense, yet immensely formative and empowering. The course material is really very up to date and involves continuous practice during the lessons, and 2 bigger exercises every day. Also, I can tell the lead teacher in Paris obviously loves his job because he's very involved, helpful and patient. Finally, the life at school is pretty dense too, with numerous profesionals coming to school for talks.

I actually loved it so much there that I took a Teacher Assistant position and am now passing my precious knowledge to other students. And I know after that, finding a job won't be a problem for I've already been contacted by a lot of recruiters, met mainly at the Hiring Week organized by Ironhack after the bootcamp.

Needless to say I strongly recommend Ironhack: no matter what your motivation to start a bootcamp is, you probably want to join this one.

I learned to code by myself while working in tech support. I wanted to change careers, so I applied to Ironhack's web development 9-week bootcamp. It's a very demanding course, with a lot of new and different concepts, but, once you've finished, you realize how much you've learned (and not only about coding!). We use good materials in class, and we got help whenever we asked for it, while also learning how to solve problems on our own.

I had no illusion at all. After 12 years as a WordPress freelancer I had been stuck personally and professionally. I worked alone every day and did the same tasks.

 

I decided that this had to change. I decided to update my knowledge about web development. And then I found Ironhack.

 

I chose Ironhack because of the opinions I read from former students and because it allowed me to make the change I wanted in 9 weeks.

 

From the first moment I felt very comfortable in Ironhack thanks to his great team. From the beginning you are integrated into the great family they form. And thanks to student selection process, your classmates have the same enthusiasm. They are positive people who will not give up on any problem.

 

His method is incredible. It is impressive to see how people who knew nothing about programming are able to program a full stack site. Teamwork is encouraged at all times and that makes all students improve.

 

My experience was so good that when they offered to follow me as TA I did not hesitate for a second and I stayed.

 

Thanks to all the Ironhackers

I had an amazing experience in Ironhack. Its intensive but totaly worth it if what youre looking for is to become a developer in 9 weeks. If you want to read more... https://medium.com/ironhack/the-ironhack-web-development-bootcamp-experience-3f63fbc26d49

This weeks attending to Ironhack UX/UI bootcamp have been really really REALLY! intense, powerful, unexpected, can really know how to describe it. I just end the bootcamp two weeks ago and I can see how ready I am to overcome any project, a few weeks ago I really wasn’t that sure, but now I’m really happy for this feeling and for demonstrating myself how professional I’ve come! If you are doubting about having an ironhack experience or not, just go for it, is going to be the best decision!

 

"I have to change my career"
I studied industrial engineering because it is a 'generalist' engineer,ing and when I was 18 I hadn't clear at all what I wanted to do. So I decided to suffer studying that degree. I finished my studies and I started to work as ATM (Air Traffic Management) engineer in a big company. But I wasn't happy and every morning  I repeated myself that sentence ("I have to change my career").
I have been always passionate aboyt new technologies, specially everything related to Internet, mobile apps…
And when I read that blog on Internet (of a former Ironhack student), something inside of me decided to apply for the web developmente bootcamp at Ironhack. And I have to say, that It was the best decission of my entire life.
It was hard, very hard. Because I dind't know so much about coding (2 subjects in my degree), and that was ok for the first 2 days. After that, everything was new for me.
Long days (closing Ironhack doors at 23:00), a lot of coke,  frustration, happiness after each project (weeks 3, 6 and 9), friends (one of the best things about Ironhack), Ironbeers…
But after that, I can say that we are ready to work as web developers. Of course, It won't be easy. I have decided to work in a field that is changing all the time, so I will have to study if I want to be a good web developer. But thanks to Ironhack I am used to work hard to know new technologies.

I took the full-time web-development course with Ironhack Paris in Spring 2018. We learned MEAN stack. I am completely satisfied with the course material. It was quite challenging, but I received the support I needed to advance throughout the 10 weeks. The instructors and staff exceeded expectations. The main instructor, Nizar, teaches in a clear and enthusiastic manner and truly cares about his students' learning. I've been a lifetime student and would not hesitate to say he is one of the best professors I've ever had. I am also pleased with the career services from Ironhack. They helped us with our CVs, our personal brand, and our pitches. All these have helped tremendously during my interviews. Ironhack also sets up a hiring day, where they match students and potential employers for on-site interviews. It was good practice and one company followed-up with me and gave me an offer for a full-stack job (only 6 days after the end of the bootcamp!).

Potential, but small issues: 1) I've heard from other students that many companies in Paris are looking for developers who know React.js or Vue.js. We learned Angular. However, I personally haven't had any problems with this, and most companies I have met with so far recognize my ability to learn difficult subjects quickly. Even more, most companies have seemed impressed by the quality of our final project. 2) The course is taught in English, but a decent level of French helps when interacting with TAs, connecting with other students in the class, and finding a job afterward.

Overall, I highly recommend! 

 

Hi! My name is Beltran, I’m 27 years old and I have no programing experience before IronHack.

Now, why did I decided to leave everything and start the Web Development bootcamp here in Ironhack?

There’s no easy answer to that question so let me put a little bit of background before trying to explain myself.

I started working in Hospitality at the same time I was studying my psychology grade in the university. I always though that this little jobs I was doing were just temporal jobs until I became a Staff member in one restaurant.

That was the moment I realized that I didn’t wanted this as my professional career, so I started looking something more related to what I really like, and there is when I found Iron Hack.

So i decided to leave everything and start a new adventure in IronHack. And I have to say that I don’t regret at all my decision.

My experience in IronHack can be summarized in just a few words: “Fear, surprise, work and ‘Sadpiness’”.

 

Fear? Why Fear?

When you decide to make such a change, to get out of your confort zone, to try something new its absolutely normal to feel fear. Fear of change, fear of the future, etc.

This fear disappears in the first days of class because you meet a lot of people that have made that change too.

Don’t let the fear make your choices.

 

Surprise.

That’s what I felt when I started learning “difficult” things that I never heard of before, and I liked them. And talking about them, using them, and even helping others with problems you already faced makes you think “I never though I could learn those things”.

 

Work.

I’m not going to lie to you, I spent more or less 12-14 hours a day working there. I entered at 9:00 in the morning at I left between 21:00 and 23:00.

Its hard? Yes it is, but its worth the effort.

And when you really realized how much time has passed your are finishing your last project on your own, thinking about how fast the bootcamp has passed.

 

Sadpiness.

Sadpi… what?

Its a new word I have invented because I don’t know how to express the feeling you have when you finish the bootcamp.

Its Sad because all the people you met, you suffer with, you laugh and sometimes cried. All that people that helped you and you helped during this fantastic journey, are going to take their paths.

The bond you make with them is strong enough to keep the contact and take a beer once a week (or twice). But not only with your companions, all the IronHack Staff is always willing to help you, teachers, TA’s, etc.

Thats when you realized you have entered this little big family called IronHack.

And of course is Happiness too because when you finish, you look back and see how much you have changed, without knowing it in most of the cases, in just 9 weeks.

 

To finish, people ask me hot to define IronHack, and after thinking about it I just can say one thing: Ironhack is a life changing experience.

 

When I finished my degree (a double degree in Computer Engineering and Business Administrarion), I thought that a promising future would open before me.I was surprised when I discovered that, given my experience and lack of specific technical knowledge, I could only aspire to positions in Technological Consulting Of course, at the moment, I didn’t want to do a master's degree, so I ended up in a large consulting company, just to say that I lasted 10 months living an experience that I don't want to repeat again, I knew I had to do something that changed the course of my career, or at least to drive it where I wanted to go. At that precise moment, I discovered IronHack.
9 weeks later, I realized the success of my decision. And best of all: now I can choose where I want to work and know what I have.
Ironhack is much more than a web development BootCamp: it's a daily experience, a frenetic pace of work and a passion for learning. Now I can only enjoy the rest of the way.

Ironhack has been a great experience for me. I was working at El Corte Inglés, one of the biggest companies in Spain, as a Demand & Supply Planner and Product Manager, but I felt I was missing something. I thought that my place was somewhere else, and a traditional job and a traditional education wasn't enough. I wanted to learn the latest technologies in web development and reorient my career into digital.    My experience at Ironhack has been amazing. I hadn't written a line of code before my adventure at IH, but its incredible how they teach you and how you learn to work hard in order to solve all the daily tasks you face every day. The IH team is always supporting you, but at the same time they encourage you to solve the problems by yourself, reading the great documentation they provide you and thinking before doing. Your classmates become part of your family, you learn from they and they learn from you everyday.   At the end, when the bootcamp comes to and end, you see how you have been capable of building three great projects using technologies like Angular, Node, Express and Mongo. Companies now days are looking for people that are able to work with this technologies, they listen to you and they show interest on knowing what are your passions and what kind of project you would like to work at in the future.   Once an Ironhacker, always an Ironhacker they say.     Alejandro.  

Before I even thought about doing the Ironhack web development Bootcamp I devoted to the tourism industry, working like receptionist and focusing on customer service. Seeing the transformation of the labor market towards technology, I decided to turn my life around, that gave me a chance to recycle myself and reorienting my future.  

This experience isn't easy, especially if you never wrote code, I don’t want to mislead anybody, you'll need to be 100% involved in the Bootcamp, interested to learn, above all you must have a spirit of overcoming and curiosity if you really want to absorb everything they'll teach you.

You are going to learn mainly tools to improve yourself in this small world which needed professionals. They are going to make you feel like you really are in a company, that is their goal and that's the point of IronHack. In this way, your immersion into the labor’s life will be more comfortable.

The best Bootcamp part was when I could know all the community around programming sector, and obviously when you are able to write code which works. I’m also quite proud about the fact that I didn’t have any idea to write code, and I even wasn’t sure  I’ll reach my goal, but right now I can say: I did it!

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After working as an IT Recruiter and talking to candidates, I started to get interested in programming. I found about Ironhack looking for ways to become a Developer, and after doing the Web Development Bootcamp, I must say that the experience is totally worth it. The work rhythm is quite high, but learning to create a full website with the latest technologies in under 9 weeks is no small feat. One of the things I liked the most it's the way Ironhack works: there are no grades, we are all encouraged to help each other and work together, and for the most part of the day we are programming and learning by doing, not by listening. If you are thinking about getting into Web Development, Ironhack is the best option that I know.

Went to ironhack with 0 experience came out 9 weeks after with a MEAN stack application, it's absolutely inanse to think that you can learn that much in just 9 short weeks. I would recommend this course to anyone who is trying to get into this industry. The course will require a lot of effort from you and you will not have a social life outside from your campus friends.

The teachers and the staff have a lot of experience and will guide you through the process. 

It's an amazing experience, I went from almost 0 knowledge of coding to build a MEAN stack application in just 9 weeks.

I went from serving burgers in a restaurant, to making my own full stack web application in 9 weeks. It was difficult, but also amazing.

Really great experience !! The team is awesome, I m glad to have follow this 9 weeks bootcamp !! 

Before deciding to take the plunge, I did tons of research about the UX/UI field and the various bootcamps that offered this course. Having graduated a few weeks ago, I can confidently say that I couldn't be happier that I chose IronHack. I feel as though I have accomplished more in 9 weeks than I have in any given year. The quality of work that you will be able to put out by the end of this course will astonish you. Of course, like anything, what you put in is what you will get out. This course is by no means a walk in the park. You will have to work hard - long days and sometimes even longer nights, but it is SO worth it. 

The team and the other students at IronHack become like a family, and the support that you will recevice is like none other. It really feels like a little community. 

I don't have a graphic  / visual design background, so I was a little concerned about the UI section of the course, but IronHack really does a great job of equipping you with the tools and skillsets you need. If you come in with realistic expectations, you will find that IronHack exceeds them. You won't know everything there is to know about UX/UI upon graduation (like anything else, there is a continual learning curve), but you will most certainly have a solid foundation to be able to move forward in a new career. 

Because of unfortunate circumstances, we didn't have a lead teacher for some weeks of the course, which is why I docked a star. However, the team in Barcelona has already rectified this and have hired a stellar lead teacher who is starting with the next cohort. 

I would definitely recommend IronHack and the UX/UI course to friends and family. If you are on the fence about it, I say just do it. It will certainly change your life for the best - both professionally and personally. Without a doubt, it was the best decision of my life. 

Overall, I'm happy that I decided to attend Ironhack. It helped jumpstart my career and gave me the opportunity to finally achieve my goal of becoming a Software Engineer. My experience was slightly different as I had been learning Web Development on my own for about 1.5 years prior to Ironhack.

Regarding my experience, I have mixed feelings. I decided to attend Ironhack because I knew that Nizar was an amazing teacher, and Brito was the Job Jedi. However, Nizar took a position in Paris, so our cohort had an instructor who seemed to not be able to handle the responsibility of knowing the material well enough to provide the class with the best learning experience. This led to qiute a bit of frustration, miscommunication, and headaches throughout my time at Ironhack. *This instructor was replaced and the new instructor is a much better fit on all accounts. 

The curriculum is also a bit outdated. There were many bugs, old code/technology, and seemed a bit tone deaf regarding what should be taught vs. what technologies are in demand. In a 9 week course, you have to provide students with tools and skills that make them job ready, and I don't feel the curicculum did a thorough job of doing so.

Our TA's, Jess and Sandra, were AMAZING! They were extremely helpful and plugged any holes that were left by the instructor. They were the difference between me giving a three or four star review. They stayed overtime basically every day to make sure that we were all up to speed. Brito (Placements Manager) was involved and was able to help me land a job prior to graduating, so I don't have anything negative to say here :)

If you're planning on attending any bootcamp, please do your homework and introduce yourself to the material before taking the course. It will make HUGE difference during the course. It's impossible to learn everything in 9 weeks, so give yourself time to get to where you need to be. 

I applied to Ironhack (Web dev part-time) to power up my JavaScript skills as an Analytics Consultant. But I learned so much more compared to my initial expectations. You will learn how to build your own application with the main trendy stack (Node JS, MongoDB, Express, React).

The course was intensive and sometimes painful but the experience was great. The teachers are very helpful and pedagogues.

At the end of the course, you will be more confident in yourself and you will be prepared for your next adventure. Thanks IronHack :-)