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Nicoleta Ciobanu
Le Wagon China- coding bootcamp
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I was doing something completely different than software development or software engineering. But when I discovered software development, I instantly fell in love with it. I love the tech industry, how versatile is and how you can constantly grow and learn.I wanted to learn to code because is one of the most useful skills of the 21st century . I think this industry will open many opportunities for me.I started self-learning, and I did some online courses but I was a bit stuck. I knew the syntax, how does it work and the basic programming concepts, but I didn’t know how to build a project from scratch, so I needed some help.After I have completed some online courses I had 2 choices , do I want to go back to school for another 4 years to get a computer since degree or do I want to go to a coding bootcamp. I definitely didn’t want to go back to school for another 4 years.One of the things I was really worried about was, I will be taken seriously if i don’t have a computer science degree, and I have thought about it for a while, I have spoke with a lot of people and I quickly realized that there are so many people in this industry who come from so many different paths of life. Obviously a computer science is still currently the most popular way to become a software developer but definitely it’s not the only way.So I decided to join Le Wagon, an international coding bootcamp. I did a full time course in China, it was very intensive and very challenging but I love the teachers, the set up, the whole course material, the teaching style of the teachers. Le wagon really gives you the support to become a real software engineer. After I have finished Le wagon course I was able to develop a project from scratch, to deploy it to production and I was confident I can handle a developer position. After one month I got my first job as a developer in a company with more than 3000 employees and more than 600 engineers.The most interesting part is that, after I completed the 9 weeks with Le wagon I am still learning with them. You have the course material and anytime you can rewatch a lecture, their teachers offer you support when you are stuck at your job. I feel that they are always there for me. To join Le wagon was the best decision I have ever made. My life changed radically and I really appreciate what they have done for me. I highly recommend it! -
Julian
Le Wagon: Amazing experience !
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Before joining Le Wagon, I was working into logistics field. I had a lot responsibilities (which I liked) and a good salary but I always felt like something was missing. A friend told me about programming, how great and interesting it was so I did some online courses to know a bit more about it.Seeing all the possibilities that it could offer, I was really tempted to give it a try. Obviously, I hesitated a while before leaving my comfort zone but finally I took the plunge and applied for Le Wagon Web Development bootcamp in Madrid.
Two weeks after finishing the bootcamp, I believe this was one of the best decisions I ever made. One thing for sure, this experience is certainly one of the most challenging thing I have ever done. The students need to be very committed in order to really take advantage of it. The teachers and assistants take the time to explain and they support you through the whole process. The program is really well structured and it's a great thing for people who never coded before (like me). A lot of people who did the bootcamp said it but I have to admit that it's quite amazing the quantity of knowledge you can get in so short period of time. Also, you have the occasion to meet many great people from different backgrounds and countries. After the 9 weeks of intense coding, we had a « career week » where you can learn different tips from different people on how to get into the web development market.
Now, I am looking for a job where I can apply what I learned. Another great point is that you have access to a huge amount of information and platforms to support you (not to mention you have a lifetime access to the Le Wagon community). All I can say is that if you are considering changing you career path and becoming a developer, the bootcamp of Le Wagon is certainly the best way to start your journey! -
Joao Clame
Set yourself up for a lifetime of Data Science
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The Le Wagon Data Science course is the most effiecient way to start your career in Data Science. The course is intense but super well structured and you get excelent help from teachers throughout the course. The best part, is your maintain access to all the course material , which will always be updated as the technologies in the space evolve.
You get to learn all the building blocks needed to become a Data Analysit, Data Scientist or Data Engineer. YOu also get to participate in a group project at the end of the course where you get to implement all the skills you learnt throughout. For my project, we developed a news article aggrigator that predicted if the article you are looking at is more or less positive than others with the same topic. It was super fun and a great learning experience!
I reccomend this course for anyone that wants to get started in this area in as little time as possible! -
Marshall
Best coding bootcamp in China
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The Program is overall good, the course material is in a very structured way. And it basically taught the whole developing process if you wanna build a project by your own which is very practical! And the instructor and staff are really nice, we also have some fun during the learning journey. If you are in ShenZhen or Shanghai, you wanna change your career path, Le Wagon china will be a very good fit. -
Mariana Saavedra
A very enriching, valuable and memorable experience
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It took me a while to decide to do the Bootcamp, but once I was there, the only regret I had was not doing it sooner! I decided to do Le Wagon's Bootcamp in Lisbon because I wanted to know how everything worked behind the digital world scenes and to be independent with what I could create with this knowledge. Spoiler alert! I’ve got what I asked for and much more. The course is very demanding, so make sure you have the time to dedicate your full attention to it, but the rewards are totally worth it! The curriculum is broad and relevant and their teaching methodology is going to challenge you and push you to progress each day. The best part is that you’ll always feel supported. I think the community at Le Wagon’s Lisbon was what kept me going, the teachers are incredibly knowledgeable and talented and the staff is so supportive and kind. My teammates are also such legends, I’m really thankful that I’m now part of this community for life. Yes, you’ll have lifetime access to all the course curriculum (and its updates), career resources, and an extensive slack alumni/teachers community. If you’re like me and you’re looking for an accelerated transition into the tech industry my advice is to just do it. -
Danny Cardoso
A rewarding traning
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Le Wagon was a very rewarding training. More than a classic training in Web development, we acquire knowledge but also methods of analysis and work. The teachers know how to explain and make you understand the exercises, the lessons, the life on the boot camp and especially the life after the training because they were in our shoes a few months/years before. This is what makes Le Wagon a complete and inspiring training for all students. I now feel able to continue learning on my own and apply for job offers. -
Louise Hill
Excellent and comprehensive learning experience
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The course was incredibly well structured and I felt everything I learned was relevant, no time was wasted. You need to give the course your full attention as it is very fast-paced and intense but the pay-offs are huge—you also learn how and where to learn more and this sets you up really well for development roles in an industry that is ever-changing. The teachers are incredibly knowledgable and talented, there was never a question they couldn't answer and the staff are really helpful and supportive. I met lots of fantastic people and had the best time! I still have access to the whole curriculum, career resources and an extensive slack alumni community and I believe the experience was excellent value for money. -
Magloire Ndabagera
Le Wagon - Lyon
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Before joining Le wagon I was a venture capital fundraiser and a self-taught programmer, joining the wagon speed the growth of my skills in data science and I learned how to apply data science in business with real cases application, not just machine learning but all about data science from the base to fetch data, to mathematics and deployment in production with docker and google cloud platform.
It's a real game-changer for my career -
Pilar Joyce
Amazing!
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Following a few years of working in data related market research roles, I wanted to upgrade my technical skills to be better positioned for future roles. That is how I found Le Wagon! Over a period of 9 very intensive weeks, the structure of the bootcamp is designed for you to understand all the relevant information to become successful in the data science field with the help of amazing teachers and TAs. I also have the chance to access all the lectures after the bootcamp finished, which becomes extremely useful when preparing for interviews, working on my final project and building my portfolio.
Le Wagon has a huge alumni network where everyone is open to help with your code, job offers or just to have a chat. However, if you don’t feel confident enough at the end of the course to start networking, Careers Week gives you all the information to excel while networking, looking for a job or becoming an entrepreneur. I highly recommend it! -
Daniel
Learning to code from scratch
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After working as an industrial designer for the last 5 years I decided I want to dive into the path of digital products. I signed up for Le Wagon because I knew it would be the best way to dive into the business and expand my skills by learning how to design and develop web apps. The boot camp exceeded my expectations by far, with tons of knowledge but also the best vibes with the Le Wagon team and my batch group. -
Marilou Pinera
From Child Care to Full stack web developer
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Before joining the coding bootcamp at Le wegon Amsterdam last April 19, 2021, I was working in Child Care for 6 years, I wanted to change my career and wanted to be a Web Developer, that's when I found Le Wagon. I was in batch 626, I would say it is an intensive 9 weeks, it was hard for me for the first 3 weeks because I am a complete beginner but with the support of my TA's and my batchmates I became comfortable with coding. TA's at Le wagon are really great very profesional and friendly at the same time, they made me feel that I belong and that I will succeed. I trusted their system. Even though it's remote, i didn't feel alone and far, I learned to trust my self, my batchmates are the best as well, we always start our day talking to each other laughing and do silly things on camera, it feels like we've known each other for a long time. The schedules, the program, everything is just great, well planned and systematic. I learned a lot, from soft skills to technical skills. I am greatful that I joined Le Wagon and took the risk. I am so proud that I became a part of this Family. I definitely recommend Le Wagon to anyone who plans in changing their career. -
Saskia
An incredible experience
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After two years working as a wine merchant specialized in craft beer and a sanitary crisis during which I couldn’t practice my job, I decided to change career.
I had not turned on my computer for a year, yet I wanted to learn to how to code. I had heard about Le Wagon several times and the bootcamp format; short but intense, particularly appealed to me, so when I learned that in addition to a fullstack training, we would have yoga classes, my choice was made.
More seriously, I can only recommend the web dev bootcamp, and even Le Wagon in general, the pedagogy, the patience, the collaboration and the kindness are part of their philosophy. The program and the tools at our disposal are incredibly qualitative.
Also, the recruitment work for the bootcamp gives rise, to my great surprise, to extremely heterogeneous and equal batches; the diversity of the profiles brings a richness and a true complementarity, driving the projects and the work in pairs. All in all, I think we would have done well to spend another month just for the atmosphere and the teaching team. -
Clement Le Moigne
Great experience
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Before starting Le Wagon bootcamp I used to be a project manager. I worked within start ups that developed really cool products but did not feel like I understood properly what the team was doing. I started Le Wagon to be able to communicate better with the team & being able to challenge technical choices.
Since the bootcamp I became a better technical project manager to communicate with internal team but also with external technical teams. -
H Bdw
Really Great
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After studying material engineer and then working in the Operations, I wanted to learn something new. I always was interested in coding but thought it wasn’t made for me because I sucked at it in class.
I chose Le Wagon because the bootcamp wasn’t long and I could learn everything I needed to know to become a Web Developper in only 9 weeks.
Now that the bootcamp has finished, I wish it could have lasted a little bit more. All the staff is super nice and ready to help you when you’re lost. What I really enjoyed is that the teachers and TA have already done the same bootcamp, few months or years before, so they know what you’re going through, what they are talking about and where you will have a problem. -
charles
Le Wagon Paris Amazing!
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I just ended the intensive web development bootcamp in Paris. I started from 0 and I am now ready to develop sites, modify them or even redesign them! It was 9 intense weeks, but it's worth it! I have learned a lot and above all I have learned while having fun! The staff is great: educational, friendly, always present. The general atmosphere is really incredible, everything is done to make this adventure as complete as possible.
I really recommend this bootcamp!
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Leo
Web Development Course - Full-Time
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I just ended my Bootcamp with Le Wagon Paris. During the first 7 weeks, we learned a lot about Ruby on Rails and i'm now independent to create my own websites, wich is amazing !
During the last 2 weeks, i was working with three other people on a group project. It was a great way to apply everything we learned on a web app we chose to build. As a group, we had to adapt to everyone's skills so we could be ready for the demo day, where I had the opportunity to present our project in front of 100 people. Le Wagon gave me the confidence i needed to keep learning new things and to start my own company ! I highly recommend :). -
Agathe
Fullstack Web Dev Bootcamp
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After several years working in tax law and the banking industry, I decided to move my career in another direction. I’ve always fancied the tech world, that’s why I looked for formations in web development. After some times studying the different possibilities, I chose the Fullstack Web Dev Bootcamp of Le Wagon. Why? Because of its great network of alumni, of its duration (9 intense weeks) and of its renown overall quality. I’ve made amazing friends along the way and I’ve confirmed my liking for programming. Yay! -
Mamoun Benbrahim
Amazing
I was a total beginner in Web Development and was pretty anxious about starting a two month bootcamp. Quickly, I realised that I didn’t have to worry about that. The first day they were saying “trust the program”. Now I can too, tell you personally as a fresh alumni to “trust the program”. It’s perfectly done and I've learned so many interesting notions. I’m glad to have done it. -
Nicolas
Data Science Bootcamp
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Le Wagon bootcamp was truly a great experience. I am working as a data consultant. I didn't have much coding experience before joining the bootcamp. I came up to learn new skill on data analysis, machine learning and deep learning. Clearly I feel way more confortable now and I gained so much autonomy in my professional and person projects. The bootcamp is quite maths-oriented so you really get to understand what's behind machine learning models (you do not just implement them). I recommend having good basics skills in maths/statistics and python if you're planning to join the data science bootcamp. Teachers and members of the organization were super friendly and helpful. They pay lots of attention in your good understanding of the course. Also Le Wagon has a huge worldwide community. I would definitely recommend if your looking for an intensive data science bootcamp. -
Nicolas
Incredible experience !
Spending these two months at Le Wagon has been an incredible experience.
The atmosphere is very good, the teaching staff is very friendly.
The idea of working with a different buddy every day is amazing.
It's a very intensive training but very well supervised, I am now passionate about code and I can't wait to practice it in my next job. -
Ji
challenging, life - changing!
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Before Le Wagon I was working in the fashion industry and had never coded. When I saw the different backgrounds of the students, I knew I was in the right place. We are supervised from day one by teacher assistants who were (for the most part) former students and who know exactly what we are going through. The first few days were the hardest, but once you start to see the results of your efforts, you keep going. What makes The Wagon unique is also our access to the network of brilliant alumni, who work in cool places, and I landed my first job (only a few days after the bootcamp) thanks to the events organized to meet recruiters and alumni. -
Gwénaël
Intense but worth every penny...
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With a former experience as software engineer in industrial printing, I had reached a point in my career where I wanted to change course and invest into a new career to bring a true meaning to my everyday activity. My investigations led me to turn into Data Sciences and I liked the booster that an almost 10 weeks bootcamp could bring. From the very start, once you pass the necessary python and maths warm-ups, you will learn entirely new concepts every.single.day. Yes, this is intense (this is what you paid for!) and can be overwhelming at times but in the end you will get all the intuitions of a Data Scientist and understand all the roles a data scientist can fulfill in the data and IA domains.
Concerning the teaching method, lectures are built as a thorough resources with extra pointers to dive into anytime you want to dig further into those concepts. Exercises and lectures are constantly reworked and refined which makes « Le Wagon » a truly agile learning structure offering lifetime access to new content once you join the alumni fellowship. But be certain that you will be given truly up-to-date content.
Moreover the teaching process (lecture, exercices, end of day recap) involves a full team of teacher assistants during the whole exercices phase is meant to leave No-one in the corner.The teaching team is energetic, composed of teachers and former students that are eager to share their past and present experiences and committed to the success of your bootcamp. And the level of commitment of that team, especially during the project phase, is nothing short of remarkable. I owe them, as well as with the teaching process, a huge thank you to have successfully rekindled the fun in coding and algorithmic that I thought I had lost for good. And eventually it opened new doors that I thought were not meant for me…
In short let’s say that the fame that « Le Wagon » has gained over the years is well deserved! Dive in and you will be rewarded! -
Celia Trache
Le Wagon Paris
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By registering at Le Wagon Paris, I knew that I was going to follow a quality training, but I didn't expect it to be so well established. We trust the program and let ourselves be carried away !
The teachers are very qualified, super caring and available. I felt accompanied and supported throughout the training.
I learned so much in such a short time, and the progression is crazy : at the end of the 9 weeks, we acquire reflexes and we master the basics. I feel totally ready to land a job as a junior developer.
The project weeks bring another dimension to the bootcamp. We work as a team and we give our all to deliver the best possible app !
It was an amazing experience ! I am proud to be an alumni now :) -
Christophe M.
Trust the process
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Le Wagon Paris Bootcamp was an incredible experience. I left my previous company to learn how to code and have more technical skills. At the end of the day, thanks to the high quality of the program and teachers, this bootcamp gave me the opportunity to create and learn the code easier than I expected. More than a program that enables you to learn how to code, I recommend it should you seek a way to learn how to be a developer. -
Chenchen Zheng
I am very grateful to Le Wagon for changing my life in only two months
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After 3 years as a pedagogical engineer and chief product officer in a Parisian start-up, I decided to attend Le Wagon Web Development full-time Bootcamp in April 2021, in order to change my profession to Web Developer. During my ten weeks at Le Wagon, in addition to mastering back-end programming languages like Ruby, I also acquired some front-end skills like flexbox, CSS grid, and ES6. Two weeks after graduating from Le Wagon, I found my first job as a Back-End Developer. I am very grateful to Le Wagon for changing my life in only two months. -
Jean-Philippe Rezler
On top of Data Science !
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I just finished the Data Science bootcamp at the Wagon in Paris. The last 10 weeks were intense as I learned most of the data science concepts and put them into practice.
It is very impressive to see what we were able to produce in the last 2 weeks of projects.This was only possible because of the very well-prepared lectures and the challenges we were given every day, as well as the teacher assistants who were always there to answer our questions, spend as much time as necessary to help us understand and implement the new concepts.
The friendly and collaborative environment is, in my opinion, a key factor of success, and my 10 weeks of bootcamp proved it.This training is a very good complement to my initial scientific training, which is starting to be outdated, and to my professional management experience. I am sure that being comfortable with data science, which I hope to be now, will be a strong positive complement for my future professional career. -
Santiago Caride
Data Science
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I did the data science course given by Le Wagon Buenos Aires.
I don't have coding experience nor data analysis experience. This was my first bootcamp. Doing 9 hours a day of study can be though if you don't have a good backup. Le Wagon provided excellent help and motivation. The course is very practice-oriented. The teachers are more likely to be experts rather than academics. The campus has multiple exercises, and ressourse to keep on track. The first 3 weeks where to set the basis of coding, data-viz and the toolkit. So be prepared to dive in DL and ML starting on the 16th day. This is important: be fresh because there begins the real action. The material is available for ever to review it, so you can see it over and over. The lecture are well prepared and the exercises can be challenging. The team (teachers and ta) are really helpful, the atmosphere is excellent for learning.
I am still looking for a good job, I guess that that will be the last evaluation of the course. -
Julia Frederico
The coding bootcamp
Le Wagon is the coding bootcamp if you really want to learn how to learn. It's challenging and rewarding in all the right amounts, the staff is beyond attentive and the teachers are just amazing. I had the most rewarding learning experience ever the 2 intense months of the bootcamp and it really paid off on my career. I was hired in less than a month after completing the bootcamp. -
Thembi
One of the best experiences of my life!
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My overall experience was very positive. I won’t lie, it was very challenging and confronting you grasp vast amounts of information, but I’m honestly glad I went through that, it was the best way to learn at a fast-paced (the tech industry is naturally fast-paced anyway).
I don’t have a negative comment, but more so a suggestion to help students cope with stress during a massive project. I personally coped well under stress, but others not so much. All in all, I loved every moment & would definitely recommend it to anyone looking to change into tech & make awesome new friends. -
Simon T
Great bootcamp, life changing
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Before I joined the LeWagon bootcamp, I was working in corporate jobs that were becoming increasingly uninteresting and unfulfilling. I had thought about a career change for some time but never had the knowledge of how to do that without going back to university, or just moving into something else that was equally uninteresting to me. At the same time I was always having a lot of ideas for software businesses, but I was unable to execute on them since I didn't know how to write code. It's always scary to leave a job and completely change career, especially when you don't know what the outcome will be. But I'm so incredibly glad that I took the plunge and enrolled in the the LeWagon web development bootcamp - I can honestly say it's one of the best decisions I've made in my professional life.
The bootcamp, while jam-packed with value and incredibly interesting, is hard. You are condensing what would usually be years of content into a 9-week timeframe. That's also the main draw card, though, since you acquire such a valuable skillset in a very, very short amount of time. For that reason my advice would be to make sure you are thoroughly prepared with basic programming knowledge before you start the bootcamp to ensure you keep up. LeWagon provides a pre-course set of materials to get up to speed, but I would suggest even going beyond that and nailing down those fundamental concepts (loops, functions, conditionals etc.) with additional material before starting - there's plenty out there. Aside from that, the program is really well structured and gets you to learn in the most effective way possible - by doing. The day is typically begun with a 1.5 - 2 hour lecture, and then you're off and coding for the rest of the day. The material and amount of work is enough to be challenging and difficult, but still achievable enough so that you see yourself making progress and you're motivated to continue. I can't speak highly enough of the teachers and assistants, who give really engaging lectures, and who are incredibly helpful during the course challenges and in project week. This is true inside and outside of 'course hours' and I've had plenty of ongoing help from them even after the course was well and truly completed.
In the final 2 weeks of the program you get to actually build a real software product that can be used in the real world, with a team of your peers. You may even be fortunate enough, as I was, to have your own idea voted to be the project you work on. This was the most rewarding and engaging part of the whole course for me. You get to put everything you've learned over the last 7 weeks into practice to build a product that you just never think could be built in under 2 weeks. It's exciting, challenging, stressful, fun and most of all extremely rewarding to go through that process and to have a fully fledged product at the end of it is incredible.
I now have the ability to bring a highly valuable skill set to any company I work with, and can build new products whenever I have an idea. I keep saying to my wife it feels like I have super powers. I've recommended LeWagon to many of my friends already, and would strongly encourage anyone who is on the fence to take the plunge and enroll. It's been positively life changing for me. -
Elsa
Web Development Bootcamp
The bootcamp in Paris was a great experience I am very happy I made this decision to change my life for code ! And after bootcamp, there is also an amazing community worldwide -
Jeremy W
Batch #517 Review
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Le Wagon was a fantastic experience for me. While looking for bootcamps, I wanted to make sure that I was learning current technologies, industry techniques and how to work in groups. Le Wagon checked all these off with ease. One thing when being new to coding is asking questions. You'll have a lot, and the teachers and T.A’s are there to help you! No matter the question or even how many times you ask, they are always there to help. The knowledge the teachers and T.A’s provide is enormous, and the fact that they have done the program makes you realize that it is possible! There will be ups and downs, but the support from the community is fantastic. Speaking of the community, it is so diverse with everyone's backgrounds and experiences. You make great connections that go beyond the bootcamp. I would recommend Le Wagon to anyone who wants to level up their skills and meet amazing people! -
Ian
Le Wagon was a great bootcamp that prepares you for jobs in the coding market
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Pros:
• Great team that make you feel welcome and always happy to help make your bootcamp a fantastic experience
• Teachers that care and are willing to go the extra mile to help you establish a coding mindset
• While not the most in-demand language, Ruby is an excellent choice for people that are just getting into coding
• Attractive pricing compared to competitors
Cons:
• While Le Wagon does provide excellent workshops, networking opportunities and strategies on how to find employment post graduation, they do not have any guaranteed placement opportunities in affiliated companies, which is a service some bootcamps do offer. -
Keith Shepherdson
Keith Shepherdson - Le Wagon Singapore
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Hi, I'm Keith and I attended Le Wagon Singapore. I have a pretty unconventional route. You could call it a mid-career switch, or even rojak.
School I studied and obtained a bachelor's in Civil Engineering. That's essentially knowing how to design buildings, tunnels, and bridges. My first exposure to programming was in the first year of school, just like most engineering curriculum. My module thought us the Fortran programming language. For reference, Fortran was the de facto language, back in the 1980s, used to mass calculate forces that a building was subject to, to make sure it wouldn't collapse. So, I built an IPPT calculator instead. And that's the last time I touched coding, until... Come year 3, I would hear of and be intrigued by the term 'machine learning with python' constantly. The premise of machine learning was incredibly interesting: given a list of all the Titanic passengers and their details (age, gender, cabin seat, etc.), a programming script could identify who survived and who didn't, with a high degree of accuracy. So was sold on this black magic (which I discovered was a whole bunch of Maths and Statistics), and I decided to self-study python. But things weren't clicking as well as I had hoped.
Work My first full-time job was doing project management in the aviation industry. Funnily enough, I told myself I would eventually pivot my career a couple of years from then to a tech-based role. So, I started doing Harvard's critically-acclaimed CS50 course after office hours and on weekends. I thoroughly enjoyed the aha! moments and the challenges that left me stumped for hours and days on end. But throughout this journey, the pandemic struck hard on my sector. I thought now would be a great time to take a leap. I duly did my research, left my job, and enrolled in Le Wagon Singapore coding Bootcamp.
Le Wagon Singapore What an amazing experience. Me and my classmates' dove into code straight away. We went from printing "Hello World" and for loops, to building an MVC (Model, View, Controller) ground up, to building and deploying full-stack apps (Ruby on Rails and JavaScript) to the cloud. All in 9 weeks; that's pretty mind-blowing, to be honest. Even today I even wonder how I was able to do that. But I think I have figured out how.
1) Firstly, the curriculum is extremely structured. Every single day has an extremely well-defined topic, such as OOP (Object Oriented Programming). The instructors Miguel and Prima are experienced and well versed in the course material and are always passionate about imparting the programming fundamentals and knowledge to us.
2) Another huge factor is that feedback is fast and responsive. You may have spent inordinate amounts of time trying to understand concepts on YouTube or bug fixing on Stack Overflow. Le Wagon Singapore massively improves on this experience. They have an efficient on-demand, support ticket system where any technical question can be answered by experienced instructors or TA's. It's what I call "Stack Overflow on Crack". Of course, it really helps that there is such a fun, friendly and helpful atmosphere in the classroom, where mistakes are encouraged, and no question is considered insignificant, no matter how small or "silly". After all, this is part of the learning experience.
Last thoughts All in all, I am more than happy to have chosen Le Wagon Singapore as it was fulfilling, fun and affordable. It's been a few months after graduation and I am now a full-stack software engineer; I couldn't have picked a better school. -
Shaz
Best career investment - you won't regret!
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If you’re looking to change your career or learn a new skill, Le Wagon full time web development bootcamp is the cheapest and quickest way to do so. It will equip you with the overall skills needed to change your career and the right environment for you to learn coding.
Best environment to learn. The coding exercises and projects help with consolidating your knowledge each day and the supportive teachers and course structure is optimised for your learning. On top of that, community support is the best here at Le Wagon. The online LMS and slack are also top notch resources!!
The only thing is that coding in general, requires self-motivation and perseverance. So be ready to feel beat down during this journey, but know that you are always learning and growing! Software development is continually growing, and so will you. You will not only learn coding skills but also lots of life lesson and people skills along the way! -
Lawrence
Why not sooner?!
I really had an awesome time at LeWagon and wished I would have gone sooner there. The help from the teachers and even in the off hours is just overwhelmingly great. Also the materials given is more than enough to keep on learning weeks after the bootcamp. I can not find any criticism or point of improvement. That is how well it was! -
Hendrik
It was a potentially life-changing experience for curious go-getters who enjoy learning new skills and who want to venture into the world of tech.
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One of the most important reasons why I joined Le Wagon was because it seemed like the most time-effective way to kickstart my journey into the realm of tech. What I enjoyed the most about the bootcamp can be summarized by one word: “learning”. The bootcamp made me rediscover the pleasure of learning.
The curriculum is undoubtedly of stellar quality. It is clearly very meticulously drafted and reviewed and is also regularly updated to keep up with the fast paced changes in web development. I was particularly impressed by Kitt, the learning platform developed inhouse by Le Wagon, because it provides you with all the tools you need to learn in the most effective way possible and is very easy to use.
This brings me to the practical nature of the curriculum, because that is exactly what the team at Le Wagon has discovered is the most effective way of learning. Every day of the bootcamp starts with a bit of theory, which you then immediately apply in the form of exercises throughout the rest of day. In the evening, you then review what you learnt by doing flashcards. This means that in a single day, you basically cover a part of the curriculum three times, each time in a different way. This ensures that you really cement the newly acquired knowledge in your brain.
I have only good things to say about the two teachers I had the pleasure of learning from. Both were very skilled developers but at the same time also great human beings. They were always there to give us their support and answer whatever question we might have had and put their heart into every course they taught us.
If I had to choose 3 words to describe Le Wagon, I would choose positivity, intense and empowering! It was a potentially life-changing experience for curious go-getters who enjoy learning new skills and who want to venture into the world of tech. Le Wagon has put a lot of energy into creating a vibrant alumni community. I know that whenever I need to, I can easily reach out to my fellow alumni for questions, advice, feedback or even job opportunities.
In this context, “Career Week” was also very useful: it helps you figure out what the next steps are on your journey. From learning more about the different career paths, to helping you spruce up your CV, LinkedIn profile and helping you prepare for job interviews, the Career Week covers plenty of topics which are really important for you to reach your goals as a fresh graduate.
Le Wagon has given me the tools and the confidence to achieve my tech-related goals. Right after graduating from the bootcamp I started working remotely from Istanbul for a Belgian tech-startup called ExoVibe as a Web Developer. That is more than I could have hoped for beforehand and I would not have been able to achieve that so soon if it weren’t for Le Wagon. -
Capucine Dehaut
Excellent methodology and amazing community !
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Attending this bootcamp was the best decision I could possibly make! I come from a business background: I graduated from a business school and got a first job in program management at a big tech company. This is where I discovered data science and decided I wanted to learn more. So I chose to attend the Data Science bootcamp at Le Wagon after looking at their program, the demo-days on Youtube, and talking with their Alumni, and I just landed a full-time Data Analyst job!
This bootcamp covers Data Collection-Cleaning-Analysis, Machine and Deep Learning. It gives you enough concepts and practice time to make you employable after the bootcamp, but what’s really smart is that they teach you how to go further, how to answer your own questions, how to read the documentation of Python libraries, etc.. In this way, you can go a lot further on your own after the bootcamp in your own time.
There are three things I really value in this bootcamp:- The methodology: One third of the day is lecture time, and the two other thirds you’re paired up with a buddy and complete exercises to practice what you just learned. Thanks to this methodology, I felt ready to work right after the bootcamp !
- A unlimited access to resources: you can access all lectures materials, exercises, flashcards, career playbooks after you leave the bootcamp. I still use their platform all the time and it’s been super useful.
- The network and seamless support from teachers: there’s many teachers available to answer your questions during the bootcamp so you never leave a day of class with an unclear concept in mind. And there’s a SUPER-active community on Slack, which has now 10 K members from around the world, and will help you find a job, find a freelance mission, answer technical questions, attend masterclasses, connect with companies you love. There’s a superbe atmosphere, you get little surprise events to connect with your peers and teachers and they really do (even in covid times) everything they can to ensure you get the best experience possible.
100% recommend Le Wagon ! -
Charlotte DEMARET
Impressed by all I learnt in only 9 weeks
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I was working in marketing for 6 years and I was considering to change to work in a more digital oriented company but I was obviously lacking some digital skills. Then I moved to Tokyo because my husband had a job offer there, so I take this move as an opportunity for me to learn new skills and I joined Le Wagon Tokyo 9-weeks intensive bootcamp.
I graduated only 2 months ago but I can already say this is the best decision I could ever made !
I would like to insist on the fact that I really didn't have any coding background before joining. I just spend some time on Code Academy before applying, basically to know what coding was exactly 😅 and see if I was at ease with the logic.
I did the prep-course they asked to do before the bootcamp and, even if they cover everything again during the bootcamp, this is really usefull to understand deeper and quicker the main concepts.
The bootcamp itself was really intense, during these 9 weeks, I was literally thinking coding everytime because the learning process is really "addictive", in a very stimulating way. The first weeks help you to get use to the algorithms logic using Ruby language, then the further we go, the more concrete/realistic the challenges become and you can say that you are building real stuff which is super super rewarding !
The lectures are really clear thanks to the teachers who are super pedagogics (again even for people who are REAL beginners) and the exercices are made to make you perfectly understand the lectures and apply them.
In addition, there are a lot of ressources available on the platform which are again really useful (I keep using them all the time since I finished).
Cherry on the cake, they organise a "career week" at the end of the bootcamp which is really useful to know how you can "sell" your new skills, give you advice and ressources to keep learning, depending on what kind of job you want to apply and organise meetings with some partner companies.
I'm not working yet but I already have an offer and several process in progress so I can definitely say that not having a coding background is not a weak point, on the contrary, companies seem to appreciate having people from different background who did this bootcamp !
In short, I can only recommend this bootcamp to people who want to open new opportunities in their career. -
Jurek
An Amazing Experience!
Looking back at the bootcamp, I do not regret the decision and loved every moment of it! Learning how to problem-solve, think logically and collaborate with a diverse mix of colleagues and teachers, Le Wagon has helped me build an amazing platform to enter the world of tech! Highly recommended!