Le Wagon Reviews
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Dan Howitt
Graduate
Excellent bootcamp. Le Wagon's slogan "change your life, learn to code" cannot be more accurate. Faultless and would recommend to anyone who wants to learn how to code... challenging, but very rewarding. -
Dimby Rakotomalala
Le Wagon changed my life
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Before the training, I was in consulting where I carried out several missions in the Web Marketing departments of large companies. (What interested me the most in these missions was the technical part) The technical aspects of these missions was the most exciting part to me. I found a real pleasure juggling between HTML, CSS, javascript and Excel/VBA to automate some tasks. After attending the presentation at Le Wagon’s bootcamp, a reconversion in Tech seemed obvious to me!
3 months after the training, I have just launched my website of object givings between individuals. All this, thanks to Le Wagon course and a little patience! -
Gustavo Borges
A fantastic experience
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I am a Distance Learning Manager and had always been curious about coding, specially thinking what I could develope in the edtech industry. I'd searched for bootcamps and was quite happy to find the best ranked one (Le Wagon) in my city: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The experience was fantastic from the beginning and not only our group could develope amazing projects, we were also taught on how to plan, build and manage those products. With the Covid-19 issue, we had to move rapidly to online classes but we didn't lose quality - in fact, I think we got even closer. I recommend Le Wagon as a life-changing experience and an exceptional way to gain autonomy and self-confidence in building digital products and connecting to an international community of developers.
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Mau Dav
i <3 LW
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My experience at this bootcamp was more than I expected. My intention when I joined this program was to merely be able to develop a web-app but I left, not only with the right conceptual tool-set to attack problem-solving critically and creatively, but with a great community on top of whose shoulders I can stand. The people behind this bootcamp have made sure to think about every possible detail that can benefit you in your learning process, and the quality of the experience clearly shows all of this. Plus, I didn't only learned a humongous amount of skills in a short period of time, I also had a lot of fun while doing it. Yoga classes in the afternoon were a great way of letting of some steam after some intense debugging, going out after a long day with my teachers and fellow students was always very entertaining. I think none of this was a mere coincidence. I think the Le Wagon model is constructed around this idea of creating the perfect context for the student to really take the most advantage of what is being taught to her. -
Julia
Mexico #347 batch
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First of all I'd like everyone to know that attending a boot camp doesn't make you job interview ready. You'll still need to study stuff like data structures and practice solving algorithms. You are looking at a couple of months of studying on your own. Le Wagon doesn't prepare you for that, but neither do most of the coding boot camps. My general wish is that this was somehow mentioned somewhere before you join the boot camp or somewhere along the way. Or probably I should have done my own research better -- whatever it is.
Regarding Le Wagon boot camp those are the things I enjoyed:
1. People. Teachers were absolutely amazing. Very talented, dedicated when guiding us through the process, and patient.
The boot camp manager Andrea was absolutely amazing. She would always help with things smallest and biggest, and would always find time to hear you out with any questions and concerns.
My classmates were pretty great. It was easy to make friends as we seemed to share similar values and goals.
2. Social aspect. We had all sorts of activities and outings organized for us, such as visiting popular attractions, bar outings, even yoga!
3. Collaboration. They have buddy system where you work each day with a new person on exercises, which enforces you to vocalize your thought process and mimics real world pair programming. Towards the middle of the course we all worked in the groups of 3 or 4 on Airbnb clone and our final project. That mimicked real world standup meetings, code reviews, and tasks delegation.
4. Tech stack. Ruby on Rails, HTML, CSS, JavaScript combo was exactly the tech stack I was looking for.
5. Definitely can't beat the price which was around $5,000 but ended up less for me after the discount for women in tech. They do have early bird discount as well I think.
6. I loved working on the final project with my team. It's really thrilling to have an idea and work with like minded folks on bringing it to life. Sense of accomplishment and celebration during the final demo day was real.
Things I didn't enjoy or think could have been done better or differently:
1. Pace. It was extremely fast paced with no time to digest the concepts. I'm not entirely new to coding, yet by the week 5 I felt like I couldn't pack concepts into my head anymore. We had pretty much a day for each concept (listening to the lecture in the morning, pair programming the whole day, and then live code in the evening), and the following day we would be learning a new one. That's 10 hours of coding a day every day for 9 weeks with the new material each day. Some of my classmates at some point of the course got lost and were not able to catch up. By the week 7 I simply burned out and almost dropped out myself.
2. I didn't enjoy our attendance being monitored as if we were high school students. All the lectures were recorded and available for viewing on the portal. Better approach in my opinion would be letting folks have their own judgement which lectures they want to attend in person and which to watch on their own as long as people watch them and do the exercises. That would help people manage their energy and prevent folks from being exhausted towards the end of the course.
That's pretty much it. Turned out to be quite a long review, but I feel like it touched pretty important points for folks making decision which boot camp to join. Looking back it was overall a great experience. Throughout the course I felt supported by the Le Wagon team and met bunch of amazing people some of them I can call friends. -
Chris Westerman
Full Stack Development Course
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I attended Le Wagon London (batch 388) in April of 2020 to gain insight into the world of back end programming and help me gain the technical skills needed to alter my career path. After spending 10 years in the hospitality industry spanning multiple departments one thing became clear, the key to future success rests heavily in a thorough understanding of new technology. Le Wagon’s fast paced, 9 week curriculum is perfect for turning students of all backgrounds into junior full stack developers. The daily learning schedule is structured for students to get out of the program what they put in, with morning lectures introducing each topic followed by a series of daily challenges to nail home the concepts. After graduating from the Full Stack Development program I had all the confidence and know how needed to move forward with a career in web development. -
Li
Le Wagon gives me what I need to become a developer.
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From the 9-week long coding bootcamp I got technical skills including Ruby, Rails, HTML/CSS, JavaSctipt, product design and deployment(Heroku), which make it possible for me to build a fully-functioned web application from scratch.
Besides the technical skills, I would say I got some more valuables things from this journey - the ability to learn, the way of thinking & solving problems, the way people communicate & collaborate in tech industry. During the booctamp we were all encouraged to collaborate with our 'buddies' (pair programming partner), to ask for help, and to share our thoughts and ideas among the whole batch. These experiences helped me a lot when I did my interview for a graduate program.
I am happy I made the decision to attend Le Wagon, it does give me what I need to become a developer. So if you are really keen to start a career in tech, and have the willingness to keep learning, Le Wagon is definitely an amazing choice. -
Anthony Passler
Web Development Bootcamp
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After 10 years in the creative industry as a Creative Artworker I decided to make the switch and become a Full Stack Developer. I quickly found out that Le Wagon London was a great place to help me achieve my goals and I made the jump and signed up. The experience was incredible, its amazing the amount of Information your brain can process and the way Le Wagon have structured their bootcamp in phenomenal. I really enjoyed the fact that its a product-oriented approach where there is lots of hands on work as well as the buddy system which teaches you to work with different people and learn different ways of thinking because you get paired with a new person everyday. The teachers are always ready to help you when needed and there are no stupid questions! Looking at my final project (helprcommunity.com), I still can’t believe my team and I managed to pull this off in 2 weeks. Great job Le Wagon! -
Renaud
Le Wagon, a life-changing experience.
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My experience at Le Wagon completely exceeded my expectations.
I started the bootcamp willing to discover more about coding and finished convinced that I wanted to do web development for a living. The whole « La Wagon » pedagogy is truly powerful and effective. You spend 80% of your time practicing and actually coding. Everything you learn and do is focused building working apps. So you end up with a set of skills and tools you can use right away in any web development project. And cherry on the cake, by doing Le Wagon you join a huge and active network of happy tech alumni always helpful and full of good advices.
I totally recommend Le Wagon, a life-changing experience. -
Antoine
Web Development Bootcamp
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I always had lots of entrepreneurial ideas, but never felt ready to test or launch those ideas, because I had no technical skills. Directly after my bootcamp at Le Wagon in Paris, I developed the MVP of one of those ideas. Today, I completely pivoted from that idea and work on a new MVP. Being able to code gives me huge flexibility and enables me as an entrepreneur to test projects at almost no cost. With a traditional business background and first experiences in banking & consulting, I believe Le Wagon is adapted for any profile and has the perfect format to learn quickly how to code while having fun! -
Yusuke
Change your life, learn to code!
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Before I joined Le Wagon I was working as an interpreter which was fun but I knew was not what I wanted to do long term. I always wanted to learn to code so I took online courses that I found interesting, but it never worked for me. After I while I’ll get busy from work then I’ll end up forgetting everything I studied which was a waste of time. That was when I started looking for places where I can focus on studying. And when you search for bootcamps, Le Wagon is always on top of review sites. I was skeptical at first, but still chose them because I liked their curriculum the most. I will be honest with you that the 9 weeks will be intense and extremely hard especially if you have a limited coding experience like me. It won’t be a vacation and sometimes you’ll think of throwing your laptop away and just quit during the first 3 weeks. But don’t worry, the teachers are excellent and amazing communicators that you will be able to get through everything just fine. Overall, it was a great experience and lived up to the reviews. I would definitely recommend it to anyone considering on attending one of their courses. -
Pins
Best Online Bootcamp!
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if you are gonna be a remote student, this is for YOU! I couldn't be there at the school physically due to the whole COVID situation and lock down. Was really worried in terms of the whole experience and learning process but the whole online remote teaching system they came out with, was FANTASTIC. Of course it would been nice to meet everyone in person, but I didn't feel alone as a remote student, everyone was friendly!
The teachers actually engage a lot with all students and it made the whole online experience super easy to access, full support given from teachers anytime(very patient and helpful teachers in fact), the challenges and whole curriculum structure was very well structured!
Literally, anyone can code from anywhere! And I will say it's way worth the price you're paying for, a good investment in yourself and a once in a lifetime experience! -
Diana CAPUNAY
Best bootcamp ever!
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I have been working during 8 years in a French localization agency as Linguistic Project Manager and Manager. During my experience at the agency, I had the opportunity to work often on back-end and HTML when localizing sites. This experience gave me the motivation to get into the world of the Web.
I chose Le Wagon because its training is certifying (in France) and its pedagogy is very effective.
I don’t regret my choice, it is one of the best experience I had in my life!
During the training, I discovered the frontend which satisfies my creative side. It helps me to move towards front-end developer positions in Hong Kong. -
Lucille James
Fantastic experience, solid course
I had the pleasure to attend the Wagon during a not-so-great time, in April-May 2020. The entire team really outdone themselves to make our learning experience go as smoothly as possible. You can feel the progression throughout the bootcamp, and the pedagogic team really cares for their students. All in all a fantastic bootcamp. -
Aurel
Great experience in Data
As a data freelancer, I used to self-learn a lot. Applying to Le Wagon’s data science bootcamp allowed me to increase my skills far more quickly, by facing state of the art processes in only nine weeks. It was a real game changer for myself and my clients. The growing community of Le Wagon is also an incredible way to meet other professionals eager to share good time as well as new opportunities. -
Martin Navarrete
Remarkable pedagogy to teach coding
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Being an IT Project Manager, I lacked the technical knowledge to interact properly with the developers team or fully understand the technical architecture of our solutions. To fix this I did Le Wagon full time bootcamp. In only 9 weeks I learned to code, made friends, and got good contacts in the tech industry.
Le Wagon teaches you the basics of coding, with which you can easily continue progressing and discovering new "gems" (pre-coded applications) that allow you to do almost anything you want.
And it is also a great way to enter into the digital start-up world.
I strongly recommend this bootcamp. The teachers and staff are great, friendly and fun!
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Sovana
Great learning journey and amazing human experience
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Coding was always a skill I wanted to add to my professional quiver and I decided to join Le Wagon bootcamp following all the good feedbacks I heard about it.With more than 10 years of experience in Marketing in the cosmetics industry and absolutely no experience in coding, this 9-week program went beyond my expectations!- The learning path is very well structured and supported by an amazing lifetime access learning platform full of useful resources
- The teaching team is both highly qualified and passionate about coding. They are always ready to coach & help you in one to one and this is one of the main asset of the bootcamp as I don’t think I would have learnt so much in only 9 weeks without their help.
- Focus is on practice to make sure all the concepts are understood and assimilated as most of the day is dedicated to practical exercises with a great system of feedback telling you how well you performed.
- The program is very team oriented as you face your daily coding challenges everyday with a different “buddy” and then work in teams of four for your final projects. To me, it’s the perfect way to build strong bonds with your classsmates!
- Last but not least le Wagon team does a great job at connecting people through the events their organize weekly for the students: from the first welcome drink to the last demo day party, everything is made for you to know each other and develop your network. And it doesn’t stop there as you become part of Le Wagon Alumni that now counts more than 3000 students over the world who stay connected to each other through the many slack channels of le Wagon and of course through the many events organized by Le Wagon.
Thanks to Le Wagon, I now know how to code, how to design my own projects but I also met incredible people and made great friends! This has been one of the most incredible learning journey I have ever had. Some weeks may have been hard and pretty intense (hey it’s a bootcamp after all!) but if had to do it again I would not think twice about it! -
Laura
Good experience - High Knowledges
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I worked for 10 years in the digital and innovation field. Before Le Wagon, I never coded a single line of code. I did the 6 months part-time training. Development and programation is the main purpose of my work and I felt there was a gap between me and the developers because we could not speak the same language. During Le Wagon training, I perfectly learn how to code and even more : I learned how to worked with teamate and a methodology to always increase my knowledge in development. The success of this formation is due to the teacher team (always 4/5 teacher by session) and their benevolence. The framework is also amazing : the large jungle helps give a very relaxing setting :) -
PHD
Brilliant
Great syllabus : covers a lot of ground - not in great detail, but equips you with the tools to go further where you want to . Even with some relevant background, expect to work hard to fully benefit. Excellent teachers and TAs. Tried and tested organisation and tools. Extremely professional yet informal and friendly. Active alumni community. -
Kevin
Amazing experience not just for aspiring developers, but also for professionals in business functions seeking technical literacy
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After several years in the consulting world working alongside professionals in tech, I wanted to learn to code and better understand technical concepts and architectures that were becoming increasingly prevalent in my work. I tried several times to learn on my own using online resources, but found it difficult to stay self-motivated.
Le Wagon provided me with the structure and intensity I needed to learn quickly. The best part of the experience, beyond the traditional lecture format, is that you learn by doing. You spend most of the day practicing coding, and applying the skills you learned during the morning lectures. The latter part of the bootcamp is dedicated to building out full-scale projects, replicating the experience you would have as a real developer.
The course is rigorous and it will challenge you, but that is exactly why it is so effective. All of the instructors were incredibly helpful and patient in helping you get unstuck throughout the exercises and projects. If you're ready to put in the effort, you will come out of this program with the skills and knowledge to grow your professional career. -
Etienne Burdet
Brillant course, got me a job in no time
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Ok now to the mudane details… Le Wagon's track is quite different from anything you will find on the net and is truly brilliant. Instead of focusing on eye catching features and technology names, it focuses on giving some really solid basics on the MVC desgin pattern and product lifecycle "the Github way". And that's all you need truly, to ship ton of product.
The schedule is awesome (the best benefit of the program), the content is great, the atmosphere is just perfect. It's all you need to be 100% percent on learning everyday.
If you want to develop products, code your own product or get more experience in doing so (e.g. for Product Owner jobs), I can't recommand enough. Forget the fancy React stuff, just learn a proven way to ship functionnal apps.
And again, it got me a job in no time. -
Christian
Web Development Course - Full-time
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I was always curious and interested in developing my web development skills, but because of my job I could not make an intensive program of 9 weeks. The solution came with the Part-Time program at Le Wagon that allowed me to pursue my dream of deep diving into programming without having to give up on my current job. I came to Le Wagon looking for boosting my knowledge in order to be autonomous in launching MVP’s and the experience far surpassed my expectations. Not only I got the technical skills that were required in order to build a product but also I leaned how to conceptualise and launch it. That coupled with its amazing staff and existing network made my time worthwhile. -
Maude
Amazing learning experience !
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After 3 years working in a tech environment as a product owner, I wanted to get a better grasp of the developer’s challenges so I decided to attend Le Wagon and learn for myself what the job was ! I can definitely recommend the program to anyone, regardless of their previous background and/or experiences: my experience at Le Wagon taught me a lot more than the developers job. It taught me the right development practices, the right way to approach and structure a project, how to collaborate, how to improve my coding skills by myself and more. During these 9 weeks, being surrounded by people from various backgrounds and experiences challenge themselves to pursue a career switch was extremely inspiring and gave each of us the courage needed to design our path as developers/product/growth/entrepreneur... -
Mathieu
Extremely valuable skills not only to geeks and developers but also to anyone in a business function
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After nearly 10 years of professional experience in “traditional fields” (Finance and Management Consulting), I felt very ignorant of all the tech ecosystem that disrupts every day established incumbent players. I needed to gain rapidly technical skills and to get to know this booming geeky world.
Le Wagon perfectly matched this goal and I can only recommend it to anyone in the same situation. At Le Wagon, I’ve experienced the most exciting learning experience. Each day is about discovering something new, getting to know a new person and exchanging ideas with smart people from incredibly diversified backgrounds. The teaching is extremely well-thought making it both accessible to complete beginners and exciting to students with more advanced knowledge.
I am convinced that today being able to code, to query a database, to design a product in sprint mode or to pitch an app idea are extremely valuable skills not only to geeks and developers but also to anyone in a business function. -
John
Bootcamp at Le Wagon
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With three decades in the global news business as a photojournalist, photo editor and manager, I had the opportunity to make a career transition and enroll in the Fullstack Bootcamp for web developers. While in high school in the ‘60s I learned Fortran and later as a web consultant at a photography school in Paris I worked on SEO visibility in the early days of the internet in the ‘90s where HTML pages had to be tweaked to the algorithms of the different competing search engines. In 2019 “Le Wagon” was my personal pivot, a challenge to learn how to code during their 9-week bootcamp bringing people from various professions and backgrounds into a dynamic environment with the goal of working in the start-up economy.
Learning at the bootcamp was intense - daily presentations to learn code, followed by exercises working with a different buddy each day, ending with a hour-long ‘live code’ session. And flash cards to review the course content each day. By the end of the second week, many of us were dreaming code in our sleep. An excellent teaching staff and a pedagogical program that has proven itself since the creation of ‘Le Wagon’. They have developed an environment where students of all technical levels can learn the tools needed to build web applications. Just excellent !
As “Le Wagon” simply states, “Change your life, learn to code”. -
Thomas
My Le Wagon Bootcamp
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2 months to learn to code, ok quite a big challenge, BUT Challenge accepted ;)
It was difficult for me to believe that I’ll be able to learn to make a web-app in 2 months only. It was not easy but I definitely succeeded, thanks to a teaching team who really helped me to improve myself and move on to the next step. Today, I can do anything, with a lot more time, that an experiented dev’. Something also that I really appreciated at Le Wagon, it’s the entrepreneurship mindset. For me, this mindset allows to make the difference. Last thing but really important, I’ve really meet very goodwill people along my training and I think that it has made also the difference for success my training. -
Patrice Jaszczynski
wahou experience
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Leaving aside my former job in finance, I decided to take part in the adventure “Le Wagon” in January 2020: an immersion into the world of tech to learn how to code!
9 weeks in a batch of 30 people from all walks of life in a studious and ultra positive atmosphere. And that’s what Le Wagon is all about: mothers, students, car salesmen, costume designers, lighting designers? All at the same level.
We talked about database, algorithm, back-end, front-end, MVC, Ruby on Rails, Javascript, Postgresql, Heroku and many more! A lot of terms that were not very well known at the beginning but that have no more secrets for me today.
But we worked a lot, really, to finally succeed in creating a web app project in groups. I wouldn’t have imagined at the beginning to succeed in all this. Having worked in management control for several years, I can say that my reconversion is well under way!
But to achieve this, we had excellent teachers and a very operational and highly effective teaching approach.
Thank you to the whole team of Le Wagon Paris for their kindness, their good mood and for all the beers :)
I’m very happy to be part of Le Wagon alumni, a huge community! and I encourage all those who want to learn to code to participate in Le Wagon adventure! -
Benjamin
Amazing experience
Joining Le Wagon’s bootcamp was one of the best decision of my life. Learning code is difficult but at Le Wagon everything was made to help the students : the organization is perfect, the lessons are well explained and the teachers have a lot of experience. On top of that, the atmosphere is friendly and the afterworks really fun.I highly recommend to do it if you plan to learn coding ! -
Dorian Roche
Does more than the job
I’m a real estate agent based in Paris. I was looking for learn to code since my young age, I’m 34 now. The 9 intensives weeks in Le Wagon change my life for sure. I learn more than I expected in that time. Don’t hesitate to try the experience, and become an alumni. -
Sandra Chatonnet
Intensive et Complete Bootcamp
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I chose to learn code with Le Wagon as it was a part of my professional retraining. I was Account Manager Back Office in Finance and wanted to be a Developper Web.
With Le Wagon I learn a lot thanks to their daily organisation and all the practices they proposed. Their teachers and assistants are really available and have lot of experiences. It was intensive but always with good vibes !
I'm proud to be part of Le Wagon Alumni ! -
Pauline
Amazing life experience!
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After 8 years in the financial industry, I chose le Wagon to start my vocational retraining.
And I'm so glad I did!
Everything is great about this program :
- the teachers & the courses are great, efficient, clear and allow everyone to progress
- the students : I've met so many great people, interesting, funny and with diverse life experience
- the whole experience itself : you'll get yoga class, talks with entrepreneurs, parties!
It's a life changing experience, which gives you all the energy you need to change career. With le Wagon, anything is possible! -
Virginia
A very good bootcamp and great experience
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I chose "Le Wagon" training firstly because the program is very well constructed and the learning method in reverse pedagogy seems interesting to me. Besides, their learning platform is very well developed for this !
Secondly because the school is also recognized by employers, it has a good reputation and good reviews from students.
The training allowed me to gain in ease, in methodology and confidence, although the impostor syndrome still persists. The teachers and the TA are there to guide and support us. I also had very good encounters with my classmates, all from different backgrounds.
Today I am delighted to have completed the Wagon training and obtained my certification. A good part of my reconversion is completed !
Since the end of the training in March 2020, I have made a portfolio to apply and I continue to train and train again to make my junior profile more attractive.
I'm currently looking for my first job as a web developer. -
Jules
Best pedagogic experience I’ve ever had
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After a Master degree in digital project management and 2 years working as a junior product manager, I felt like I was lacking some technical knowledge while working on projects with engineers and developers. I was looking for a coding bootcamp to acquire coding skills and after attending several workshops at different coding schools I knew that Le Wagon would be the best option. After attending the 9 weeks bootcamp I can say that Le Wagon exceeded by far all my expectations! It is both an amazing learning and human experience and seeing projects coming alive at the demo day is very rewarding as we can concretely assess our progress. Plus, the learning tool is really advanced and complete, you also get a lifelong access to it which is very useful when you want to review some tutorials. I would definitely recommend Le Wagon! -
Olivier Godard
Excellent bootcamp !
To remain competitive on the job market, we have to learn all along our career.
So I’ve decided to start the Full-Stack program of Le Wagon, because this educational approach is perfect to get technical skills!
As a Product Manager, technical knowledge are necessary, and learning to code helps me to interact perfectly with developers. -
Nicolas
Part time paris
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Working I was looking for a bootcamp that I can follow while continuing my professional activity.
As a technician I was looking to become a web developer especially on Rails technology.
I was very happy with the quality of the courses and today I feel comfortable in web development (junior).
I particularly appreciate the community work and the fact that we can work on a project of our choice.
More than just a Bootcamp, it's also a community to which we continue to have access .
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Juliette
Amazing experience
Excellent bootcamp, for the program, rythm, teachers, pedagogical methods and atmosphere. I highly recommand the full stack program for those who want to have good knowledge and best practices about both front and back-end development. -
Ludovic Hochet
Le Wagon web course
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Le wagon adventure was a very intense and rewarding experience. Both technically and intellectually where it was a real pleasure to be so stimulated, but also on the human level where I am happy to have been able to make beautiful connections. Today I am still in regular contact with many of them and I hope to see them again soon to work together or just to have a good time.At Le Wagon, everything is incredibly broken in to allow you to learn actively and calmly.
I joined the wagon to learn to code and give a new start to my career. Today I’m delighted I made this decision. I finished Le Wagon with the desire to continue to learn, the feeling of being in adequacy with our time (where code is everywhere), a new aptitude and desire to conceive. -
Tom Levy
Everybody should do The Wagon Program!
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After finishing my business high school, i used to work as a freelance business developer for different startup, for 4 years. I learned a lot about business and entrepreneurship, but it was not enough. I needed more than only try to increase company’s turnover.
Indeed, I'm passionate about tech startup and I always have 1000 digital business ideas in my mind, but I have never been ableto do more than a simple prototype or a static page …
It’s why I decided a couple of month ago to stop my current activities and start Le Wagon Paris.And I think It was one of the best calls in my life: I met so much people with different background but with a same goal: learn how to code properly and demystify the tech side.The Wagon’s team has succeeded to make this bootcamps an unforgettable experience with a great positive energy.
I work now as a full-stack developer, and I’m able to transform a simple idea into a beautiful app. Everybody should do The Wagon Program! -
David
Best course I've ever done
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The course is incredible. Being so product focused means not only am I able to make full working apps as a spring board to a new career and further development but I have an insight in to the full workflow and lifecycle of an app.
All the staff are warm and generous so the atmosphere is really conducive to learning. I’ve progressed so much in such a short amount of time and now excited for my next steps. Thanks Le Wagon! -
Aline
Best learning experience
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Not too long ago, I moved to Canada from Brazil and started living and working in Montreal. I stumbled upon Le Wagon coding bootcamp and fell in love with its mission. One thing led to another and I soon started working at Le Wagon. While I didn’t know how to code, it was something I had always wanted to learn. When we launched a new part-time coding program in Montréal, I saw an opportunity I couldn’t pass up : learn to code while working at the same time. Luckily, my team fully supported my decision to apply — thank you, team! — and before long, I joined the bootcamp as a student. I finished the bootcamp in April and it was one of the best learning experiences I have ever had!
Learning Speed & ResourcesThe goal at the bootcamp is to accelerate tech education with hands-on practice and an emphasis on finding creative solutions to problems. The bootcamp gave us access to all the resources and tools we could ask for, and guided us through challenges that were built to expose us to new concepts every day. You couldn’t get bored, there just wasn’t enough time! I recently completed a Master Degree program in Canada and I felt a huge difference in learning speed when I compare both programs. In the end, I was impressed that we were able to create an entire web application in just 3 weeks working part-time, two nights a week and Saturdays. I’ve never felt so satisfied and like I learned so much in such a short period of time!
CollaborationCollaboration might not be the first thing that comes to mind when you imagine a group of people coding, but at Le Wagon, it is. Teachers are always available to unblock you when you’re stuck, and you can count on your buddies for help solving challenges. The more you collaborate, the better, because you learn a lot from your interactions with classmates and teachers. There’s a lot of value in understanding someone else’s process and seeing different approaches to the same problem. Group projects were the best part of the program. We put into practice everything we had learned and flexed our project management muscles.
Embracing difficulties and mistakes One of the main things I learned was to embrace difficulties. We learned to embrace bugs and even mistakes at the bootcamp. When they happened, we dealt with them and moved forward. There was an open-minded culture where it was OK to make mistakes because that’s how we learned! Every solution found after hours of being blocked was an invaluable victory. Programmers make plenty of mistakes all the time and learn from them. Solving coding challenges every day is a surprisingly satisfying activity. You get to have a lot of fun with it!
Part-time formatI loved the part-time format and I learned a lot. It’s still fast-paced, but the nature of the part-time program allows for more time to review concepts when needed. It’s the perfect format if you want to keep your day job. But my advice : make sure you organize your agenda well. You should not miss any day, it’s new information every day, new challenges, you really need to commit to get the most out of it.
Empowering Minorities in TechI felt so empowered after this experience, I feel like I can do anything now. To be completely honest, moving to a different country (with two official languages that are not my mother tongue) was not an easy experience, and when I saw I was able to do so many things with what I learned and to code on my own complex projects, I felt more empowered than ever. I truly believe that this type of program could really help minority groups (women included) get access to the tech world & startup community. It’s a very different way of learning, very engaging and intense. It’s not easy, but it’s totally rewarding and worth it.