Le Wagon

我在2017年的暑假加入了Le Wagon。在此之前我是成都外国语学校国际部的一名高二学生，想要在即将到来的申请季申请到理想大学的计算机科学专业。我想在进入大学前对计算机科学有一个比较初步的认识，所以从高一开始自学编程。但是自学到的知识是碎片化的，我也并不知道如何投入到实际应用当中。最后在同学和老师的推荐下进入了Le Wagon。我是Batch#88中年龄最小的学生，并且当时没有接触过很多英文的计算机术语，所以对当时的我来说Le Wagon是相当有挑战的。

经过了在Le Wagon的两个月之后，我从最开始的编程小白成为了在团队里一起开发项目的一员。Le Wagon的两个月对当时即将步入美国大学的我来说真的是受益颇多。最后两周的final project和我在Le Wagon两个月的宝贵经历都成为了我申请大学的resume和essay中画龙点睛的一笔。现在我就读于美国伍斯特理工学院的计算机科学专业。在Le Wagon的学习中我不仅积累到了很多的编程经验，也从中学到了如何有效率的进行peer coding和团队合作，这些对我在美国大学的学习确实有很大帮助，让我受益匪浅。

(Bali, batch #163)

Before attending the bootcamp I was just finishing my bachelor’s in law (quite a different field than coding I admit but it was not a major issue). My main motivation for attending Le Wagon was getting the skills to create my own products and become independent in my job. Turns out it’s exactly what the program brought me.

I got on board the Le Wagon adventure with a friend who told me about it. At first, I was sceptical about how much I could achieve in only 2 months of classes so I started to do my own research and realized it was worth it to accept the challenge.

Therefore, I came to Bali to be challenged and I was not disappointed. The program is really intense and it requires a lot of physical and mental dedication. It is made for students to give their best and get the most out of the 2-months program. Also, it adapts to the level of students, I think it would be hard for anyone to finish every exercise every day. But that you can find in many bootcamps I assume and I want to explain you why I think Le Wagon is unique among other bootcamps.

I only realized how exceptional this program is when I got there and here are my reasons.

First, on the very first day we had the introductions with the team members and our classmates and I understood that this bootcamp was serious. All of the teachers but one were previous students of Le Wagon who had taken the bootcamp in the past but also worked in the tech industry. It didn’t take me long to realize that they were real experts in what they were doing and that they were really enthusiastic about taking us to the same level.

Second, I was worried I would not have enough previous experience to follow everything that was going on everyday but I was willing to do as much as possible and give my best every day. To be honest, the environment and people around me really helped me to stay on track as it is sometimes frustrating not to achieve as much as you think you should. It takes some humility to accept that but thankfully Le Wagon doesn’t only teach about coding.

It also teaches you to keep a positive mindset and help you improve your social skills. Especially in Bali because we are all immerged in the same conditions in a wonderful location with a lot of activities to enjoy and far from our daily routine. I think this situation really brought us together and made this experience better in every aspect.

Le Wagon also teaches you the coding methodology. By giving you instant feedback, with the rake, a test written for each exercise which is guiding you to the solution. Also by pushing students to solve an issue themselves like an experienced coder would do - by googling it - instead of giving the answer straight away. Of course, they do help you if you have any problem but they really help students become autonomous learners and programmers.

Also, something I loved was that the team spent time with us outside the classroom to share moments together, and we made great memories! I never felt like I was lonely because everything was made for the group to really get together.

I struggled a good amount during those 2 months but it was one of the best experiences in my life where I met great people and surpassed myself. In the end, we all had great products ready for demo day and celebrated it properly.

Finally, I’ll talk a bit about my post batch experience. I started a master’s in law a few weeks after I finished the program and quitted one month after to dedicate myself to coding 100% of my time. I think it’s really important to keep coding right after you finish the bootcamp to keep building on the fresh skills that you have just learnt. Now I feel like I can learn anything about coding by myself because all the resources I need are out there.

I am now building a web agency with 2 other friends while trying to launch my own product at the same time.

All these reasons make the Le Wagon bootcamp in Bali exceptional to me. I would recommend it to anyone who is looking for a life changing experience and is ready to apply this change to their life right after the bootcamp.

Valentin Raille (Bali, batch #163)

I initially graduated in Criminal Justice, but after university, I didn't really have a clear route I wanted to take in my career, and did a few different jobs without feeling satisfied. 

Then, a couple years ago, I tried some free coding sites online, and realized that I wanted to pursue a technical career.  Learning on my own for a year only got me so far, so I decided to research coding bootcamps.  
Besides the passion for coding, I'm also an experienced diver, and I was curious if there were any coding bootcamps in Thailand or Bali.  
I googled "coding bootcamp Bali", and Le Wagon popped up.  
I researched them online and knew right then that I was going to attend their bootcamp.  

Learning to code in a place as fantastic as Bali is a win/win.  If i'm going to look at a computer all day, I wanted to balance it out with an awesome ocean sunset right outside our classroom window.
The first few weeks of the bootcamp are tough, as you start to grasp programming basics, concepts, and logic, but if you stay focused and follow the teacher's suggestions, very soon you really start to understand how to apply all the tools Le Wagon has given you. 

The teacher's support during the whole bootcamp is incredible. Their educational skills and the in-depth knowledge of the tech allows them to be really explain what you're learning, and their passion and the attention for the students are truly remarkable. When you have any doubt or need clarifications, you always receive an accurate explanation and the one-to-one keeps going until everything is finally clear.
Also, the program is outstanding. I love that each week's topic builds onto the following week's topic, so you're gradually building the tools and knowledge you need to build full web apps. 

With only six weeks of coding experience, the class built a lot of awesome projects. And then the real fun begins: building your final project. Our project uses a GitHub API to nicely display your GitHub projects, along with the language used to create them (www.buidl.cc), graphs and other features that I would never have thought I'd be able to implement after such a short time.  

My Le Wagon knowledge and resume has helped me greatly.  After just two weeks from the end of the bootcamp I am now already interviewing for a few companies (including a fortune 500 company who specialises in consulting, cybersecurity, and other services for the US Government), without any previous technical experience. 
Aside from the code, the friends and bonds you make with classmates are for a lifetime, and Bali is really the perfect place to mix learning and social life.  I miss it already.  It was the greatest experience of my life, and I would do it all over again today. I am very happy that I decided to attend Le Wagon! Change your life, learn to code!

I had been working as an English teacher in Thailand and China before I decided that it was time to move to a more future-proofed and lucrative career. Coding had always been of interest to me because I’m both creative and I enjoy problem solving. Bootcamps are the fastest way for someone inexperienced to become an employed developer, and I was attracted to Le Wagon above all others based on their track record of being able to train people with immediately serviceable and employer-sought skills in just nine weeks.

I visited the Le Wagon London campus to speak with current students and teachers and to better understand the Le Wagon culture, and although instantly impressed, I opted to study in the sunshine and surf of Bali.

The setting couldn’t have been more perfect, and it was a wonderful learning experience as the course teaches you things at a pace that initially seems too fast to handle, but the concepts that you learn are reinforced again and again and again throughout the bootcamp, and you realise come the start of the Airbnb week and final projects that… you know how to build web applications.

The teachers are friendly, knowledgeable, and always available to help you on the bootcamp, and the teaching material is well structured to continually build on your previous knowledge.

Since finishing the bootcamp, I’ve proven that I took away the proficiency and the skills to build web apps away from the assistance of teachers and have built a portfolio that I’m now using to leverage my way into the career that I want. Le Wagon is supporting me in this process, and the alumni community, based all around the globe, is there at a moment’s notice for any questions I have.

The experience of Le Wagon was overwhelmingly positive, and as well as new skills, lifelong friendships were forged during the bootcamp itself. I don’t think I was alone in my batch in graduating with a brothers-in-arms mentality of knowing that by doing Le Wagon, we’d been a part of something special. A learning experience that was going to take us forwards into the rest of our lives.

I’ve been living and working in China for over 11 years before starting the Le Wagon boot camp. The first few years I was working with an ecommerce startup in Digital Marketing before going out on my own starting my own agency. I’ve worked closely with developers the entire time I’ve been in China and I took a few online development courses which simply didn’t work.

I joined Le Wagon to get to hands on approach to coding so I could understand how to better manage a team of developers, as well as to be able to create and code my own crazy product ideas I’ve had over the years. After completing the boot camp, I can see and feel that there has been an immediate impact on my business and I’ve already started coding one of those product ideas that I have been sitting on for years.

This boot camp is perfect for those people who are looking for a change, or like me, want to expand their knowledge and actually build something meaningful. So get ready for fast paced, impactful, and more importantly exciting 9 weeks!

When I started Le Wagon in Milan, I could have never imagined that in just 9 weeks, I could learn all the things needed to become a developer.
The course was really challenging but in a very friendly environment. The structure of the course is tested and thought in a specific way to teach the students how to think, sketch and develop a working digital product.
The best thing about the course is that after just 3 weeks after the end of Le Wagon I've started to work as a ruby on rails junior developer!!!

Did you ever wonder what coding would be like? Did you ever have that one idea you wanted to build, but couldn’t? Did you ever get frustrated, because you noticed you lacked the skills to bring your idea from ideation to realization? Well hang on, because I did. Three weeks ago, I finished Le Wagon bootcamp batch #189 in Bali. I can honestly state that I’ve never learned so much in only 2 months. 

Let me first tell you about my motivation to learn coding and join Le Wagon.  I studied Business Engineering at the KULeuven and finance at ESADE. During my studies I co-founded Quivr, a mobile application which allowed students to consult class schedules, library occupancies, student papers and student restaurant menus. Having a business background, I didn’t know how to code at the time.  I was mostly occupied with the finance, marketing and sales of Quivr. Since our core product was a mobile application, strategic meetings would often steer towards technical topics. At times, it would frustrate me that I couldn’t get involved as much as I wanted in discussions about what feature to code next or when to launch the next business module.

I always knew I wanted to build a startup, and preferably in technology. I started my career working at an international strategic consulting firm. I figured that working as a strategic consultant would give me the analytical, social and entrepreneurial skills necessary to start my own company. I certainly believe it did, but only to some extent. Partly due to my experience at Quivr, I increasingly felt that being able to code was a prerequisite, or at least an accelerator, in building a tech startup. Coding enables you to build your first idea yourself. Even if your idea is in a premature stage, you’re not dependent on developers to get it out there. As a result I quit my job and joined Le Wagon. It was one of the best decisions in my life, and here is why.

Le Wagon teaches you exactly what you need as a beginner

I attempted coding before, but never really got far. Frankly, I didn’t know where to start. Since there are so many coding languages and methods, I felt increasingly lost and confused about what to learn first and why. As Le Wagon approaches its 200th batch, the organization knows exactly what their students are struggling with and what they should learn first. The bootcamp builds up to fullstack coding on Ruby on Rails. It’s a powerful framework that is very accessible for beginners without any prior coding skills.

Le Wagon teachers are committed and want you to succeed

Before lectures, Le Wagon puts its highest emphasis on completing exercises and actual coding. During 80% of the day, students solve problems and code in pairs. Needless to say, without any coding background, students would often get stuck. At all times, teachers and teaching assistents  would be there to help you out along the way. They know the struggles of a coder and are incredibly willing to help you overcome them. Throughout the bootcamp, I was amazed by their drive and willigness to help.

Le Wagon teaches you to build a complete application

During six weeks, Le Wagon teaches you all the programming languages, principles, and methods needed to build your own application. But the most important and challenging step is to leverage these skills in actually building your application. The last two weeks are dedicated to building your final project in a team. It teaches you to work in a team and take into account every aspect of building a complete application. Together with two other students, we built keetchen.co, a student delivery services with integrated life GPS and QR code scanning. It was definitely the most challenging, but fun part of the course.

Le Wagon gives you the tools to keep learning by yourself

The learning traject of a coder is all about running into problems, and subsequently solving them. At times this can be frustrating, but it’s part of the learning process. Teachers and teaching assistents at Le Wagon are there to help you out with the struggles of coding, but most importantly, they are there to show you how to solve it yourself. They don’t just give you the solution, but show you the way how to get there. Moreover, Le Wagon offers a great learning platform, Kitt, on which you can find the most relevant entry level coding principles. After Le Wagon, I felt encouraged to keep learning. Currently, I’m learning Javascript and React by myself.

Le Wagon offers you a network and a whole lot of fun

There are 30 different locations around the world where you could take the bootcamp of Le Wagon. I did Le Wagon in Bali. People would often ask me why. I mean, why not? Bali is a great location. You can surf in Bali, take Yoga classes or travel around the island. You get to know your fellow students while coding and having fun.  I’m sure the other Le Wagon locations can offer a similar experience. It provides for a great network later in life. Moreover, when joining Le Wagon you are immediately added to the official alumni slack channel, giving you access to fellow Le Wagon coders, founders, employees, teachers, etc. The community provides great help for every coding and entrepreneurship related question.

In other words, I can highly recommend Le Wagon as your first experience into coding. It will definitely give you everything you need to keep coding. It’s a great way to jumpstart your career as a developer or an entrepreneur. Consider it as an investment

I just graduated from a Business School, and I am specialized in marketing digital & web strategy. I quickly realized that I wanted to know how to code, to better understand the technical part and how developer works.
I’m crazy about making things and having crazy ideas. Passionate about startups and innovation and I’m constantly looking for new things to do, new challenges to deal with. So it was pretty obvious for me to learn how to code.

I’ve met a lot of alumnis of Le Wagon who were really satisfied about the bootcamp, so I decided to join Le Wagon Bordeaux on October 2018. (https://www.lewagon.com/bordeaux)

It was one of my best experience. Learning all the web stack and the coding basics in only 9 weeks or 360 hours of code is just incredible and really challenging.  At the very beginning it can be really intense, you are learning Ruby and coding basics but also the vocabulary, the methodology, the mindset. After a few days you feel more confident, you are understanding new concept and languages quickly (Software Engineering, Object-Oriented programming, Database & SQL, Front-end, UI, HTML, CSS, Javascript, Rails… ).

The most incredible was the team of Le Wagon Bordeaux, the motion and the atmosphere. All the teachers and the team were really cool, helpful and know how to explain in a simple and effective way. They always have a solution and take time to explain misunderstood concepts or new concepts you are interested in. All the alumnis of the batch 191 of Bordeaux were really welded together so we had an amazing experience all together. And the pedagogy is perfect to learn quickly with short lessons and a lot of practice.

The final project is the best way to understand and see all the progress made in 9 weeks. With your team you are delivering a complete project / product in only 2 weeks. It was my favorite moment of the bootcamp, being able to code something you imagined from scratch is really rewarding.

I definitely and highly recommend Le Wagon Bordeaux without any hesitation.

After a bachelor’s in economics and more than two years in business school, I felt like taking a different route. A faster one, that would accelerate my career. It’s been a long time since I wanted to learn to code and with my plan to run my own business, I believe knowing how to code is a key skill to have.
As I didn’t have any coding background, I knew, to make this work I would have to be 100% focused. Besides being the most inspiring destination, once I was part of it, I found that Bali is made to live the Le Wagon experience. Super intense learning during the day and holiday feeling before and after class. With everything at your fingertips, healthy food, nature, beach, sports, bars, restaurants, party, yoga, spa… 
For me bootcamp-styled programs are perfect, fast-paced and tough, but at the same time, short enough to stay focused and pull through. And in the case of Le Wagon, after only 2 months you can get web developer jobs, create real web apps or, in my case, start a freelance career. I really think that’s crazy compared to the slow motion teaching I was used to from university and business school. 
Even so I don’t have the broad knowledge of a senior developer to fully judge this but also the curriculum of Le Wagon seems cutting edge to me. I feel like we learned exactly what’s needed to jump right into action after the bootcamp. No detours or unnecessary theory, it was always straight to the point. Introduction of a new topic during a morning lecture and then hands-on coding for the rest of the day. I only learn when I am coding it myself and can ask questions when I am stuck. 
Which leads me to the teachers and TAs. Thank you so much for your dedication and help. No question it too much even if I asked the same one several times and they really care that you are understanding everything. Guido, special thanks to you for staying late with me on several occasions to clarify some concepts. And thanks to the Bali team for making everything so smooth and even organizing extra activities on the weekends.
I got to attend the bootcamp with one of my best friends which makes is extra special, but we had such a great group of people in general. All students in Bali come from all over the world making it a very interesting mix of cultures to learn from. And super fun to hang out with a big group of like-mined people after class and the weekends. 
To sum it up, the course has its price and is very intense but worth every penny, the Balinese environment is exactly what you need as a balance to long days of coding, and I am writing this review 4 months after graduating still in love with the experience and a couple of freelance projects under my belt. Enjoy, it’s going to be amazing!

After a masters degree in marketing and an unsucessful search for a job I decided to join le wagon coding bootcamp, with no previous knowledge of programming.

As I thought I was joining a school I quickly discovered that I actually joined a family. The working environement their is amazing, the whole team is dedicated to help you learn and discover a new world and an amazing way to change your life. The education program in particularly well designed and the resources are impressive, and still accessible, with other courses for those who want to go further, after the bootcamp.

After only one mont I found a job through the alumni network and I am now UX/UI designer and incredibly happy with everything that Le Wagon brought me !

Big thanks to all the team members and to all my fellow students !

Having worked on the business side for numerous start-ups in Germany and overseas, I decided it was time to gain a deeper understanding of my tech counterparts. That's why I decided to join LeWagon in Milan to embark on my FullStack journey. 

I believe LeWagon and especially the team in Milan is a great institution. With just the right amount of guidance, the 9 week program will truly enable you to learn how to code from scratch.

Having only had a very basic understanding of SQL, I started the prep courses this summer (LeWagon uses codeacademy as a prep) and was quite overwhelmed by the amount of content. Once we started the courses on the ground, however, the coaches did a recap of the contents and quickly alleviated any fears. Patience and good humor were an ideal recipe for 9 weeks of hard work. By the second week, I then started dreaming about arrays and curly brackets - that's how much LeWagon will consume your brain capacity. The last three weeks then perfectly tied all the learned content together. Firstly, by creating an AirBnB clone. Then for the last two weeks, we worked on our own project. This was certainly the most rewarding part of the entire bootcamp. Seeing how everything ties together and how we're able to create our own web application after only 7 weeks of training was amazing to see. 

Overall - great bootcamp. Can highly recommend! 

PS: Inquire about the size of the batch you're joining. My batch had a student teacher ratio of 3:1 which was super low and definitely pushed the learning. 

During the summer of my first and second year as a business student, I decided to join  batch 163 in Bali.

My bar was set very high but what I learned in terms of technical skills but also about myself out-passed all my expectations. I wanted to acquire a technical background in addition to my business studies. Le Wagon gave me this opportunity and I’ve been truly impressed by the quality of the teachers and the lessons. Today, I feel confident enough to work as a developer in a tech company but moreover, I keep learning about tech and coding because I know my basics, I have an idea of the big scheme of things and I know where to look for information and how to process it. That’s what Le Wagon taught me during those 2 months.

I’ve been welcomed by an amazing team of people dedicated to provide a unique experience to the students. I feel empowered today by the fact that I’m backed by a whole community of people willing to help each other but also because I know that my error messages won’t remain unsolved for too long thank to the teacher and TAs still helping me out when I need it.

All in all, although I’m always skeptical when I read that kind of statement, my experience at Le Wagon has definitely been a life-changing experience. My range of opportunities has significantly widened and I couldn’t recommend it enough to someone aiming to do so.

I couldn’t imagine how my time at Le Wagon would be a great learning and human experience. I had a lot of good surprises during the bootcamp and after.

Even if you want to start your own project or become a junior developer in a team or as a freelance you’ll find at Le Wagon some competent people who really help you to achieve your goals.

I spent the toughest 9 weeks of my life but it worth it. Even if you don’t know anything about coding or programming and especially if you’ve never code any line in your life Le Wagon is a bootcamp for you. You’ll find a really good working atmosphere, mutual assistance between students and teachers who are helping you at anytime and with a pedagogic way.

You’ll discover a new world and learn some good working habits.

After Le Wagon I was glad to see how I’m still connected with the community. I visited Lisbon one month ago and I could find some people from Le Wagon Lisbon to talk and exchange with. You’ll find kindness in students, teachers and alumnis.

If you want to start a new tech career or start a new digital project I can only recommend this coding bootcamp.

After a few years as a venture capital investor, Le Wagon was for me the opportunity to understand more precisely the underlying tech aspects of the startups I am investing in. After this 2 months experience, I can say that it has fulfilled all its promises. The great variety of participants and the impactful teachings of the staff was key to this success

At some point in 2017, I decided I want to become a developer. That was the easy part, the "what". The hard part was yet to come: "how"? With my goal in sight, I spent hours upon hours googling, trying out some free online courses and asking friends how they became developers (without realising, I had already learnt the first fundamental lesson for developers: how to google!). After some consideration, I went out on a limb and quit my job. 

Luckily, my girlfriend had taken part in one of Le Wagon's free 1-day courses and told me how incredibly challenging and rewarding it was. Great! I had my first real lead and, guess what, I googled them. All of it looked really promising and I was ready to go. It was when I saw the price that I had second thoughts. The main thought swirling in my mind was whether Le Wagon was just really good at marketing (they are) and just didn't have enough substance (boy was I wrong). "Would the teachers really care about the progress I made?", "Will I find it rewarding and challenging?" and "Will it really help me?". I soon realised there was only one way to find out and no amount of googling would help me anymore. Geronimo!

It turns out, the answer to all three questions was a definite YES. From day one, the teachers were really helpful and showed such passion for teaching. Was it challenging? Wow, I am not sure if I have ever had a more challenging time in my life, but it paled in comparison to what I learned (and when you complete a task without errors, it is immensely rewarding - thanks rubocop! Plus, it helped me immensely, rocket-propelling my desire to become a developer to heights I couldn't have hoped for before. 

And the best of it was that it didn't feel like a bootcamp or school. Everyone was in it together and we all helped each other out, whether student or teacher. So if you are having any second thoughts, go try out one of their 1-day courses. There is a reason they do them. And if you like what you see, I highly recommend to sign up and just join the Le Wagon community. 

I am an undergraduate Computer Engineering student from Turkey. Since I started my degree, coding wasn’t something interesting for me. I was learning too slowly at university and I didn't have enough skills to put my ideas into action. I needed a better way to learn. After searching for something different I found Le Wagon. At first, I was a bit reluctant to take the course because I didn't think that I was able to learn that much thing in such a short amount of time like 9 weeks. Then I decided to give myself a chance and I can say that it was one of my best decision. I recently completed Le Wagon's batch 168 in Montreal and I enjoyed every second of my experience.

Le Wagon doesn’t give you only coding skills. It offers you the motivation to learn coding from the beginning in 9 weeks. What is more important of what languages the bootcamp teaches is, the camp gives you the resources, the structure, the capability of problem-solving. The camp also encourages you to network with as many people as you can. I met great people coming from different corners of the world and with very different backgrounds. All of my classmates were highly motivated and focused on a common goal of learning to code.

The camp teaches you about the code in a very easy and effective way. You have enough time to practice what you learn. You are surrounded by amazing teachers. They were always very friendly and helpful from the first to the last day. I am proud of what we built in the last 10 days of the bootcamp. We put it all together with my small group, to build a web app from an idea. Le Wagon also increased my efficiency and productivity when working in a group.

After nine weeks I finished the boot camp with the energy, ideas, relationships, a great network, and skills to take my ideas to the next level. I am recommending Le Wagon without hesitation. Huge thanks to all the amazing teachers and friends who taught me so much!

Le Wagon was one of the best experiences I’ve ever had. I had graduated university in May 2018 with a business degree, but had already started teaching myself coding. I knew in order to get hired I had to get a little more formal training. My research brought me to Le Wagon, it was the most reasonably priced, highest rated, and wasn’t too long. I decided on Le Wagon, Montreal, seeing as I could speak French and had never really been to that part of Canada.

The program itself is very intense. Do not think that this will be an easy certification, it isn’t. By the end you will have suffered countless headaches, lost hope, found it again, stress-ate, stress-napped, but in the end it is so worth it. You get what you put into it, so if you really prepare, pay attention and work on challenges all day and at home, you will succeed and have easily enough skills to find work afterwards. You can just as easily check-out and sleep for most of the days, while the teachers are there to help you achieve, they aren’t your parents.

I came into the program with a little coding knowledge but not much so I struggled the first couple weeks to catch up. The teachers are your best weapon but really try to figure stuff out on your own, often times your mistake is really small or you haven’t read the instructions to the challenge thoroughly (Also stay on their good side, you’ll be abusing them during project week). I never would have thought that in a short time I would be demoing a product I had built but Le Wagon makes you feel prepared.

What makes this boot-camp worth it comparatively is the confidence that it gives you. I can say from experience that I have been offered jobs just because I am not afraid to look up an answer and teach myself, an invaluable skill this program forces on you. Also, the project and Airbnb clone are no joke, they are serious things that will set your resume apart from other applicants.

I really cannot recommend Le Wagon enough. It was a fantastic learning experience, and the curriculum is very well-balanced. I have been applying to jobs since completing Le Wagon, and lots of the roles I have looked at require experience in the topics we covered at Le Wagon, which is great. It feels like Le Wagon looked at the kinds of jobs that alumni might apply to and ensured that they covered those complementary skills. I think Le Wagon’s system of exercises and tests is incredibly productive, and really encourages students to think like developers. We learn to not be afraid of the terminal, and how to conduct intelligent Google searches so we can think creatively and solve our problems independently. We also learn how to persist in the face of difficulty and repeated failures, which make the reward of solving a problem even greater.

Learning aside, being at Le Wagon is also insanely fun. I often found myself spending 12-hour days at Le Wagon, and not resenting it in the slightest. The staff are all so friendly and welcoming, and because almost all of them are Le Wagon alumni themselves, they understand perfectly the struggles students go through. They are incredibly kind and supportive, and make sure that we learn the importance of taking breaks and also looking after ourselves mentally and physically over the course of the bootcamp. Friday nights are always fun, and it is a very bonding experience. Some of the people I met at Le Wagon will be friends for life, students and teachers alike. It is intense, and crazy, and the best investment I have made in a very long time.

I’m an entrepreneur and a mother of 2 young kids. My friends consider me to be somewhat of a geek, i.e., I love all things tech, which is not very trendy among the women of my generation (although, I’m the least geek of geeks). It’s funny how being an entrepreneur and being a parent have one important thing in common that radically changes one’s life: You are out of control, and you find yourself out of your comfort zone constantly.

Le Wagon radically changed my life in 2 different ways.

The first one is that I co-launch the bootcamp in Montreal with my brother Antoine. It was a huge step in entrepreneurship, but I was so excited and honored to bring the world's highest-rated bootcamp to my city. Driven by my passion about the product and its community, we took our place in the lively Montreal tech ecosystem, built a great team, and, so far, have offered this amazing life-changing experience to over 120 students.

The second way it changed my life is that I took the full-stack program myself and fulfilled a long-standing ambition: learn to code. I spent 2 incredible months studying at a very fast pace in a stimulating and very (very) challenging environment (as my background was not technical at all). But thanks to some key ingredients this experience was one of the best of my life. Here they are:

• **CURRICULUM**: The curriculum is excellent and the pedagogy is focused on practicality -> at the end of each day we master key concepts and are ready to grab new ones the next day.

• **ONLINE PLATFORM**: The pedagogical platform is a really powerful tool -> it gives 24-hour lifetime access to all the lectures, challenge material, and more. A great asset that we could rely on during and after bootcamp.

• **GREAT PEOPLE**: The passionate teachers who were 100% dedicated to us and supported us through our learning experience, and the great people around me that made for the perfect learning environment.

• **DETERMINATION & TRUST**: And last, but not least, my determination and the absolute trust I had in my capacity to succeed (it’s hard but I can do it) and the trust in the program & the team (they are the best and they know where we’re heading too).

My only regret is not having done it earlier