Le Wagon

Hey all,

I attended the second bootcamp at le Wagon. It has been a terrific experience which has allowed me to launch my product and find a job as a web developer.

The strongest asset of le Wagon is the team. The teachers are all great with a strong background in programming but also on design, product or business. They will help you through all the setps from being a complete noob to being a fluent rails speaker. Setting up your computer, algorithms, back-end development, front-end development but also working as a team using git and agile methodologies or grow your consumer base using growth hacking techniques.

After 9 weeks, you'll be a profficient rails developer and have the tools to learn more languages in an effective way and also become a real product guy.

Alumni from le Wagon have become web developer, entrepreneur, growth hacker or product manager. And whatever they do next, they've all learned things they find valuable in their daily work.

In three words, le Wagon rocks!

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I followed the wagon course at the beginning of 2015 in Paris. The course content is great, the teachers are great, the athmosphere is amazing. 

I met a lot of motivated and inspiring people and I gained the necessary skills to developp my project and work as a fullstack web-developper. 

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Great staff, well designed program, inspiring meetups.

What I learnt :
- how to code
- how to develop a great product
- to adopt a lean approach

Much recommended for entrepreneurs. I also found a co-founder among my classmates. You can see now our project here : www.roadstr.fr  😊 

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After getting my liberal arts degree and worked in advertising as a creative, I was looking for a way to get into the digital world in a more serious way. I stumbled upon Le Wagon and it was everything I was looking for. Here's 3 reasons that sum it up:

1) The program is very, very solid. It won't make you a star developper over night, but if you put in the work, it's very rewarding. But you have to be ready for a high pace learning environment. The online infrastructure used to store the material and complete the assignments was excellent when I attended, and it's even better now, with access to online video classes and a ticket system to get help whenever you need it in class.

2) The teachers. They're all very friendly and eager to teach noobs like you and me both the basics and the finer points of coding. They bring an energy and enthusiasm to the table that is infectious. Special mention to the CTO in Paris who is the best teacher I've had period since high school.

3) The network. Le Wagon is all interconnected on Slack, and the alumni network is alive and kicking. Initiatives are done by students to help each other. Moreover, they've developped a dedicated online platform for alumni to stay in touch and help each other. The network alone might be worth the price of admission, it's the gift that keeps on giving way past the 9 weeks the program takes.

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I graduated with a bachelors degree in economics and had my own startup before the age of 25.

After I sold the startup I was convinced I wanted to become an entrepreneur again.

All of the ideas I had involved some IT knowledge. It was either learning it myself or spend the rest of my life trusting other programmers and spening a lot of cash.

I decided to pick up programming in a regular University. The amount of programming I got was very dissapointing. I finished my first year and my final exam for programming was to build a simple calculator app.

That's when I realised this wasn't going anywhere. I started doing some research and found LeWagon.

The bootcamp is pretty intense but that's exactly what you need when you want to learn something quickly.

Some people didn't keep up with the pace but the program provides additional coaches to help people who fell behind to still get the maximum out of the bootcamp.

Fast forward 9 weeks later, I created my own website with all these awesome functionalities.

And the best part is, you can pretty much do anything you want after this bootcamp, because they teach you a mindset of how to learn to tackle your own IT problems.

The most remarkable thing I realised is that over the few years I was an entrepreneur I hired a few web developers to make my projects. 

The total cost of these projects would probably be around 30.000EUR. After the bootcamp I realised I could have done all those projects with ease on my own.

If you're thinking to yourself that you don't have the time to develop your own projects see this as the best investment you can make. The developers won't be able to misslead you and overcharge you for projects because you will know how much effort it will take.

Long story short; 

If you want to become a entrepreneur: Do it, you will save a lot of money in the long run even if you don't have time to create your own projects. It will be a blessing if you need to brief or map out something.

If you want to become a web developers: Do it, the job assistance is good, although not perfect. You will struggle a bit at start because most companies will want to hire someone with experience. Your best bet is to try to get a 2-3 month internship at one of the companies they have connections in and then either work there full time or apply to other companies with a few projects in your portfolio.

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As a non-tech management consultant I was looking for a course to help me understand how all these complex web apps were made. I wanted to be able to make my own. 

Le Wagon Brussels was a great experience. It took me a lot of nerve to take the decision but I haven't regretted it for a second. The teachers and coaches are extremely kind and helping, the material is well explained. The pace is high but adapted to everyone's level.

I now run my own start-up ;)

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Le Wagon Brussels is a great Coding school for entrepreneurs. They have good teachers and guide you through the most important pitfalls of coding. The main coding language (Ruby on Rails) is a great language to learn how to code from scratch and build your own products or prototypes. If you are doubting, don't doubt and just fucking do it. You won't regret it ;).

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Intensive, focused, great material (impressive and high-quality), experienced instructors, great ambiance. I had no experience in coding previous to it and it was not a problem. Very motivated alumni. Also great networking events. I would definitely recommend it!

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Brilliant experience:
- great course
- great teachers and students
- great environment

9 weeks and you are ready to either, launch an MVP (for entrepreneurs) or work as a developer (my case, started working the following week).

Everything I was looking for in a coding school and more!
DO IT :-)

 

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This 9-week training was amazing in every aspect. 

Only 24 students. No background required. High-quality teachers. And the structure of the course (the progression, the material and the density) is very smartly done. I couldn't have imagined when I subscribed to this full stack course that I would get this incredible level.

but don't get me wrong, in order to become a professional backend developer you need to keep on coding, there is no magic. However this might be the best course you can find to get very quickly on the right path... 

And on top of that the alumni population is superdynamic and reactive !!!

 

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The sense of community and support at Le Wagon Montreal is amazing. 
The course is intense, but in the best way possible. I learned far more than I thought I could in such a short time.
The teachers and staff are always there to help. 
Overall, I'm super happy with my decision to join the bootcamp and would highly recommend it to anyone.

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I had an amazing time! When I started the Bootcamp I wasn't pretty sure that it was a good idea. But thanks to all the teachers, the TA's and the way the lectures and challenges are built, I grew more confident and now I really think that if I work pretty hard, I will be able to succeed as a Web developer. Thank you!
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We got a lot of sample code for every kind of problem that we might encounter in the future and can use this as starting point. Classes were always on time and gave some structure.
Good material, that was used and revised so many times, that it has become perfect. The course is the best (!) - ok I have no other comparison to other courses, but in every way they far exceeded my expectations. And I had high expectations. Super duper recommendation. I have been a mobile dev/lead/manager for the past 15 years. Read less

Very well thought out. The curriculum is exactly what you need to get your foot in the door of a complex tech field. The instructors are skilled and the material is top-notch. Highly recommended if you want to learn data science, software engineering or similar practices. A good rule of thumb is to realize the bootcamps are just the start of your career trajectory, it does a good job at letting you know what matters, the rest is on you and you can go as deep as you feel necessary. Read less

High quality course content and well-designed - they say "trust the course" at the beginning and you should! Lots of experienced teachers, lots of support and it culminates in a group project to deliver a full product. It felt like a proper cohort with interactive experiences and a really learning enhancing platform - highly recommend. Read less