Le Wagon

This Bootcamp is great in so many ways. One of the things I loved the most is that you don't just learn how to code in a specific programming language, you also (and maybe most importantly) learn the thinking process behind good coding.

The day-to-day is intense and challenging, and if you keep focused, each day will end up being very much rewarding.

Another big aspect for me is the community: from the supportive staff of teachers to the alumni all over the world, Le Wagon's international community is an amazing network.

There are many Bootcamps and online courses to pick from, I'm super glad I chose this one. Read less

I really enjoy all the time in Le Wagon. The whole staff was at the whole time extremely friendly, and I felt very accompanied during the whole process. I can now understand and code web applications, even thought I have never done anything related to coding before.  Read less

 I decided to join Le Wagon for multiple reasons. Having had a business education, I wanted to acquire more technical skills, which are in high demand in today's job market. Secondly, I wanted to learn how to build digital products and transform my own ideas into real projects. Finally, I wanted to increase my chances of getting a job that allows me to work remotely, which is quite common in the tech world compared to other fields. 

For these reasons, I decided to apply to Le Wagon's Web Development coding bootcamp. Overall, I can say that the whole experience has been amazing. The learning path is very clear and structured. You will find yourself having a 1.30hr lecture every morning and doing the coding challenges for the rest of the day until 6pm. The learning curve is very steep and you can expect to feel overwhelmed at some points. However, the teaching staff is always available to support you throughout the process. You will start by learning the foundations of coding in Ruby, all the way up to making your own web application. You will be amazed when you look back and realize what you accomplished in 9 weeks! 

I would advise you to attend the bootcamp in person rather than online, if you can. This will allow you to get to know a group of like-minded people, with different backgrounds, that will become your friends during the journey. That's very valuable for 2 main reasons: first, you'll help each other and keep the motivation/energy high during the bootcamp (the study program is quite demanding), and secondly, you'll have great friends to party and travel with (super valuable if you're in places like Bali). 

One question I asked myself when choosing a coding bootcamp was the following: is 9 weeks enough time to learn coding, or should I choose a longer program (4-6 months)? Based on my experience, I would say that this is a perfect time span. You definitely learn enough to land your first job, even though it is important to keep practicing and learning after the bootcamp. Furthermore, it would be very hard to maintain this workload for a longer time period than 6 months. 

Overall, I would strongly recommend this experience to anyone who is seeking a career change, new challenges, or a great learning opportunity. It will turn out to be one of your best decisions!  Read less

Before I joined Le Wagon, I worked as Customer Service in Qatar Airways.
I quit the job because I decided to switch my career.
I found the new opportunity to become a Web Developer and I decided to join Le Wagon to learn how to become Web Developer.
I joined in July 2022 and finished September 2022.
First few weeks felt so intense, but with the help of the teachers, I could solve the problems whenever I did the daily
challenges until it came to the project weeks (which is our last week in the bootcamp), the teachers are really helpful and they helped us (the students) a lot to do the projects.
After I completed 9 weeks of the bootcamp, I am confident enough to jump into a tech world.
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In my previous roles, I often wondered how available data could be better utilised to support decision-making, and wished that I had the skills to do so. I'm glad I made the decision to enrol in Le Wagon's full-time data science bootcamp in Amsterdam. It was a great experience overall, from having really motivated classmates with diverse backgrounds, to learning key skills in data science in an interesting way that felt easily applicable. There was also always good support from teachers and teaching assistants throughout the bootcamp. I had almost no coding experience before the bootcamp, and am super proud to have been able to put into production a machine learning model built from scratch as part of the final group project! Read less

After getting acquainted with the Data Science world at my last job, I decided to not renew my contract to have enough time to learn new Data Science skills. After enrolling in Le Wagon and doing the 9-week intense Data Science course, it was clear that I had no regrets about this decision! Together with my fellow boot campers, we dove and learned Python specific to Machine Learning, Deep Learning, and Data Engineering. Also, we have gotten familiar with handling data using SQL queries & even got some introduction to simple front-end programming using Selenium/Heroku. I am confident Le Wagon's course has given us the necessary tools to start our Data Science journey! Read less

I joined the Full time Data Science Bootcamp in Bali from April to June 2022 to learn how to code and analyse data before joining a Master in Data Science starting in Septembre. I can only honestly say it was the best decision that could be made : the Le Wagon process makes complicated concepts much simpler to learn, understand and use. The classes and concepts are taught in a very clear and spot on way - we then apply these concepts in "coding challenges" everyday to learn by doing. The 9 weeks are organised in such a way that you are constantly challenged with new learning material (and there are options to go even deeper in the coding if you want) while never feeling overwhelmed and lost. I felt the teachers had the perfect balance between : 1) doing your own research to find the solutions you're looking for, 2) helping you out/ giving you tips to find those solutions. 
Today, after only one week of my Master in Data Science, I am so grateful for everything the Le Wagon curriculum taught me and I go back daily to all the learning material we still have access to. 
As a bonus : living in Bali for 3 months was a dream and I am still in contact with the students I met during the bootcamp- despite us all living in different parts of the world.  Read less

'Montreal’s Le Wagon bootcamp is an amazing experience. Everyone is welcoming, it feels like we're one big family. The team is amazing, teachers and ta’s are helpful and patient in explaining programming concepts. Seeing yourself progress throughout the bootcamp is rewarding, and the final project weeks are intense but I learned so much. At the end you have a final web application to share with the world or add to your portfolio that you built with your team. These concrete skills are essential to finding a job in the tech industry. Thank you Le Wagon.' Read less

For the last 5 years I worked as a chef in a pizzeria and worked in restoration for 20 years. I was tired of working nights and weekends so I was looking to change my career path and find a job with 'regular hours’.
Some of my friends are developers and after speaking with them, I realized that being a developer was what I wanted to do :)
As soon as I decided to make the change, I looked for a way to make it a reality. After some research, I chose to join a bootcamp instead of doing a traditional degree. Le wagon had very good reviews and a friend of friend of mine hired someone who graduated from le wagon and was very happy with his work.
I decided to join and it was an amazing experience. It was very challenging, both personally and technically but also very rewarding. I learned a lot of technical skills and programming languages, and I am still doing challenges almost 9 month after I did the bootcamp with the resources Le Wagon gave me. Finally, I learnt how to work in a team and to be efficient together. 
During the last 2 weeks, the “projects weeks”, we were ready to start working like real devs, from an original idea, to develop it, code it and present it. I presented it to the community and learned how to speak in public, which was not my strong suit. I’ve learnt so much from my experience at Le Wagon and am happy to continue giving back to the community. 
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This 9 week bootcamp is an intensive journey, but your not alone, the team guide you with care and help you to appropriate the concept you learn during the bootcamp. Team working is valuate and it's a plus for your future carrer, the learning process is regulary actualised always accessible and center on challenging yourself. Read less

Le Wagon Tokyo gave me the opportunity to revive my career after 8 years being stuck teaching English in Japan. The full-time course feels like going back to university for a short semester, including meeting the other students who are learning alongside you. Not only do you get a fleshed-out training program that will prepare you to be a real developer, but by the last week the school is connecting you to a network of companies you can apply to and alumni who can give you a hand with job hunting.

On the first day, they help you set up a development environment on your computer. After that, each day you are randomly assigned a another student partner and together you work on coding challenges to complete by the end of the day. They start in Ruby, then introduce SQL so you understand the database, then Rails to begin real web projects. They also teach JavaScript to round out your skillset and show you that all programming languages share commonalities. You also use Heroku to learn a very simple introduction to DevOps if you wish to follow that path.

What I liked a lot was that the Le Wagon teachers will not only teach you the answer to problems you face while developing, but how to search for the answers to similar questions without their help. I found myself able to solve my own issues and troubleshoot after generalizing from advice the teachers gave me. Doug Berkley and Yann Klein were so patient with my sometimes slow progress and gave useful guidance while my team and I built 2 full-fledged web applications. Even if you don't end up using Ruby on Rails, you still learn to generalize the same concepts no matter what tech stack you end up using.

The head of the school, Sylvain Pierre also spent a lot of time on the non-coding side of working in the IT industry. His lectures about giving a pitch for a project, using wireframes and Figma to design an application, how to write a web developer resume were crucial for my job hunting after the bootcamp. The final project pitch night actually turned into real practice for my job interview at the company I ended up joining. I'm proud to say that I'm now a Ruby on Rails backend developer at a fintech startup in Tokyo. Without the training, education, connections, and motivation I got at Le Wagon Tokyo it would not have been possible. Thanks for the unforgettable experience! Read less

The entire bootcamp, from the first days discovering what coding is to the last day, presenting the MVP of a project we worked on for two weeks, this bootcamp was a real revelation for me. 
In only 9 weeks, I was able to discover, learn and apprehend the world of coding (which seems too good to be true in only 9 weeks)! 

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Montreal Le Wagon offers a five-star Data Science Bootcamp (out of 5). If you are not an experienced programmer, early in the Bootcamp, you will develop the coding skills and logic needed to design and implement algorithms to carry out the automation of any task.

Once you have acquired codding experience or if you are an experienced programmer in other languages rather than python, during the Bootcamp, you will learn and use the best coding practices to put into production any machine learning model using the latest cloud technologies in Python.

Regardless of your coding experience, you will learn the technologies associated with all machine learning stages, from data extraction to monitoring model performance in real-time to improve it. Obviously, in a few weeks, you will not be able to cover all technologies used in the industry, but the Le Wagon Bootcamp will give you a solid base to be a self-learner so that you can specialize yourself in the area you like the most.

At the end of the program, you will face the real-life experience of designing and implementing a minimum viable product in two weeks, as if you were working in a start-up. You will build on top of what you used in the Bootcamp, but also will have to research and learn new technologies to accomplish your goal. The latter is a skill highly desired in any company. It is important to highlight that the Bootcamp is designed in such a way that you are never left alone at any stage, and you are guided by highly trained teachers who enjoy teaching and sharing their knowledge. Read less

I was a translator for many years and felt that machine learning and AI were catching up with me! I decided to jump on the data-wagon and joined the Data Science Bootcamp at Le Wagon Berlin. The teachers were fantastic, they were always ready to help and never made you feel inadequate. It was an intense and truly enjoyable experience! Read less

I made the bootcamp training at Le Wagon Bordeaux for n9 weeks (April 2022) to work in the web development world The unique vision of Le Wagon on teaching based on the 'buddy work', on daily 'flashcards' and on a big part allowed to exercises are making this formation a true experience, either on technical or human plan. I recommand to every person willing to work in the web development word to live this 2 months experience in Le Wagon with all of the students and the teaching staff, always here for us and making the moment a success.  Read less

Doing Le Wagon was amazing ! I'm a graphic designer and had no clues in coding before doing the bootcamp. The cursus is really well done, and the overall experience was so intense and stimulating. We were learning new stuff every single day, the challenges were super nice to do and the teaching crew was amazing ! A unique experience that launched my carrier as full-stack developer. I'll never regret it 😄 Thanks Le Wagon ! Read less

It was a rich a strong experience to follow Le Wagon's data science formation. The team was constantly around us to supervise, support and help us advance or to change our minds with some beers and activities out of the bootcamp. TLDR ; it was tough, short, intense but totally worth it ! Read less

I had worked as an accountant for 14 years.  I felt completely overwhelmed and didn’t feel motivated to gain mastery, or empowered to be innovative in finding solutions for my company/department.  I knew I liked working with technology and wanted a more creative outlet.  In my research for potential new career paths/skillsets, I saw web development was in high demand and could possibly be a good fit for my next move.  After I broke through the burnout and decided to quit my job, I knew I wanted to travel to Europe for a while to reconnect with the world and myself.  Why not attend a web development bootcamp to re-skill at the same time?  

It was an intense 9-10 weeks of learning, but it was such a joy to feel like I was learning something new and gratifying to see what I was able to create with just my beginner level of understanding.  The structure of the course also helped me to stay focused and effectively move through the coursework that I knew I would struggle with on my own.  The instructors and staff are very supportive and you really feel like you are “all in it together” to get to the finish line.  Post-bootcamp I have continued to receive support and encouragement from the Brussels team and classmates, and have also found the worldwide alumni to be accessible and helpful when I have reached out for help with coding questions.

I would recommend Le Wagon if you are looking to pivot to web development, gain a base-level understanding of how it can impact your business or business ideas, and join a growing alumni community of motivated and supportive individuals. Read less