Le Wagon

The Le Wagon Full Stack program is an excellent all-round bootcamp to build a solid foundation of web development skills.

You'll be ready to build production level web apps after just 9 weeks.

Great tech stack, effective program design, real-world applications.

There are some aspects that aren't covered in as much detail as you'd like, but that's to be expected from any 9 week bootcamp.

Overall, it certainly exceeded expectations. Read less

Prior to joining Le Wagon, I worked as an E-commerce Manager, among other roles, for a US manufacturer. Over the years I had taken the usual online, self-paced courses, which I felt provided a peripheral overview of web development, but I felt like I wanted to develop a deeper understanding and I wasn’t sure how to do that. 
I started reading about Le Wagon and was attracted to the program because it seemed to have more of an entrepreneurial focus than other bootcamps. Bali was also on my bucket list and cost-wise, I calculated that I could probably attend Le Wagon in Bali (including airfare, food, and lodging) for less than the cost of just the tuition of many programs in the US. Being in my mid-thirties, I figured now was as good a time as any to take a career break, so I sent my deposit and within a few weeks, I was on a plane to Bali. 
The program is challenging and moves at a fast pace. There were days when I felt smart and overly confident, then stupid and like I wasn’t cut out for it, all just before lunch. It’s also difficult not to compare yourself to other students in the class, even though the experience levels vary greatly - some were brand new to programming, while others had a few years of experience. But you quickly develop friendships with everyone else in the class, as well as the amazing teaching staff, and most days I looked forward to spending time with everyone, working on new challenges. 
Bali is also an amazing place to spend 2-3 months, with beautiful scenery, food, and a thriving digital nomad culture. It was incredibly easy to arrive, rent a scooter, and feel at home on the island. That I could so easily pick up, move across the world, and settle in has greatly impacted my perspective on the future work that I want to pursue
All in all, I found Le Wagon to be an exceptional experience, where I learned valuable skills and developed new friendships with people from all over the world. I would highly recommend the program to anyone looking to build a foundation as a developer. Read less

I joined Le Wagon in London for the 360th batch after deciding to leave a career in Public Relations. The result: I had a great time, learned more than I could have imagined thanks to the teachers and learning environment, and feel empowered to continue my own learning and break into a role as a developer.
The format of the course is good - 1.5 hour lecture in the morning followed by challenges  with a buddy. The lectures are well structured, gradually layering concepts on top of one another and growing in complexity, which are then reinforced in the challenges. The teaching staff are incredibly helpful and always willing to run through things with you, pushing you to work things out for yourself - they are one of the best aspects of the course.
Some days you will struggle and other days things just click. It is hard, and you do need to put the work in but it really starts to pay off toward the end. I didn’t have a ‘eureka!’ moment like others describe but honestly by the end I was shocked by how much I’d taken on. I feel comfortable building my own projects and learning new technologies and I’m having a blast doing this after the course.
In summary - highly recommended. I’ve fallen in love with web and software development and Le wagon has given me the grounding to pursue this with a new approach to learning and problem solving. Read less

Before joining Le Wagon I had worked in retail and advertising, and chose to do a coding bootcamp in order to broaden my skillset and job opportunities. What I enjoyed most about Le Wagon was the culture they have created, you get to know all the teachers and other students on your batch really well – both through their buddy system for challenges and the numerous social activities organised. Seeing the product you build in the final two weeks get presented on demo day was so rewarding. It’s very intense and definitely hard work but one of the most enjoyable learning experiences I’ve had. 9 weeks flies by, I would recommend it to anyone considering moving into tech! Read less

Le Wagon have managed to create an incredible programme that pushes you out of your comfort zone, all whilst providing a strong support base of teachers and alumni when you need them. I have never experienced a learning environment where you can see and feel your progression each day and dramatically each week. The community and teachers at Le Wagon are so welcoming and make you realise that you belong to something bigger than just a 9 week bootcamp. I feel very proud to be a Le Wagon alumni and couldn’t recommend this course more.  Read less

Honestly, the whole experience has been great (the reviews weren't lying).  Le Wagon did a really great job implementing a very familial feel to the whole experience, I've never felt a barrier between the teachers/staff and students.  I remember on the first day, everyone, including myself, seemed so timid and wary but that feeling faded away quickly and what's left is a family bond. Read less

Each story is completely different from thousands of other stories. My story began with choosing a future path. I had to enter a master's degree in economics. I must say economics made me bored and mathematics put me in full stress. In my life I already tried a lot of things, I was a chemist, manager, worked in a logistics company and even opened a small business in Moscow ..
All this was absolutely wrong, it did not make me happy, and all I was thinking about was finding myself.
Exactly 1.5 years ago, I moved to London in order to learn English, and I did it! This gave me confidence and I decided to learn some more languages ​​- programming languages!
I started two courses at once, which took absolutely all my time. One at the university and the second at the bootcamp le wagon.
At the university, I met face to face with sexism, prejudice, understatement ...
I thought to quit this venture since day after day I felt more and more self-doubt, and then Le Wagon appeared in my life!
Everything has changed!
A huge community that is confident in your strength, support, lack of sexism and inequality.
I began to feel that finally, I found myself, made friends, and now I am part of a large and friendly family!
What's next?
I don’t know how my fate will turn out, whether I will find a job or start my startup, but it doesn’t matter ...
why?
Because I continue to learn and learn something new every day, not because I “must” because I love to do it!
Because now I am part of the community!
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I was a student of the batch 299 in Oslo(08/2019–10/2019)

I join Le Wagon coding bootcamp as I was working on a personal project. The idea was to build a set of skills in order to improve my startup and to be able to code my business ideas by myself. 

The first impression that I got when I joined Le Wagon in Oslo was that the program was very well structured, and brick after brick I was gaining a lot of knowledge, adding new layer every week to finally be able to build a web application.

Also this was not just about knowledge, but a big focus was put on practice, every day you resolve code challenges to practice what you’ve learn in a morning lecture.

When you join Le Wagon, you team up with other students and you help each other. I really liked that feeling to be in the same boat with my teammates and share same objectives. I’ve met really nice people from diverse background during my bootcamp so it was also a really nice social adventure.

I have to say that the teachers team was great, really qualified, patient, enthusiastic about sharing their knowledge.

The final 2 weeks of the bootcamp are dedicated to building a real web application, I think it was the best part of the bootcamp when everything you’ve learnt comes together and you can build a prototype of your own idea from designing it, to coding to presenting it to the public. This was amazing, and I really had the feeling of achieving something concrete.

For all of this I could only advice to join this amazing bootcamp, it was an unbelievable experience, challenging and intense of course, but totally worth it.

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Why coding and LeWagon?
I dreamed of building products that go through the roof and actually bring value to lots of people in the world since I started to study business. Already during my bachelor and master, I was involved in several entrepreneurship courses and worked for 3 small startups next to my studies. Finishing my masters in 2017, I first went into consulting helping companies to become more innovative and work more like young, dynamic companies.
Last year, after working 2 years in my job, however, I realized that with my business degree I lack most technical know-how to actually develop digital products of the future. I felt the desire to become an expert in building real, useful tools and programs instead of fancy slides. After some research into product management I decided that coding would be the best way to start into this journey of becoming more technically skilled.
After looking into some online courses, I learned from some friends about LeWagon and immediately fell in love with the idea of an intense full-time bootcamp experience. I saw from my past, that learning something besides your actual job, is super hard and I never pushed through with online courses, so LeWagon seemed like the best place for me. The syllabus, focused a lot on the entrepreneurial aspect and product management techniques of coding, was the ideal fit for me. I am not a person highly interested in deep theory but more in practical application and LeWagon seemed to have a similar vision. Also the mix of learning with teachers and a intense practical project to apply knowledge sounded like the best approach for me. Lastly, the international network and chance to meet people from other background was very appealing to me. After some more research and a short call with the LeWagon team, I was all in. After convincing my boss to take two months off for the camp, I confirmed my spot and the adventure was fixed.
The bootcamp experience
What can I say? The bootcamp was the most intense and best learning experience of my life. I never learned so many new things, and especially hard skills like in the 9 weeks that I felt to be useful for my life. The bootcamp was well structured and starting from the basics we learned week by week new topics that were, however, always connected to the previous weeks and helped us repeat older topics. With all stuff online in its own portal there was also the chance to repeat things  and go through difficult lectures again.
The teachers and assistants were superb. They made you feel comfortable and secure to learn, make mistakes and try out new things during the whole bootcamp. Always motivated and highly skilled in teaching, answering all our questions and constantly supporting in our team work. I honestly can’t image a better team than at LeWagon Barcelona. Also studying together with people from all around the world was highly motivating and interesting. Every day we worked with a different person, which also helped you to get to know other people and learn about different work styles. My project team in the last week was also super nice and motivated and I was lucky to work on my own project idea that we pitched in week 5. Due to corona we worked three weeks remote as a team, which was still a great experience with all the remote support of the LeWagon team. We definitely managed to code awesome apps with people sitting all around the world.
Lastly, I loved the city of Barcelona. Was not my first time, but living there was even better than being a tourist. There is endless bars and restaurants, beaches, clubs, sport facilities and the area of Gracia where LeWagon is located is definitely the most beautiful in Barcelona.
All in all, I can only recommend LeWagon Barcelona to anyone who is interested in diving into coding and learning full stack development hands on from scratch. I personally will follow my path to become a Product Manager, others will work as Freelancers or in company coding teams. Can you do it after 9 weeks? I believe we learned everything necessary to work as a dev and develop our own projects, so yes you can!
If you have any doubt, hit me up or add me on LinkedIn.
Good luck and if you do LeWagon soon, congrats to your decision! Read less

I recently completed batch 328 at Le Wagon Rio de Janeiro.

Before to enroll at le Wagon I was Business Analyst in the Human Resources Industry. 

My main objective was to gain sufficient tech skills to develop my own side projects and keep learning by myself.

I started off barely knowing anything about coding and finished the course being able to implement full web apps on my own.

Our teachers were great in sharing the concepts and approaches we need to have as a web developer. They were also patient and made the Bootcamp fun while we were learning.

The bootcamp provides you with a solid foundation to keep learning about the areas you are interested in. 

The online content and Kitt (the online teaching platform) are great. The program and learning methodology have been tested and iterated over thousands of students! It is very well structured which keeps you challenged and engaged to keep on learning.

The student atmosphere is amazing. Everyone is motivated towards achieving the same goals and it truly feels like a community. 

I would definitely recommend Le Wagon to anyone looking to improve their tech skills! It was the best experience learning I have.

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Before Le Wagon, I had never properly coded, except for a little bit of Visual Basic in high school. I wanted to learn coding, but without having to study it for a certain amount of years, not knowing whether I should become a developer or work in this area. This is why, the bootcamp that Le Wagon offers was perfect for me: 9 intensive weeks of classes and exercises to learn the basics in order to become a developer. It completely met my expectations, a room full of people eager to learn and motivated qualified teachers. The curriculum is well-structured starting with the basics and touching on a varied set of topics so that you get an idea of how developers work. The wide alumni students pool gives you the opportunity to connect with people and entrepreneurs in the same situation as you, which facilitates a job search after the bootcamp. Overall, it has been a very rewarding and stimulating experience and I would definitely recommend Le Wagon.  Read less

After five years of working in the translation industry (and with zero technical experience), I decided to switch careers and become a developer. I chose Le Wagon because the curriculum covers a wide range of topics, and in London they offer a part-time course, so I could keep working and learn to code in my spare time. 
The structure of the part-time course means you do most of the “formal” learning, such as watching lectures and doing flashcards, at home. So when you’re on campus you can focus on putting what you learnt to practice by completing challenges, with the benefit of being surrounded by your classmates and a great team of teachers and TAs. 
The buddy system, where you get paired with a different classmate every day to complete the challenges, is great. It gives you the opportunity to connect with all your classmates, and being able to work through a problem with someone else really helps the learning experience. 
I also enjoyed working with the different teachers and TAs. They all have such a wide range of experience and expertise, and are very approachable. I definitely learnt a lot from seeing the different ways they approached problems.
Even though I have now completed the course, I still have access to plenty of support with finding my first developer job. I also have access to the huge community of Le Wagon alumni, who I can connect with for advice or help. 
I’m so pleased I decided to take the leap and start a new career, and would recommend Le Wagon to anyone else out there who is thinking of doing the same! Read less

I recently completed (part-time) batch 317 at Le Wagon London. It has been a fantastic experience. My main objective to enrol was gaining sufficient tech skills to develop my own side projects. After completing the bootcamp, I feel i have achieved such objective. Don’t get me wrong, you will not know everything about coding by the end of the program, but it does provide you with a solid foundation to keep learning about the areas you are interested in. These were my highlights:

• A very well structured curriculum which keeps you challenged and engaged to keep on learning: Great online content -you can tell its been tested and iterated over thousands of students!- and learning methodology -beware that coding gets quite addictive!
• Strong product focus -the program is all geared towards the end goal of building your own project 
• Skilled and friendly teachers and staff who are always there to help -this for me is the key value of the bootcamp
• Great and diverse student atmosphere -everyone is motivated towards achieving the same goals and it truly feels like a community -I would have never said I would be so happy to wake up early for many Saturdays in a row and spend the whole day coding!
• Strong international alumni network 

I would definitely recommend Le Wagon to anyone looking to improve their tech skills! Read less

 
It has been 9 long weeks, but I am glad to say that I have finished the Full Stack Web Development Bootcamp with Le Wagon Singapore! 

The curriculum was tailored uniquely for us to not just gain new knowledge, but you also get to practice what you’ve learnt every day by completing challenges with your classmates.It made learning fun again and it was really engaging. In 9 weeks, I got the chance to learn from Ruby as part of backend development and HTML, CSS and JavaScript as part of frontend development. 

Our teachers, Miguel, Ben and Prima, were great in sharing the concepts and approaches we need to have as a web developer. They were also patient and made the Bootcamp fun while we were learning.

 In the final 3 weeks, I got to work with 2 awesome people, Tan Hua Swen and Maxime. We worked on 2 projects, one of which was creating an Airbnb clone. We had the chance to work as an Agile Team, and building our products from scratch. 

After finishing the Bootcamp, I feel that I now have the confidence and know-how to carry on enhancing my current projects. I would highly recommend anyone to take up a course in Web Development, especially with Le Wagon!  Read less

I was working as a buyer in a company, when I decided to help my friend’s company with her social media, I decided to enrol in a course  in marketing which led me to coding and made me fall in love with it. After studying from home for 8 months I decided to do a bootcamp which led me to Le wagon as it was the best rated. I honestly had the best 9 weeks. We had lectures each morning, worked with new people each day on new and interesting challenges and subjects. We then turned things up a notch and worked on real projects in a group preparing for our final project! Producing our project was an absolute joy and honestly one of the best moments of my career! So proud of my team and can’t wait to see where all of our careers go from here! Read less

I'm a industrial engineering student in my last year and wanted to do LeWagon due to the growing impact of digitalization on the engineering field. Overall it was a great experience and I was surprised how much knowledge I gained in just 9 weeks. I started off barely knowing anything about coding and finshed the course being able to implement full web apps on my own. This is mainly due to the intensity of the course, since you're working with code all day for 9 weeks, as well as due to the great help of the teachers of LeWagon. Whenever you're stuck with an excercise the teachers help you not only solving that particular problem but understanding the problem and everything that's connected to that problem. That way you advance very fast and become a software developer within a short period of time. Read less

I was a filmmaker in Los Angeles for six years before attending Le Wagon’s full-stack development bootcamp. I reached a point in my film career that I had been working towards since before college graduation and saw what the future may hold for me if I continued down that path. I realized the entertainment industry was not for me and began researching other career paths.

Once I decided on coding, I took the usual online self-learning approach for a few months before deciding to accelerate my education so I could jump into my next industry as soon as possible. I wanted a well-thought-out curriculum with excellent instructors and motivated peers and Le Wagon’s bootcamp provided that academic environment I was looking for.

The program was structured extremely well with its exercises and challenges ramping up at an appropriate pace. I never felt too behind or too ahead. It is intense and you learn a lot very fast but it is manageable given you put in the work. There was no shortage of teachers and teaching assistants so I was always able to ask for help.

The buddy system also provided great support as I quickly connected with my batch mates. The community Le Wagon manages to foster is the most impressive side-effect of the program. I joined for the educational aspect and hoped to gain some connections in the process but I was not expecting to leave with the close friendships I now have.

Kitt, the learning portal all of the students and teachers used daily should also receive praise. It seamlessly integrates everything you would ever need during and after the bootcamp. From the daily challenges to the ticket system to reminding you to do your flashcards, Kitt kept us on track. It also provides up-to-date profiles for every student from our batch as well as alumni, allowing the community to stay connected after graduation — truly an impressive tool.

All in all, Le Wagon delivered. The bootcamp is difficult and you must do the work but it pays off. You will leave with solid foundational knowledge of coding. The learning never stops of course, but I now feel confident and ready to take my next step. Read less

My experience at Le Wagon was more than classes, it was a bonding experience into my self (not myself). In just 9-weeks I gained a place where I belong, can help others and ask for help.
The whole structure of the program makes it so you feel included and want to spread the inclusive culture Le Wagon wishes to impart into the coding world. I adored the way the professors, the coordinators and the whole system (buddy system and parties) encouraged interaction between all classmates and staff. More than a platform itself, the students were encouraged to reach out to the teachers and T.A.s, as well as to their buddies with issues to learn and improve.
Notwithstanding, one that embarks this journey parts with a great learning platform that is constantly being updated and a new group you can call home.
I graduate with joy to immerse myself in my next journey, but with a heavy heart to leave such a warm and challenging environment.

I wish to discover more communities like these and I hope I have spread the word of those who want to co-create for a better world. Read less

I had a pretty good career before Le Wagon - after Le Wagon I have a great career that I get excited about each day. I graduated from college and had a good job working for a successful tech company in San Francisco, but I had always been interested in coding but wasn't sure whether I could do it. 

I'm super glad I decided to go "all-in" and do it. Sylvain / Yann / Doug and all the TAs are really great guys and I enjoyed getting to know them as mentors and friends. There were about 20 folks in my batch from literally ALL OVER THE WORLD. It was super fun to get to know new people and I wish I would have spent more time with them during my time at Le Wagon.

The curriculum was super well organized and the leaders do a great job running it. My favorite experience was definitely working on the two products at the end as a team. As a software engineer now working in a team with over 100+ engineers, I can confidently say that working well with a team is KEY to being a good developer. 

Really was the best career decision I've ever made.  Read less

Attending the LeWagon coding bootcamp in Buenos Aires was definitely a great decision. Whether you want to just deepen your tech knowledge, become a product manager or a developer, LeWagon has a very holistic curriculum that will allow you to personalise your experience and outcome. Without having any previous coding experience, at the end of the bootcamp, I was able to build a product with my team from scratch which was very rewarding. The LeWagon Buenos Aires team was always very caring, patient and helpful, willing to stay longer whenever necessary to make sure every student is satisfied with the learning outcome of the day and feels comfortable with the material. I had an amazing intense 9 weeks together with a group of ambitious, very intelligent and inspiring people. I would highly recommend this program! Read less