Le Wagon

Its been 5 years since I quit my job to be a full time mom. When I was deciding what to do next I was unsure where to begin. I was an application developer for many years before but was not confident if I would be able to pick it up from where I left off. I thought about other career options but kept coming back to what I enjoyed the most: developing exciting products and learning new technical skills to help me do that. Around this time I moved to Barcelona and was actively looking for ways to get started. Initially, I was applying for jobs and doing online trainings to test my abilities and upgrade my skills. I was neither getting any feedback nor learning much. I wanted to engage with like-minded people and look for places where I could be mentored. Thats when I came across Le Wagon Barcelona. It was the best rated coding schools and the alumni testimonials made my decision easier.  
During my first interview with the founder I was asked what do I expect from this bootcamp. I replied saying at this point I want to learn and absorb as much as possible. In the 9 weeks that followed thats exactly what happened. We spent less time on lectures and more time doing hands on exercises with mentors helping us every step of the way. Each day we worked with a new partner and this made us adapt to different working styles and also interact with them individually. Some days were harder making us question if we were doing enough. But when you work with a bunch of highly motivated individuals from various backgrounds you push yourself. And by the end of the course we were  proudly presenting our product demos. 
The bootcamp was not about how much we did or how quick we were. It was for each one of us to commit ourselves to learn something new everyday and enjoy the process of coding. Isnt that always the best way to learn? This couldnt have been possible without all the teachers and mentors who made us believe we could do this. It feels like we are part of this big family who will be rooting for us to succeed in anything that we choose to do.  I know I can always reach out to the alumni groups for advice and basically exchange ideas. Honestly, thats more than what I signed up for. Currently I am working with a friend on his startup TraininTech. It is a platform that helps companies train the key soft skills of their employees using an engaging solution. Users will not only be able to see the content but record their responses for realistic situations to get feedback and track their evolution. Going forward I plan to explore opportunities as a full stack developer and pursue my career goals. Read less

I recently graduated from lewagon Batch-318 in London. I came into the course with already some experience in coding. Ruby was new to me and it was great diving into a new langue. Their interactive coding challenges are amazing. Ruby was quite intense - it's a lot that you learn in a very brief time. But even for the subjects that I already had experience, there always were interesting advanced challenges. With the buddy system you're every day paired up with another coding-buddy. Some days you guide someone through every step and some you try to follow someones pace. Most of the students came without any background in coding. But with the prep-work everyone was already at a good level. And all were keen on learning and have a passion for coding. There were lots of great social events. And a ongoing community supports you when you're stuck with your code. Read less

Before joining Le Wagon, I was working as operations supervisor in a private aviation company. I liked my job, but quite often I felt like I wanted to do something more technical and have a job where I could constantly learn and improve my skills. So I decided to learn how to code!

I joined Le Wagon in July 2019, and it was definitely one of the best decisions I made in my life. The learning experience was extremely challenging for me, but also a lot of fun. What really stood out for me, was this constant positive vibe coming from teachers, teaching assistants and everyone working at Le Wagon. Everyone was always very helpful, supportive and encouraging.

During the final weeks, I was working together with 3 more people from our batch on the project that I pitched. It was a website where people could join environmental challenges, earn points for completing them and compete with their friends. It was a really challenging but extremely rewarding experience to work as a team to bring this idea to life. I definitely learned a lot during the last 2 weeks - everything we learned before really clicked during the final weeks (to be fair, all teachers were saying everything would click during project weeks, but I wasn't sure it would happen to me!) In the final day of the project weeks, I got to pitch our project at Google for Startups Campus, which was a really great experience too.

What I really like about Le Wagon, is that you are still a part of the community even after you graduate. You are always welcome to come to all the events they host, to become a teaching assistant, to join for drinks, to connect with people from their global community via slack, etc.

Finally, it is worth mentioning that 1.5 months after graduating, I got a job as a junior developer. Can't imagine this happening without Le Wagon :)

If are still hesitating to join this bootcamp, do it, you will not regret it!

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I'm an internet professional with more than 10 years of experience in digital analytics, growth and product optimization.
I've spent several years working for top tech start-ups in Barcelona; and last 3 launching my own projects working as a freelance and bootstrapping entrepreneur. 

I really wanted to learn the basics of coding in order to improve my working relationship with developers, as a big part of my duties include dealing with tech specs and working closing with them; and also to gain more independence when tackling my own projects. 

Le wagon has definitely been the perfect choice for me, as it allowed to dig deep into software development basics and get the fundamentals in order to be able to program my own digital products.

It was also an amazing opportunity to get in touch with an amazing group of motivated and talented individuals during a nine weeks learning process.

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Hey I am Alex,
Before I joined Le Wagon for the 9-weeks bootcamp, I studied Business administration at a business school in Germany. During my studies I always wanted to learn coding but never found the time to do so. Therefore, I decided to apply for Le Wagon during my Gap Year, to close the gap between business and Tech.

The nine week program really helped me to learn the fundamentals of coding from Scratch and build two complete products in a very short time. After the bootcamp I continued to work further on my Business background by doing an internship in a Private Equity firm, and I am planning to do an internship in a Tech company to apply the knowledge I learned at Le wagon.

Le Wagon was an experience of a Lifetime, I highly recommend it!

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Applying at Le Wagon Milan has been one of the best decisions I ever made.

I applied while working a part-time job at a hotel, unsatisfied and at a loss on which direction to take for my future. I've always had a dormant interest in coding, but had no skills whatsoever and thought code was way out of my league.
I was scared, since all of my skills while studying were in humanities, and thought my logic wasn't strong enough to endure all of the small implicacies in code. Le Wagon showed me that this wasn't the case at all.

The course makes you instantly feel welcome, everyone is high energy and determined. The positivity is contagious, and while undeniably tough, I ended up waking up every morning with a smile on my face, eager to learn more.

It doesn't matter what your starting point is, teachers are always patient and happy to help you, and the course is structured so you challenge yourself every day and learn. Nobody is left behind. It's the polar opposite of traditional schooling, as they make it a point to make you leave Le Wagon with two projects under your belt and able to make a website from scratch.

All in all, Le Wagon has given me the tools to make a living as a developer, which is more than any other program has ever done for me.

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After graduating from an IT Engineer school and a Business school, I worked for 7 years in a management consulting firm in Paris. My job was to manage IT projects in the main companies of Transportation and Energy sectors. 

After that, I decided to focus my career back to my technical skills and to become a web developer ! My wish was to work on the "other side" of the IT projects, and be part of the technical team that really designs and builds the applications. To this end, I followed the FullStack track at Le Wagon coding bootcamp in Paris between October and December 2019. I really enjoyed Le Wagon bootcamp. The lectures and tutorial classes are very well organized. The teachers and teaching assistants are always willing to help and to get all students to give the best of themselves. I really learned a lot during those 9 weeks, and also met great people !

My wish is now to join a promising tech start-up as a back-end or full stack developer and to work on a product I believe in. Ideally, this start-up will be a fast-growing company dealing with great technical challenges and have a strong company culture. 

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I spent my last summer at Le Wagon coding Bootcamp in Chengdu. It was an intensive and transformative 9 weeks that unlock my potential in programming. Throughout the Bootcamp, I paired up with fellow classmates to solve coding challenges every day and build our own application prototype starting from absolutely zero prior knowledge on web development. It was an amazing journey when I am looking back to have accomplished so much in a short 9 weeks.

 

A unique module at the Chengdu campus was the experience of designing our WeChat mini-program. WeChat mini-program has gained popularity since it launched and has allowed programmers to realize their startup ideas reaping the benefit from the prevalence of WeChat in China. The WeChat mini-program module includes basic knowledge on wxml and wxss, the use of WeChat developer tool, as well as the logistics of setting up domain and cloud storage space in China. At the end of the Bootcamp, all our fellow classmates decided to build a mini-program for our final projects and it was a great success.

 

I was an MBA student prior to joining the Bootcamp, and I aimed to create my startup one day. The experience at Le Wagon definitely helps me achieve my goal. The Bootcamp has helped me understand the technical parts so that I can communicate with other programming professionals without any language barriers. I have also accumulated some project management experience through cooperating with my teammates to create our own application in a tight timeframe. All of these were achieved through the help and patience of teachers at the Chengdu campus. A big thanks to them!

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After graduating from business school, I wanted to learn how to code. I followed the wagon bootcamp at the end of 2019. I never thought I would learn so much in 9 weeks and live such a rewarding experience. The pedagogy is excellent and the team of the wagon very welcoming. This experience was beneficial, and we learnt in the best conditions. The team brought the class together with success. I now have all the keys to code a website and continue learning other languages.  Thanks to these skills and the network of the wagon, I know that I will now be able to find a job as a web developer. I highly recommend this training!

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Having just finished my second year at the University of Virginia, I had to choose a major. For the past 2 years I took multiples classes in a lot of areas such as economics, math, psychology. However none of them interested me enough to declare my major in any of these fields. I felt like I needed more time to decide so I took a sabbatical year to discover new domains. A domain that intrigued me a lot was coding. So I asked around me if anyone new something about coding. A friend of mine just finished Le Wagon in London and could not be more happy so I decided to try it for myself in Paris , it is only 9 weeks why not ?

 

During those 9 weeks I felt a lot of stuff. I started to feel lost not knowing anything, anyone. After a few days, confused in how I was going to learn that many things in just 63 days. A week later surprised, I was actually learning and assimilating all the knowledge I was struggling with for 15 days. At the end of the batch, I felt relieved, thankful and excited. Relieved because I had finished the training, thankful because it was amazing and excited because it opened so many opportunities for my future. I learnt HTML CSS JS and Ruby on rails whilst working with a team in a safe environment, again in only 9 weeks.

 

I have only one thing to say to Le Wagon : Thank you for everything you have done for us.  

 

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Engaged in M&A and investment banking activities since 1984, I launched Equitix in 2019, a fintech company dedicated to Private Equity fundraising. The aim is to raise private equity capital for small French companies, quicker and cheaper.
I first joined Le Wagon in oct 2019, completed the 9 weeks webdev bootcamp (Paris Batch #321), and it was fun and intense, thanks to Le Wagon’s very well organized structure and the help of my coding mates.
Besides HTML, JS, CSS, Ruby Rails, SQL..., with Le Wagon I discovered new solutions for Equitix business model, and decided to rethink its UX patterns.
The quality of the teachings and management at Le Wagon, made me sign for the next 9 weeks Data Science bootcamp that starts in April 2020, with the aim to better understand how to integer data management, ML and AI tools in Equitix DNA.Antoine Fillet, 63 - CEO Equitix 
Momentum SAS

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Before joining Le Wagon, I worked in the music industry as an audio engineer in Los Angeles. I spent most of my time in a recording studio, working with different types of artists. Though I had fulfilled a goal that I was working towards for many years, it was apparent that I was ready to apply my creativity in a different way. On my search for my next calling, I came upon coding. Just by making a simple HTML page with a bit of CSS, I knew how much power lie within coding. I knew it was something I had to take seriously.   I began looking into coding bootcamps. Being from the states, the coding bootcamp market was quite saturated and dense. It’s tuition price tag was no joke. I began looking abroad and Le Wagon came up as the top school. They had a location in my favorite city, Barcelona. It was also half the cost of the top bootcamps in the states. I decided it was a good chance to gain a skill in a beautiful city. Now, 9 intensive weeks, two finished and shipped products later, I can confirm that it is a truly life changing experience. Joining Le Wagon is like being welcomed into a family. It is established on day one that once you’re in, it is the culture to achieve together. It made being in a foreign city, where I don’t speak the language, feel more like home.   The most valuable thing I gained from going through Le Wagon is being able to work alongside a team. Completing a project from nothing to a shipped product in two weeks with just 4 team member is intense. It almost seemed impossible. But at some point, I just learned to trust my team members and the process of the bootcamp. That experience of compromise and negotiation when working with people from all different backgrounds is what gave me confidence when applying for jobs. Read less

J’ai choisi de faire la formation du Wagon puisque je voulais me reconvertir professionnellement. Je viens tout juste de terminer le batch 325 à Bordeaux. J’ai découvert cette formation grâce à un ami qui est aussi un alumni du Wagon. La formation est intense mais les professeurs sont très pédagogues et bienveillants ce qui permet de rester motivé même si l’on débute dans la programmation web. À la fin de ces 9 semaines nous étions tous fiers de notre progression ! Je recommande Le Wagon à toutes les personnes curieuses et persévérantes.

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Before attending Le Wagon bootcamp, I was managing a team within an Investment Bank. I have an engineer background and have always been interested in tech. When I decided to leave the bank, I started my new activities by Le Wagon 2-month Web dev bootcamp. My goal was to understand the architecture of the largest Web apps and to learn the basics of coding.
Le Wagon has very high standards in terms of quality of the courses, availability of the teachers, and community building. They have iterated the bootcamp many times now and the format is really optimised. Plus people there are nice, competent and available.
Le Wagon will enable me to be part of more innovative projects in the tech industry.

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我在去年七月加入了Le Wagon成都9个星期的bootcamp，当时我离大学本科毕业还有一年，急于寻找投行以及金融业的实习，但是害怕不会成功于是就报名了沃耕想要充实一下自己的hard skill。我了解到沃耕首先是在伦敦和欧洲，后来偶然发现中国大陆也有，机缘巧合去了成都。现在想起来那九个礼拜像是一眨眼过的飞快，在开头的三个星期学完了cs大学生第一年学的内容，我的整个大脑的信息更新从来没有这么快过，以致于九个礼拜里狂吃都瘦了七八斤，那九个礼拜是我人生到现在，成长速度最快的一段时间。最重要的是，在吸收大量信息的同时，有超级无敌耐心和聪明的助教和老师陪伴左右，有任何问题他们都会引导你去解决，而不是直接告诉你答案，他们会让你意识到很多看似困难的思维过程我们只是需要一些引导，一切都会变得很敞亮。不得不说我非常的累，但是无比的快乐。我在成都的batch里只有十一个人，所以享有的教育资源是相对于上海更有优势的，因为我们每天都有一个manager， 一个老师再加上一个tutor的陪伴左右，从早上九点到有时候晚上九点的live code，我会开始质疑自己的毅力，但是坚持下来的每一天我都会庆幸自己的这个决定。

以前一直认为编程是一个迷，以为编程对自己来说可能难度会比较大，事实上它是一种全新的思维方式，我开始对后端编程（Ruby和Python类似的后端编程语言）展现出来非常大的兴趣，以致于改变了我对未来职业的规划。原本我打算读关于金融工程或者数据方向的研究生，但是也因为自己本科是经济和金融并没有一些编程基础而犹豫不决，仅仅一两年的金融课程是否能让我在未来职场中胜出。但是在沃耕度过了九个礼拜以后我完全消除了这种顾虑，我和一些cs本科毕业生或许只差了一些算法课程，通过两个礼拜编写我们自己的软件事实上我或许还有更多了实际经验。在训练营中间以及将尽之际，manager Allen和我们每个学员进行了非常仔细的沟通，希望我们提出意见以及是否有他能为我们做更多的地方。我大胆地提出了我关于我研究生方向上的一些疑问，谁能想得到Allen以前竟然是加州大学伯克利数据科学研究生项目的招生官，于是他就给了我很多有用的意见，我在参加项目之前的一些疑惑，不确定已经完全消除了，我从来没有觉得人生的方向这样的确定和明朗过。

对我个人成长方面来讲，在参加沃耕之前我是一个不爱说话并且对公共场合演讲相对胆怯的一个人，但是沃耕让我勇敢的踏出了那一步，因为每天我们都会有buddy在一起coding，并且在最后两个project week我们几乎会和组员一起度过日夜，需要随时随地的交流沟通合作。每周好几天我们都会在晚上livecode结束后一起聚餐have fun，it is the kind of bond I have never felt before, and sometimes i really wish time could bring me back. Such a fantastic experience, I hope I can do it all over again x.

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Before Le Wagon I used to work in sports marketing area. After a while I decided to change my career and focus on programming. Signing up for an on-line course, I was intending to learn it by myself. That time I used to live in Australia though and could not afford to stop working for a couple of months and focusing just on coding. I was seeking for other solutions then. In the meantime, a friend of mine has just finished a Le Wagon bootcamp in Berlin. Telling me how a great experience it was, she convinced me almost straight away. 

I would totally recommend Le Wagon bootcamp to anyone who is looking for interesting and effective way of learn how to code. Le Wagon is not only about studying. It is more about amazing community and great people who are always eager to help any time at any stage. The great thing about the teaching system was that at the end of the bootcamp our task was to build a real product going through the whole process: prototyping, designing, developing, presenting. Additionally, working in a team and a buddy-system gave us a solid team work experience. After the bootcamp I feel well-equipped and ready to get into the job market.  
Once you get into Le Wagon community, you'd probably stick to it for a loooong time :)

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Learning how to code is not something easy!
It was a very big challenge to me and all the Le Wagon team were amazing during the entire process, not only teaching.
In 3 weeks we have the opportunity to work in teams, so we can feel how it is working in real life!
I would definitely take the course again, I learned a lot. 
I actually enjoyed to code,I’m sure because of the beautiful experience I had at Le Wagon.

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介绍一下自己的背景，美国UW Madison本科毕业，本科专业是电子工程和计算机，由于大学里面实习和实践都投入到了电子工程上面，计算机软件的那些知识和认知停留在大学的基础理论知识上面，没有网络开发的经验和全栈开发的能力。所以希望在le wagon快速教导下，熟悉整个现代规范开发的流程和学习相应的技能。总的来说，le wagon教学水平达到甚至超过美国前50的一些学校，特别是个体的关注度非常高，这点是在美国大学没有的体验。

我于2018年8月在成都的Le Wagon完成了为期9周的训练营。该课程教授Ruby，HTML，CSS，Bootstrap，JavaScript，SQL，git，GitHub，Heroku等网络技能，以及如何将所有内容与Ruby on Rails框架结合在一起进行完整的全栈开发。毕业生能够构建Web应用程序，包括后端，前端和托管以及微信小程序的开发框架。此外，该程序涉及重要方面，例如团队开发，测试，开发运营和设计。更学会了当一个产品经理所需要的必要的技能。训练营远远超出了我的期望，特别是在所教授的实践技能的广度和深度方面。每天早上，我们都会进行两个小时的讲座，然后是独立学习的挑战，您可以在其中与学生伙伴交流想法，或者在需要时从助教那里获得帮助。在一天结束时，将有live code的挑战，即一个学生到大屏幕上面现场编码，其他同学一起帮助他，大家一起完成一个编程挑战。

我最喜欢该程序遵循的方法论和教学方法。尤其是通过游戏化方法可以完美应对日常挑战。定期的成功保持了很高的动力，并且我每天感觉都过得很快。坐标成都，真的很感谢带我们那一期的老师，真的非常有耐心和责任感来帮助我们，每天我们都有一大堆问题去问他，没有偷懒的学生，老师比学生还要勤快，每天的讨论络绎不绝，我可以100％推荐Le Wagon训练营作为全栈Web开发亲自程序。

 

现在我已经成为一个全职后端工程师啦，薪水也高于it技术平均水平，很开心～

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After 4 years working for Ubisoft, I understood that developing a game has a
lot to do with Product Management; defining players needs, rationalizing
technological choices, and of course setting up an efficient daily production routine. However I was still feeling frustrated when interacting with developpers, as I was lacking technical knowledge. That’s why I decided to follow the Full Stack bootcamp of Le Wagon. Not only I was amazed by the quality of the lessons, but it also allowed me to get to know the Parisian tech ecosystem better, thanks to the events they regularly organize. I have to admit I was a bit skeptical about the “change your life” tagline, but 2 months later I have to admit they were right; On top of making new friends and integrating a strong community passionated about dev and products, I’m currently developping a new app with some friends from my batch.

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I didn't know anything about code, so that was something completely new and different from everything I've done in my life before. I was not happy about my career, so I decided to change completely what I was doing.

I attended to the batch #330, in the end of 2019. I was so glad that they have a Le Wagon in my home city, so I wouldn't have to spend more money moving to a different city, at the same time I would have the opportunity to practice English and meet people from different countries. 

Learning how to code was a very big challenge to me and all the Le Wagon team were amazing during the entire process, not only teaching. They have a lecture during the morning, every day and after that we spend all day practicing and the teachers are there all day long to assist the students.
One thing that is nice for me is that we always do the challenges with one classmate, so we can think together about the solutions and share our point of view about the challenges.

In the last 3 weeks we have the opportunity to work in teams, so we can feel how it is working in real life. It was also nice to use GitHub in a team and at the end we have two projects to our portfolio.
I would definitely take the course again, I learned a lot.
I actually enjoyed to code, probably because of the experience I had at Le Wagon.

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