Le Wagon

Doing the LeWagon bootcamp in São Paulo, as a student of the batch #296, was one the best decisions i've made to my future and i can give lots of arguments of why. LeWagon focuses on teaching students ruby, rails and JavaScript, using a very unique dynamic called the buddy system, where you work each day with a different partner and learn skills of coding while improving areas like communication. You still have very good teachers, who are responsible for the classes at the start of the day and can help you and your partners with some problems that may come up during the day. The most important part for me is the amount of exercises that you have to learn during everyday of the bootcamp, using the kitt challenges. In conclusion, The LeWagon bootcamp offers a very good course for your curriculum, where you can learn more about coding and starting your carrer an dev.

After 15 years in audit and corporate finance in a few countries, I was looking for a change and new challenges. One of my relationship suggested I should learn coding and introduced me to Le Wagon. I immediately liked the program and registered for the summer batch in Paris. As most of the participants, I was a bit skeptical when we started the first week that we could achieve a real VMP at the end of the bootcamp as they told us. The result was beyond my expectation. Not only we managed to do it in the last two weeks, but the adventure was just starting. We decided with one of my batch member to continue to develop our product and to create our on own company which we are currently doing now. A real thanks to Le Wagon and its team (teacher, assistants, staff,…) and to all our batch for this 9 weeks. The organization, tools and community we met were above expectation for me. I definitely recommend the experience for anybody who wants a change in his/her professional life.

Recently I became an ex-management consultant and a newly Le Wagon alumni @Lisbon #tooproud. I decided to take the leap once I grew interested in working in a tech environment while attending many client's meetings where digital and IT pain points and challenges were becoming the center of the discussion. I wanted to join the challenge. Soon I found Le Wagon to be #1 coding bootcamp in Europe, web development centered, hands-on and ambitious program. That was why I chose this team, and I chose well! The community is super engaging and the intense 9 weeks at Le Wagon were sure 1 out of the 5 top experiences of my life. Plenty of good-hearted people, eager to learn and be better. 
I achieved my personal objective: I learned a good crazy language to start with (Ruby!), OOP, MVC, and my beloved Front-End, as well as how to tackle product development from the very start to the very end. 
My advice: join our community :)

I wanted a carrier change, so at the beginning of this year I started looking for a bootcamp that could allow me to study and work at the same time! When I finally found Le Wagon I couldn't believe to my eyes, cause their part time programme was perfect to me cause I didn't have to leave my job in order to attend classes! Also the teachers were all amazing! They helped me a lot to understand difficult things that I wouldn't never imagine to learn! Now I can code and this is thanks to all le wagon team! Definitely one of the best experience of my life! Very satisfying! 

With so many bootcamps out there I was torn on which one I should I apply for. After some extensive research I ended up choosing Le Wagon. I completed Bootcamp 273 in Bali back in August 2019 and couldn't be happier with my choice. 

The full stack course provides you a great grounding in HTML, CSS, JavaScript, SQL and Ruby. It's a challenging curriculum and there were times when I felt like I was simply not progressing or struggling to understand a particular concept, but Guido and the rest of the team were always on hand to help. Besides being challenging the course is also incredibly fun and rewarding. Having an idea in your head and bringing it to life with code is just an amazing experience.

At the end of the bootcamp I couldn't believe what our team had managed to achieve. We developed a fully functioning app that served as a platform to match recycling banks with recycling collectors, the idea was to help reduce the amount single use plastic a prevalent problem in South East Asia and I was so proud with what the team and I managed to build. 

If you're on the fence on whether to go on the Le Wagon, my advice would be to just go for it. You will not be disappointed, it's an incredible life changing experience!!

January 2019: I was preparing to quit my job after a 10-year experience in the same company to create one on my own.  Launching my start-up was an exciting challenge. But how to start?  My project (to promote sports in the workplace) was based on a web platform.  My issue? I did not know anything about coding websites or applications. So, I decided to look for a CTO as a co-founding partner.    I shaked my network, and the network of my network to talk with people who had created tech companies or who were working with developers.  After some interviews, all were unanimous: it's almost impossible to find an available CTO. As the demand is way higher than the offer = it's a very expensive knowledge". But ONE word came back three times: "Le Wagon: change your life learn to code".   This is how I started two months later my incredible 3-month experience at Le Wagon. 9 (very very) intensive weeks to learn a new language. To start a new life. To challenge my learning abilities, more than durung the 10 years I spent developing field agility.   Why Le Wagon is a successfull coding bootcamp?    Thanks to its pedagogy based on :     1- boisterous rhythm whose strength is that theorical classes(25% daily) are wisely mixed up with practical exercises (75%). When your brain is utterly fried, you keep on underpinning fundamentals notions.     2- People's diversity and background wealth : everyday, thanks to a "random wheel" they "forced" you to work with a different, new, buddy. Smart move. Besides cultivating a supportive and friendly athmosphere, we created a "clan" strong feelings.     3- Everybody is dedicated to your success. Every teacher, teacher assistant or staff member is solicitous for one reason: they were in your shoes a few months or weeks before.     To sum up, Le wagon is a professional, human and crazy experience you have to live. 

Le Wagon has been by far the most intensive and efficient training I ever followed. Within 9 weeks, I was able to create 2 websites with 2 other members as we learnt more than the basic knowledge of programming in modern languages (html, CSS, js, ruby on rails, SQL). Now, as a growth marketer I can use those skillset to create basic websites, to expand my usage of CMS and to build automation tools. To conclude, I highly recommend le wagon not only for wannabee programmers, but also to entrepreneurs, people working closely with tech team and growth marketers/hackers. Feel free to contact me for more insights.

Coming from a background in music education and stage management, I never dream of I could build an app in such a short period of time. Before joining Le Wagon, I tried to learn it myself by completing online courses a few times, but each time I didn't have a clear direction of how to put all things that I've learned together. Hence, after researching and contact some alumni, Le Wagon stood out from all the rest for me in terms of the price, diversity of the cohort, learning environment, especially the curriculum which is product-driven.

Le Wagon for me is joining a community, not a bootcamp. It may seem overwhelming at the beginning but trust me they will provide you with the tools for your success. I love the pair-programming which developed my problem-solving and communication skills, and the flashcards to help me to grab these key concepts in a short intense period. The most amazing thing that I truly value during my time in Le Wagon was meeting so many like-minded people. Not just meeting our teachers and cohort, learning in a co-working space got me a chance to meet different designers, entrepreneurs, developers and etc. It helps me to stay motivated and inspired throughout the coding journey. The teacher and TAs are always there to support you and it will make time fly and you will be learning a lot really fast.

The only cons I'd say is "Why didn't I start this program earlier?". For the people who are considering to join the bootcamp, I highly recommended and it is definitely worth it. 

Before making the decision to join Le Wagon, I spent over 10 years in the automotive industry and decided it was time to make a change. I did a lot of research before  choosing this particular camp and chose it due to the difficulty I had trying to find a negative review along with the fact that no other boot camp would take the time to explain the course in detail to me (I was actually told by one to call back when I am serious and want to book) whereas Alex took the time to thoroughly go through what I was signing up for.

The 9 weeks were intense although looking back I can't believe the level I am at now in comparison  to where I started, it was honestly the best decision I have ever made and would highly recommend it to anyone thinking of joining. One of the great things about it was that everyone is at a different level/from a different background and you are paired with a different person until the project weeks everyday which definitely helps progression through the course. The staff at Le Wagon are amazing, everyone is approachable, more than happy to help and always checking on how we were getting on.

When the project weeks came around we got to put everything we learned into practice and everyone's work was great, it really showcases how much everyone learned. For our project we made an app designed specifically for mobile to make claiming rail compensation easier for commuters, we learned some valuable lessons, I had great feedback about it in an interview already and I still can't believe how well it turned out, especially considering the level we were all at when we first started.

 

I'll finish by saying if you are reading this thinking about joining or trying to decide which boot camp to sign up for, (like I was 4 months ago) stop looking and get in touch with Le Wagon, you will not regret it!!!