Le Wagon

I just graduated from a Business School, and I am specialized in marketing digital & web strategy. I quickly realized that I wanted to know how to code, to better understand the technical part and how developer works.
I’m crazy about making things and having crazy ideas. Passionate about startups and innovation and I’m constantly looking for new things to do, new challenges to deal with. So it was pretty obvious for me to learn how to code.

I’ve met a lot of alumnis of Le Wagon who were really satisfied about the bootcamp, so I decided to join Le Wagon Bordeaux on October 2018. (https://www.lewagon.com/bordeaux)

It was one of my best experience. Learning all the web stack and the coding basics in only 9 weeks or 360 hours of code is just incredible and really challenging.  At the very beginning it can be really intense, you are learning Ruby and coding basics but also the vocabulary, the methodology, the mindset. After a few days you feel more confident, you are understanding new concept and languages quickly (Software Engineering, Object-Oriented programming, Database & SQL, Front-end, UI, HTML, CSS, Javascript, Rails… ).

The most incredible was the team of Le Wagon Bordeaux, the motion and the atmosphere. All the teachers and the team were really cool, helpful and know how to explain in a simple and effective way. They always have a solution and take time to explain misunderstood concepts or new concepts you are interested in. All the alumnis of the batch 191 of Bordeaux were really welded together so we had an amazing experience all together. And the pedagogy is perfect to learn quickly with short lessons and a lot of practice.

The final project is the best way to understand and see all the progress made in 9 weeks. With your team you are delivering a complete project / product in only 2 weeks. It was my favorite moment of the bootcamp, being able to code something you imagined from scratch is really rewarding.

I definitely and highly recommend Le Wagon Bordeaux without any hesitation.

After a bachelor’s in economics and more than two years in business school, I felt like taking a different route. A faster one, that would accelerate my career. It’s been a long time since I wanted to learn to code and with my plan to run my own business, I believe knowing how to code is a key skill to have.
As I didn’t have any coding background, I knew, to make this work I would have to be 100% focused. Besides being the most inspiring destination, once I was part of it, I found that Bali is made to live the Le Wagon experience. Super intense learning during the day and holiday feeling before and after class. With everything at your fingertips, healthy food, nature, beach, sports, bars, restaurants, party, yoga, spa… 
For me bootcamp-styled programs are perfect, fast-paced and tough, but at the same time, short enough to stay focused and pull through. And in the case of Le Wagon, after only 2 months you can get web developer jobs, create real web apps or, in my case, start a freelance career. I really think that’s crazy compared to the slow motion teaching I was used to from university and business school. 
Even so I don’t have the broad knowledge of a senior developer to fully judge this but also the curriculum of Le Wagon seems cutting edge to me. I feel like we learned exactly what’s needed to jump right into action after the bootcamp. No detours or unnecessary theory, it was always straight to the point. Introduction of a new topic during a morning lecture and then hands-on coding for the rest of the day. I only learn when I am coding it myself and can ask questions when I am stuck. 
Which leads me to the teachers and TAs. Thank you so much for your dedication and help. No question it too much even if I asked the same one several times and they really care that you are understanding everything. Guido, special thanks to you for staying late with me on several occasions to clarify some concepts. And thanks to the Bali team for making everything so smooth and even organizing extra activities on the weekends.
I got to attend the bootcamp with one of my best friends which makes is extra special, but we had such a great group of people in general. All students in Bali come from all over the world making it a very interesting mix of cultures to learn from. And super fun to hang out with a big group of like-mined people after class and the weekends. 
To sum it up, the course has its price and is very intense but worth every penny, the Balinese environment is exactly what you need as a balance to long days of coding, and I am writing this review 4 months after graduating still in love with the experience and a couple of freelance projects under my belt. Enjoy, it’s going to be amazing!

After a masters degree in marketing and an unsucessful search for a job I decided to join le wagon coding bootcamp, with no previous knowledge of programming.

As I thought I was joining a school I quickly discovered that I actually joined a family. The working environement their is amazing, the whole team is dedicated to help you learn and discover a new world and an amazing way to change your life. The education program in particularly well designed and the resources are impressive, and still accessible, with other courses for those who want to go further, after the bootcamp.

After only one mont I found a job through the alumni network and I am now UX/UI designer and incredibly happy with everything that Le Wagon brought me !

Big thanks to all the team members and to all my fellow students !

Having worked on the business side for numerous start-ups in Germany and overseas, I decided it was time to gain a deeper understanding of my tech counterparts. That's why I decided to join LeWagon in Milan to embark on my FullStack journey. 

I believe LeWagon and especially the team in Milan is a great institution. With just the right amount of guidance, the 9 week program will truly enable you to learn how to code from scratch.

Having only had a very basic understanding of SQL, I started the prep courses this summer (LeWagon uses codeacademy as a prep) and was quite overwhelmed by the amount of content. Once we started the courses on the ground, however, the coaches did a recap of the contents and quickly alleviated any fears. Patience and good humor were an ideal recipe for 9 weeks of hard work. By the second week, I then started dreaming about arrays and curly brackets - that's how much LeWagon will consume your brain capacity. The last three weeks then perfectly tied all the learned content together. Firstly, by creating an AirBnB clone. Then for the last two weeks, we worked on our own project. This was certainly the most rewarding part of the entire bootcamp. Seeing how everything ties together and how we're able to create our own web application after only 7 weeks of training was amazing to see. 

Overall - great bootcamp. Can highly recommend! 

PS: Inquire about the size of the batch you're joining. My batch had a student teacher ratio of 3:1 which was super low and definitely pushed the learning. 

During the summer of my first and second year as a business student, I decided to join  batch 163 in Bali.

My bar was set very high but what I learned in terms of technical skills but also about myself out-passed all my expectations. I wanted to acquire a technical background in addition to my business studies. Le Wagon gave me this opportunity and I’ve been truly impressed by the quality of the teachers and the lessons. Today, I feel confident enough to work as a developer in a tech company but moreover, I keep learning about tech and coding because I know my basics, I have an idea of the big scheme of things and I know where to look for information and how to process it. That’s what Le Wagon taught me during those 2 months.

I’ve been welcomed by an amazing team of people dedicated to provide a unique experience to the students. I feel empowered today by the fact that I’m backed by a whole community of people willing to help each other but also because I know that my error messages won’t remain unsolved for too long thank to the teacher and TAs still helping me out when I need it.

All in all, although I’m always skeptical when I read that kind of statement, my experience at Le Wagon has definitely been a life-changing experience. My range of opportunities has significantly widened and I couldn’t recommend it enough to someone aiming to do so.

I couldn’t imagine how my time at Le Wagon would be a great learning and human experience. I had a lot of good surprises during the bootcamp and after.

Even if you want to start your own project or become a junior developer in a team or as a freelance you’ll find at Le Wagon some competent people who really help you to achieve your goals.

I spent the toughest 9 weeks of my life but it worth it. Even if you don’t know anything about coding or programming and especially if you’ve never code any line in your life Le Wagon is a bootcamp for you. You’ll find a really good working atmosphere, mutual assistance between students and teachers who are helping you at anytime and with a pedagogic way.

You’ll discover a new world and learn some good working habits.

After Le Wagon I was glad to see how I’m still connected with the community. I visited Lisbon one month ago and I could find some people from Le Wagon Lisbon to talk and exchange with. You’ll find kindness in students, teachers and alumnis.

If you want to start a new tech career or start a new digital project I can only recommend this coding bootcamp.

At some point in 2017, I decided I want to become a developer. That was the easy part, the "what". The hard part was yet to come: "how"? With my goal in sight, I spent hours upon hours googling, trying out some free online courses and asking friends how they became developers (without realising, I had already learnt the first fundamental lesson for developers: how to google!). After some consideration, I went out on a limb and quit my job. 

Luckily, my girlfriend had taken part in one of Le Wagon's free 1-day courses and told me how incredibly challenging and rewarding it was. Great! I had my first real lead and, guess what, I googled them. All of it looked really promising and I was ready to go. It was when I saw the price that I had second thoughts. The main thought swirling in my mind was whether Le Wagon was just really good at marketing (they are) and just didn't have enough substance (boy was I wrong). "Would the teachers really care about the progress I made?", "Will I find it rewarding and challenging?" and "Will it really help me?". I soon realised there was only one way to find out and no amount of googling would help me anymore. Geronimo!

It turns out, the answer to all three questions was a definite YES. From day one, the teachers were really helpful and showed such passion for teaching. Was it challenging? Wow, I am not sure if I have ever had a more challenging time in my life, but it paled in comparison to what I learned (and when you complete a task without errors, it is immensely rewarding - thanks rubocop! Plus, it helped me immensely, rocket-propelling my desire to become a developer to heights I couldn't have hoped for before. 

And the best of it was that it didn't feel like a bootcamp or school. Everyone was in it together and we all helped each other out, whether student or teacher. So if you are having any second thoughts, go try out one of their 1-day courses. There is a reason they do them. And if you like what you see, I highly recommend to sign up and just join the Le Wagon community. 

I am an undergraduate Computer Engineering student from Turkey. Since I started my degree, coding wasn’t something interesting for me. I was learning too slowly at university and I didn't have enough skills to put my ideas into action. I needed a better way to learn. After searching for something different I found Le Wagon. At first, I was a bit reluctant to take the course because I didn't think that I was able to learn that much thing in such a short amount of time like 9 weeks. Then I decided to give myself a chance and I can say that it was one of my best decision. I recently completed Le Wagon's batch 168 in Montreal and I enjoyed every second of my experience.

Le Wagon doesn’t give you only coding skills. It offers you the motivation to learn coding from the beginning in 9 weeks. What is more important of what languages the bootcamp teaches is, the camp gives you the resources, the structure, the capability of problem-solving. The camp also encourages you to network with as many people as you can. I met great people coming from different corners of the world and with very different backgrounds. All of my classmates were highly motivated and focused on a common goal of learning to code.

The camp teaches you about the code in a very easy and effective way. You have enough time to practice what you learn. You are surrounded by amazing teachers. They were always very friendly and helpful from the first to the last day. I am proud of what we built in the last 10 days of the bootcamp. We put it all together with my small group, to build a web app from an idea. Le Wagon also increased my efficiency and productivity when working in a group.

After nine weeks I finished the boot camp with the energy, ideas, relationships, a great network, and skills to take my ideas to the next level. I am recommending Le Wagon without hesitation. Huge thanks to all the amazing teachers and friends who taught me so much!

Le Wagon was one of the best experiences I’ve ever had. I had graduated university in May 2018 with a business degree, but had already started teaching myself coding. I knew in order to get hired I had to get a little more formal training. My research brought me to Le Wagon, it was the most reasonably priced, highest rated, and wasn’t too long. I decided on Le Wagon, Montreal, seeing as I could speak French and had never really been to that part of Canada.

The program itself is very intense. Do not think that this will be an easy certification, it isn’t. By the end you will have suffered countless headaches, lost hope, found it again, stress-ate, stress-napped, but in the end it is so worth it. You get what you put into it, so if you really prepare, pay attention and work on challenges all day and at home, you will succeed and have easily enough skills to find work afterwards. You can just as easily check-out and sleep for most of the days, while the teachers are there to help you achieve, they aren’t your parents.

I came into the program with a little coding knowledge but not much so I struggled the first couple weeks to catch up. The teachers are your best weapon but really try to figure stuff out on your own, often times your mistake is really small or you haven’t read the instructions to the challenge thoroughly (Also stay on their good side, you’ll be abusing them during project week). I never would have thought that in a short time I would be demoing a product I had built but Le Wagon makes you feel prepared.

What makes this boot-camp worth it comparatively is the confidence that it gives you. I can say from experience that I have been offered jobs just because I am not afraid to look up an answer and teach myself, an invaluable skill this program forces on you. Also, the project and Airbnb clone are no joke, they are serious things that will set your resume apart from other applicants.

I really cannot recommend Le Wagon enough. It was a fantastic learning experience, and the curriculum is very well-balanced. I have been applying to jobs since completing Le Wagon, and lots of the roles I have looked at require experience in the topics we covered at Le Wagon, which is great. It feels like Le Wagon looked at the kinds of jobs that alumni might apply to and ensured that they covered those complementary skills. I think Le Wagon’s system of exercises and tests is incredibly productive, and really encourages students to think like developers. We learn to not be afraid of the terminal, and how to conduct intelligent Google searches so we can think creatively and solve our problems independently. We also learn how to persist in the face of difficulty and repeated failures, which make the reward of solving a problem even greater.

Learning aside, being at Le Wagon is also insanely fun. I often found myself spending 12-hour days at Le Wagon, and not resenting it in the slightest. The staff are all so friendly and welcoming, and because almost all of them are Le Wagon alumni themselves, they understand perfectly the struggles students go through. They are incredibly kind and supportive, and make sure that we learn the importance of taking breaks and also looking after ourselves mentally and physically over the course of the bootcamp. Friday nights are always fun, and it is a very bonding experience. Some of the people I met at Le Wagon will be friends for life, students and teachers alike. It is intense, and crazy, and the best investment I have made in a very long time.