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 Before joining the bootcamp, I was working as a retail store manager for 3 years.I always knew I wanted to find a career in the IT field, but didn’t know where to start.For several months before joining the bootcamp, I did a lot of research to find the right program for me and finally decided to joinLe Wagon’s 9 weeks full-time intensive web development bootcamp as it seemed the most promising out of all the options.I just finished the bootcamp last week and I’m kind of sad that it went by so quickly.The program is amazingly well structured with full of resources. With all the well-prepared lectures, live coding, daily challenges, and many other given resources I learned so much in these 9 weeks. When the program is not long we can feel the progress day by day. Throughout the whole bootcamp, the teachers have been very caring and have always been there for us to answer any question and encourage us. It was a pleasant experience to be surrounded by good positive energies. My favorite part was the last 2 weeks of the bootcamp whereI teamed up with 3 other students for the final project. It’s amazing how we created a nice-looking and functioning mobile-based web app with what we learned in less than 2 months.We learned to work as a team and it’s mostly during this project where we applied what we learned from the bootcamp to the real applications.The last week of the bootcamp was the career week where we met many different companies and recruiters. It helped me to decide which path I want to take after the bootcamp and prepared us for the future.I’m very thankful that I’m a part of the Le Wagon community and still have access to all these resources that Le Wagon provides us.They even provided us with suggested guidance we can follow for the next 6 months after the bootcamp.Just like any other developer, I will always have to learn more and more and I’m feeling pretty confident since I learned to learn with Le Wagon. 

Awesome 9 weeks of intensive coding, and when they say intensive - it is intensive, trust me:) Having a bit of background in web development or coding or any IT related experience will be a huge plus, since this is what I realized comparing students who were lagging bit behind to the ones who were more comfortable (because they had some experience in IT related areas). Honestly, some days I felt like giving up due to the workload and comprehensive program, but teachers have been so helpful and encouraging that it helped a lot and as a results was able to enjoy the course and finish with awesome two projects. The fact that there is a teacher rotation where they come from different campuses and countries is actually cool, since you will be exposed to different people with different backgrounds, hence it is also a plus for networking. The atmosphere in Dubai campus is very friendly, staff is chill and very helpful that it feels like they are your friends. Overall, I'd definitely recommend doing the courses if you are really interested in web development and do have time to commit yourself in developing further in this area. 

I did the bootcamp in Bordeaux in the fall of a web developer and it met all of my expectations. The wagon is a community almost a family. The teachers and assistants are professionals who know exactly what we are learning and how we live these intense 9 weeks. It's a great human adventure and an incredible professional opportunity for our entire future career.

I can highly recommend Le Wagon Cologne, if you are looking for a Coding Bootcamp! 👩🏽‍💻I came to Le Wagon seeking for a new skill that would enrich my portfolio and would give me to opportunity to change my career direction from advertising & marketing to the tech world. This was 100% fulfilled. ✅At the beginning I felt a little bit overwhelmed by all the new input, but the way Le Wagon is structured was just a big help to get into it. We worked everyday with a different "buddy" to exchange ideas, learn to help each other and motivate us.👫Also there are assisting teachers at any time, who patiently answered my questions or helped me further when I got stuck in some challenge. 🧑🏻‍🏫All the staff is very, very nice & supportive and make you feel family-like for that time. 

I enrolled into the full-stack dev program in 9 weeks at Le Wagon Bordeaux, and I can confirm that it lives up to its reputation, and even beyond!It’s both complete and very actionable: what you learn there sticks to the reality of application development in the world of Tech.So yes, it's hard, but you can't learn a lot, that fast, without effort! Fortunately, everything is well thought out :  Well-constructed preparatory work, progressive difficulty in the courses and exercises, online resources, a strong spirit of mutual help between students, and the permanent support of the professors throughout the program.The training is not only for developers: Coming from Product Management, I wanted to learn to code to acquire a solid technical background, which would allow me to be more relevant in the development of solutions with technical teams, and more autonomous in the prototyping of my ideas.I came out of these 9 weeks with the technical skills I was looking for, and a very good memory of this Bootcamp. In addition, Le Wagon community is wide and active, and the quality of events organized in Bordeaux allowed me to enrich my professional network. In short, I highly recommend it!

I previously worked in the banking industry as a Business Major but always wanted to upscale my technical skills, which is why I decided to join a bootcamp. I chose Le Wagon because of the diversity of people that typically are admitted into this bootcamp both in their experience and in their cultural background. Additionally, I wanted to be a part of a collaborative and supportive network of people always willing to help each other. Le Wagon has offered me all of those: a supportive community where everyone is extremely willing to help even after completion of the bootcamp, including teachers and staff, from any of their campuses throughout the world. The curriculum is great and really, you have to trust the process, because it may seem crazy to think that in such a short period of time you will feel confident in making a web application on your own, but it does happen. Beyond the intensity of the whole learning experience, the buddy system is great: we pair up with other students everyday in order to help each other or get a different perspective on the coding challenges, and the final team project was the cherry on top. All in all, it was a great experience that I am so happy I quit my job for. I feel confident about my coding skills and the bootcamp cares to make sure you are on the right track after graduation by suggesting all the tools and courses that will help you grow further. Le Wagon most definitely does not end at graduation!

   After graduating from CS major and having a little Software Engineering experience, I was kind of lost with all the future ideas and job search. However having everlasting entrepreneur mindset had brought me to the Le Wagon to grasp all the skills one needs for Full-stack Development within a short period of time. In this 9 weeks not only I gained some new skills, but also I have mastered some of my previous ones, got into the big family of Le Wagon community, been part of amazing batch, got lifetime coding partners and the most important one - learned how to learn fast. Now that I have all the power programmer needs, exploring the world and sharing the knowledge...   What else one needs for happiness?

Being a translator by profession, when I joined the 9-week intensive web development course at Le Wagon, I had a hard time keeping up with the classes because it was so intensive.
I felt a bit lost the first two weeks, having the feeling that I was the only one behind everyone else in the "class".
Little by little, you adapt, you take things in hand and you move forward. You have to be able to follow the rhythm, but the teachers, TA (teacher assistants) are very nice and help you when you get stuck during the coding challenges. The bootcamp provides students with immense resources (videos, access to exercises, and their solutions, etc.). The training is indeed expensive, but it's worth it. In the last 2 weeks of the course, you also have projects that you will build from A to Z as a team and present during a DemoDay.
At the end of the training, Le Wagon organized the Career week where we had the opportunity to meet some companies. Honestly, I liked my experience at Le Wagon. I would say that Le Wagon is also a great human experience, which allows me to meet people from very different backgrounds.

I followed the web development session from September to December. I can only recommend the Wagon program in particular in Bordeaux in France.

These 9 intense weeks allowed me to put the first foot in web development from scratch thanks to the excellent teachers (and assistant teachers) always listening.

The staff of Wagon Bordeaux also makes every effort to ensure that the bootcamp goes as smoothly as possible thanks to regular events, advice and support.

Honest review of Le Wagon London, not good, not good at all. It's unethical to take 6.5k from people and not deliver on what what was promised. This course is advertised for beginners, it shouldn't be. There was a lack of support from staff for students who were struggling on the course as well some arrogant, entitled staff members and students who were allowed to get away with some very questionable behaviour by the management. The overall vibe was quite toxic, it seemed that Le Wagon are only interested in getting your money. If you are considering doing a bootcamp, there are much much better options out there, also teaching Ruby is probably not the best curriculum as most jobs are in JS right now.

Before starting I felt overwhelmed by all the ways one can learn to code. I didn't want to go back to university but learning alone was also frustrating because you have no one to ask for help. As someone who is more creatively inclined, LeWagon’s Web Dev Bootcamp was the perfect entryway into understanding how building for the web works. Le Wagon's curriculum is organized in such a way that makes it easy to keep up and challenging at the same time. The bootcamp gave me a solid foundation in technical thinking and I feel confident about diving into any new coding language or tech field. The best part - in addition to programs, I built meaningful relationships with people from across the globe. They make an effort to include everyone, have gatherings that help us bond, and in general foster a friendly and welcoming environment. Plus you get access to a worldwide community of Le Wagon graduates. 

When I decided I wanted to transition into a career as a web developer, it was hard to know where to start. I have been around computers and technology my whole life, so my first instinct was to teach myself through online resources, but it was overwhelming: which programming language should I learn? What topics were important to focus on?I heard about Le Wagon from friends who were working in tech, and after reading about their hands-on approach to learning I decided to enroll. Now, having completed their 9-week intensive bootcamp, I can say that it was one of the best decisions I have ever made. While the bootcamp was extremely fast-paced, the lessons have all been carefully structured with challenges and projects that help reinforce the many new concepts we learned. The teachers and TAs were amazingly helpful and supportive; my own background is in teaching and education, so I truly appreciated how they helped us learn how to learn programming.But what truly made the experience special to me was how much Le Wagon provided beyond just learning to code. Each day we were either paired with a learning buddy or working in our project groups, so we learned how to work as a team and prioritize tasks. Our teachers and TAs were all former alumni so they were able to share practical advice, and all of the Le Wagon staff was incredibly friendly and supportive whether we were learning on campus or remotely. Even after finishing the bootcamp, Le Wagon provided us with tools and support for starting our new career, and we have access to so many well-structured learning paths for the future. Le Wagon has a large international community to connect with as well!I would highly recommend Le Wagon to anyone who is motivated to start a new career in tech! It was an amazing experience for me and I am excited about continuing my new journey as a full-stack developer while being a part of the Le Wagon community.

I graduated from Le Wagon London in March and wanted to wait until the end of the year to write a review so I could reflect properly on my experience doing the course. This time last year, I had signed up to do Le Wagon's 9-week web dev bootcamp. I had read AMAZING reviews online and as a DJ who had lost all of my work, I felt a bit lost. With all my spare time, I started to think about other things I could do to make money. After many hours researching new careers, I got interested in coding and started dipping my toe in with a Codecademy course. I enjoyed it and also downloaded the Mimo coding app, which I found myself using every day. I was made aware that due to my loss of work I could get a bounceback loan and thought I could invest this in myself, learn a new skill set and build a more secure future. Some friends told me about Le Wagon and they were raving about it, saying how good it was, so I did my research and it seemed that everyone on the internet also had amazing feedback on the bootcamp. I decided to jump in and apply. As part of the application process, I had to complete the Ruby course on Codecademy. Now, I did not find this easy at all and I had to constantly check the solution to get the answer. I felt as if I was cheating my way through the course and explained this to Le Wagon when applying. They told me things would make much more sense once I started the course. I was nervous before starting the course as I had found the Ruby course on Codecademy so hard and once the bootcamp started, things didn't get easier. It was pretty clear from the first week that I was way out of my depth. it was a pretty brutal experience that left me feeling beaten up most days. It's not nice to realise you might have made a huge mistake and wasted THOUSANDS of pounds.I put 200% into the course and now I realise I wasn't ready. I am upset that Le Wagon accepted me onto the course when I did not understand basic programming concepts. Some of my classmates had already spent years learning programming, one was a physics teacher and another had previously worked at Microsoft. These guys were ready to take on a coding bootcamp, but I feel it is wrong to take thousands of pounds off someone without a test (with no answers available to the applicant!) before being accepted onto the course. After the bootcamp finished, I applied for jobs, but realised after a few months that I did not have the fundamental knowledge needed and went back to studying. After lockdown ended, I went back to my work as a DJ and of course, ended up coding less. I am still coding today, but I realise now that you do not need to go to a bootcamp to become a web dev. Some of my fellow students loved the bootcamp but my advice would be to code full time for a year before you spend so much money. It's all there on YouTube, for free. A lot of the challenges in the course are also on Codewars. I knew I could self-teach myself before going into the course but wanted a classroom environment to fast-track my learning. Due to lockdown, we could only do remote learning and I feel this didn't help me either. Being left to solve challenges alone without the teachers being able to see the confusion on my face didn't help things.  The Le Wagon course is really well put together and the staff are lovely, but I don't want anyone else to make the (very expensive) mistake I did. As I said previously, there should be a test in place to make sure only students of a certain level are getting selected. If you do the Ruby course on Codecademy and fly through it, then go for it. But if you struggle then I would just self-study for a year and see how you get on. In hindsight, I wish I had not done the course. I have a huge debt I now have to pay, with no job in web dev to cover it. 

It’s difficult to describe my experience at Le Wagon… you have to live it to understand how amazing it is!It is intense for sure… some days I felt like a loser who couldn’t understand anything, and some days I felt like there was nothing I couldn’t achieve. On the bad days, teachers and other students were always there to cheer me up and tell me not to give up and « trust the process ». By the end of the bootcamp, when it came to project weeks, I can tell you this sentence made so much sense to me! It is crazy for me to see how much I learned and gained confidence throughout these 9 weeks, being able to build an app from scratch in only 10 days… Of course, there is still a lot to learn after the bootcamp, but I think all developers need to keep learning whatever their background is. Le Wagon provides us with a very solid base and a certain frame of mind from which it is easy to develop our skills and even land our first job as juniors. On my part, thanks to the career week offered by Le Wagon just after the bootcamp, I was able to meet 8 companies out of which 6 took an interest in me and offered me the opportunity to enter an application process. So just 2 weeks after the bootcamp, I already received a very interesting job offer. The outcome clearly goes beyond my expectations! Besides that, on a human level, the bootcamp was so fulfilling! I developed a very good relationship with all teachers, students, and other Le Wagon staff, many that I know I will keep seeing after the bootcamp. We had so much fun working together on different challenges and projects, and with such a good team spirit and kindness amongst us, it felt like a small family! And I know every student had the same feeling, we were all pretty sad when the bootcamp was over, we kind of wished it would’ve lasted longer ^^ I know I hesitated between several bootcamps or longer programs, I hesitated also because of the price of the bootcamp, etc but if I had to do it all over again, I would stick to Le Wagon… it was the best educational experience in my whole life!

I joined Le Wagon because I wanted to make a career change after studying and working in Business. I completed the Web Development bootcamp and what I found was an experience that I fell in love with. Everyone was very welcoming and I felt right at home from the first day in this international community. Initially, classes are very structured and this helped me get a great understanding of core concepts such as Ruby. Once you get the basics down the bootcamp becomes more open ended and you are able to express yourself when you do your final projects. What I loved the most about this course is that by the end I felt like I had the skills and knowledge to build my own Web Application from scratch. I would also highly recommend the Career Week at end of the course which really gave me clarity with the world of Web development and what I need to do to move forward.

I decided to take le Wagon's Web Development course after seeing that there was a course in presence in Munich. The level of the course was always challenging but never impossible. You can tell that a lot of experience has gone into planning the course content. The teachers and other staff at Le Wagon made the 9 weeks a wonderful experience that I would not want to miss. In the last three weeks you can put everything you have learned into practice in the so-called Project Weeks and develop and launch products yourself, to see what you can learn in such a short time and then also implement was just great.

I joined Le Wagon to get to know the world of coding and tech. I felt that my university did not teach me the needed tech skills for today's economy, and I wanted to change that quickly. The Bootcamp was the perfect place to do that, and I'd do it again in a split second. All of us have learned more in those nine weeks than I could have ever imagined. If you think about it, do it! It is only nine weeks of your time, and you most probably won't regret it.

Amazing experience. Learn a lot. It was very intense but rewarding.

I joined Le Wagon having done just a few free coding courses online and even though I enjoyed it, I was not feeling super confident that I could actually be good at it. But 9 weeks later, I had completed several challenges, created two apps with my team and meet many new friends. I am incredibly happy that I decided to do this course, the staff is so supportive, you really feel seen and heard by everyone.  I now feel ready and confident to tackle my new job as a web developer, so if you are thinking about doing a career change, I strongly recommend Le Wagon. 

Joining Le Wagon must have been one of the best decisions in my life! It's unreal how much you can learn in only 9 weeks. The completely hands-on approach and fast pace of a bootcamp are different to everything we’ve seen before. The teachers and TAs were a huge support. Knowing most of them had been through the bootcamp themselves was a huge support as they knew the struggles we were all going through. Their patience and effort to explain us every single thing were impressive. Having a buddy system and pairing up with different students everyday was super cool, as we got to meet and work with different people, but also because it's much more efficient, as you end up explaining things to each other and figuring the challenges out together.One of the reasons I joined Le Wagon was the product-oriented approach they have. Being able to build two products from scratch in small teams, going from the UX/UI design, to the development behind it and finally pitching it on our Demo Day was amazing.The atmosphere at the campus in Cologne was just great, the staff is amazing and the views from our office are the best. I would recommend Le Wagon to anyone looking for a coding bootcamp. And of course would recommend Cologne if you're looking to do it in Germany - the vibe of the city is awesome! 🚀