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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!

 Having previously spent my career in the finance industry, I decided it was time for a change and to pursue a long-standing interest of mine – coding. Though I was worried I would have to go back to university to gain a qualification, talking to friends in the industry it became apparent that there was no need for that, as coding bootcamps more than qualified you for a junior role. In researching which bootcamp to take, Le Wagon quickly stood out as the best quality and the one that matched my goals. At the end of the course, you are a qualified junior full stack developer.  My weeks at Le Wagon were some of the best I can remember. The team and people have a genuine love of coding and of teaching their skills to a new batch of people – you feel it every day, in every interaction. The buddy system quickly means you get to know your classmates and also gain experience of helping others and reviewing other people’s code yourself.  I found myself looking forward to each day when I woke up. The structure of a morning lecture on a new topic, then spending the day doing coding challenges on that topic to solidify the knowledge was genuinely enjoyable, as well as very effective. To think where we started that first day, and what we are now capable of just nine weeks later, is incredible. I will always be grateful to Le Wagon for what they have given me, I will be highly recommended them to anyone who asks. 

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. 

I would describe Le Wagon as a unique, well-structured, challenging and life-changing experience that takes place in the perfect setting: a rooftop with a sea-view in the heart of Canggu, Bali. 
Before joining the bootcamp I was working in the research team of an accelerator in NYC, right after having graduated from university. During this time I was on an exploration mode, since I did not have a clear idea of what industry I wanted to work in specifically. However, I have always had the long-term ambition of going back to Peru and launching a project to help reduce the socio-economic disparities present in the country. I knew that to be able to achieve this personal goal successfully I would first have to build more skills through experience. 
While working on the accelerator I was able to learn about the different challenges and pathways entrepreneurs around the globe took to scale up. One of the main takeaways from this experience was understanding the importance of having tech skills to achieve success in today’s digitally-oriented world, especially when seeking to be a successful entrepreneur and being able to communicate and understand every aspect of a project.  I realised that, being in my early twenties, I wanted to focus my next few years on developingnew hard-skills which would be transferable from one industry to another while acquiring knowledge on different fields. 
After 5 years in NYC, I decided to leave and jump onto this 9-week adventure at Le Wagon, Bali. I chose the Bali campus due to the cultural offerings of this island and because I was looking for a place that would be a contrast with the big cities I had previously lived in (Lima,NYC and Paris). The setting of the bootcamp definitely enhanced the entire experience because every day was a new adventure that made you discover the richness of the local culture while learning how to code. In a typical day you could surf at 6:00 am with the sunrise, ride your scooter to class through beautiful rice fields while watching the Balinese Hindus putting forward offerings, intensely code from 9:00 am to 7:00 pm in the rooftop terrace of the FRII hotel with a very fresh breeze and a sea-view, and finally end your day ina very balanced way with a yoga class with your classmates. 
On the technical side, Le Wagon has a very structured program and a user-friendly platformthat gives students and alumni a life-long access to a handful of resources including libraries, lectures and daily coding challenges. Since day one it was a very hands-on experience by having several day-long coding challenges which you had to push to your own repository. The “buddy system” during these coding challenges was one of the things that for me differed this program from just taking an online course. Every day you were assigned to a different “buddy” from the class to work together through the challenges, ask questions to each other if either one was stuck, brainstorming solutions together and gave you the chance to explain your code out-loud to someone else (which I found out to be a very effective strategy for debugging). Another resource of the program I found very useful was the “tickets system”. If you were still struggling to solve a problem after using all of the online resources and talking with your buddy  you could raise a ticket and a teacher would come and walk you through the problem. This was a very effective way of learning because it would indirectly build within each student a methodology to solve coding problems.The first few weeks of the bootcamp were probably the most challenging because you had to adapt to the fast paced rhythm of the bootcamp while trying to understand and apply most of the new concepts that were being introduced to you each day.  This could have been a little bit frustrating at the beginning, however, after applying these concepts daily you become familiarised with them, and after the first three weeks everything starts to come together. The unconditional support, friendliness and positive energy of all the teachers made this first stage and the whole journey very enjoyable. The most exciting part of the journey was building your own product during the last two weeks of the bootcamp together with three other people. This experience did not only enhance our team-working skills and gave us the chance to work with people with very diverse backgrounds, but pushed our technical skills to the next level by making us bring everything that we had learned in the past months together, and researching new concepts. Our final product was called “Rated Places” it is a B2B, community-based, deals and recommendations web application which was based on our own experience and needs while living in Canggu. It was very challenging to build a product while learning how to work in teams using the different platforms, like Github and Trello, under that time pressure, but at the end the feeling was very rewarding. At the end of the program, we did not only learn all these technical skills but we became a family and part of Le Wagon global network. We also discovered the infinite possibilities these new set of skills gave us, through the presentations of inspiring guest speakers who were former students from Le Wagon, and understood the ongoing digital boom in Bali.  The opportunity to meet so many people coming from very diverse backgrounds and with different experiences was unique. I am very grateful for this experience and it is one that I will always hold close to my heart.  

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.

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!Because I found myself!

Having worked in digital for a decade, coding knowledge was constantly a block I came up against; I simply did not understand it. Outsourcing digital tasks to developers was the norm but I found this incredibly frustrating with such a keen interest in the topic.I wanted to (finally!) learn to code, swivel my career to include dev skills as part of my remit or change it completely. After years trying numerous online courses I realised that in order to achieve this I needed to be forced into a classroom to learn in person. With a mortgage and full time job, a 9-week full-time bootcamp was not an option. Le Wagon - as far as I knew - was the only London bootcamp that had taken the significant steps to offer a part time course for professionals such as myself. Their first course had just started and I immediately enrolled on the second.The course itself surpassed all expectations. I’m not afraid of hard work but this pushed me to my limits…it’s certainly not for the faint-hearted and will command your life for 6 months (yes, including Saturdays!). However the end result is worth it many times over. The teachers and staff make this course what it is, their commitment to our batch and their no-nonsense approach ensured we all came through with a brand new, marketable skill set. Regarding the teaching itself, the thing that stood out most prominently was how commercial it was - the material was always up to date and we were taught how to work as a developer, not just how to code. In support of this, the buddying and ticketing systems honed the unique type of teamwork needed to work in a tech team and upon completion of the course, we had 3 projects ready and waiting to show prospective employers the day we graduated.Completing the course earned me a huge amount of kudos with my employer. I work in a tech team for a bank and the developers are unanimously impressed with the level of proficiency reached, the depth of knowledge gained and the way in which we were taught to code. 

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.

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.

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. 

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!

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!

 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! 

En 9 semaines, vous allez découvrir et apprendre un domaine qui pourrais vous être inconnue.En 9 semaines, vous allez vous amusez a prendre en main les outils, qui vont vous permettre de donnée vie a vos envie.En 9 semaines, Vous allez rencontrer une équipe pédagogique prêtes a tout pour vous soutenir et vous guidez vers vos objectifs.En 9 semaines,  vous allez vous cassez les dents sur des problèmes qui paraissent insolvable, mais a l'aide de vos camarades et des professeurs, vous allez les surmontés.Ces 9 semaines vous ne les verrez pas passez, mais en 9 semaines vous serez capable d'exprimer et de créer des sites qui vous ressembles.Le wagon c'est tout ça, et bien plus encore.

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!

Le Wagon offre une formation rigoureusement conçue et optimisée. La progression se fait à un rythme soutenu mais les élèves pourront compter sur le soutien de personnes toujours investies, bienveillantes, et expérimentées.  Le Wagon tient sa promesse d'apprendre en 9 semaines les bases du développement Web mais va même au-delà : il s'agit aussi d'une expérience humaine riche et forte en émotions. 

I loved it all the way, teachers, content, spirit, bootcamp manager, students... it was a blast !  I wouldn't change much, the experience great and I would advice anybody to follow Le Wagon. The curriculum was very interesting and exactly what I was looking for.

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.

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.

"Apprendre à coder en 9 semaines", ca parait fou mais c'est totalement vrai ! Une excellent formation, intense mais très enrichissante et conviviale ! 9 semaines qui sont passées a une vitesse folle tellement l'équipe du Wagon Lyon est au top ! Merci à vous !