Le Wagon

I had a great experience with Le Wagon! It was an intensive but very interesting 9 weeks where the very complete curriculum covers the most important topics to work as a data scientist. I also enjoyed very much the great team and very supportive and helpful teachers and TAs. I can definitely recommend it! Read less

After 4 years in the Banking & Insurance sector and a confined year, I signed up for the web development bootcamp to learn

• how to code a website, 
• to consider a new way of thinking, 
• and especially to better understand the professional exchanges with the Tech teams.

Today, I am happy to confirm the opinions of other alumni at Le Wagon ! The mutual help between students fuels our motivation and despite a level close to zero in programming, the Wagon team is present to accompany us with kindness in the challenge.

At the end of the training, the objective was reached ! I continue to create websites and a new job was offered to me in connection with my activity and my new digital knowledge. If you have always been interested in this field and never dared to take the plunge, I recommend this training with my eyes closed. Read less

I studied with Le Wagon in 2022 during the summer batch. In 9 weeks I went from virtually no knowledge of web development to having a few apps on my resume. Great instructors, friendly atmosphere, and great long lasting connections. Helped me land my first dev job and I'm forever grateful.  Read less

I used to be a communication officer in a concert venue. During covid, my job didn't make sense anymore as it was more cancelling tickets than organizing concerts. I needed a change of career and the Wagon web development bootcamp was the right fit for me. A short and intense 9 weeks course to get the basics of web development ! I really enjoyed the bootcamp at le Wagon Brussels. The crew is really doing it's best for us to feel like we're part of a big family and is still there for us after the bootcamp for the applying to a job part. Read less

Le Wagon was a life-changing experience for me. I wanted to take in new challenges and move to a software development position but didn’t know how to start and going to school full time wasn’t an option for me. So Le Wagon was godsent for me.
From day one I was just allowed to learn and face new challenges. To do fun stuff, make mistakes, see different ways of doing things, and learn from that. It was great for my self-esteem as well as teaching me everything that there was.
It was hard work, but in between the teachers, tas, and my classmates, I truly felt like I could do it. And even now I still connect with them and they still help us find opportunities by showing us job fairs or setting up meetings with recruiters.
Honestly, I’m so thankful it happened  Read less

The two most amazing things happened to me this year, first, my son was born, and second, I was able to change career paths with the help of Le Wagon!! I took the 24-week part-time coding bootcamp and it was everything I expected and more!! I have to say, this was one of the hardest programs I have ever done but with the help and support of the Le Wagon teachers, I was able to realize my dream of becoming a full-stack developer. Thank you Le Wagon for the opportunity to learn something new and to make a life-changing decision. Read less

Before joining Le Wagon Montreal, I was working as an E-Commerce & CRM Manager at L’Oréal Canada. Halfway through 2020, I decided to change careers and move towards product management. The goal was therefore to start gaining relevant experience to get a job as a Product Owner or Manager. I already had the business experience but was missing the tech/dev side of things. That’s when I started searching for a web development bootcamp which would ultimately allow me to better understand the technicality behind the job of a developer allowing me as a Product Manager to better communicate with a tech team. Le Wagon was the perfect opportunity to reach my objective. First, as a student, you are incredibly well supported and guided which is super important when learning a new subject. Second, you have short theoretical classes during the morning and the rest of the time is allocated to practical and hands-on challenges which allow you right from the beginning to get a sense of what it would be like to work as a developer. Indeed, you sometimes need to find solutions on your own using the web which is exactly how you would proceed as a real developer at any company. Last, once we had learned a crazy amount of new information during those first 7 weeks, we started working during the last 2 weeks, in groups of 4, on our final project. That’s when we started using all the knowledge we received on a real and concrete project. The final project helped me better understand what it would be to work with a team of developers, the challenges, and the opportunities. If you are looking for a career change within a tech role I recommend Le Wagon as you have access to an amazing learning experience and a huge alumni database that will help you land a job right after the bootcamp. Read less

I would highly recommend to anyone thinking about doing le wagon bootcamp to give it a go. I myself was not so certain at first since I really didn't know anything about web dev and if it was the right thing for me. I still gave it a shot and I can only recommend that others do the same. The structure or learning is really optimal to both give you a lot of skills and information as well as keeping you engaged and genuinely enjoy coding. The team there were all amazing, happy to help with anything but more importantly they were genuinely interested in making the best out of the bootcamp experience for you. It's amazing that by the end of the 9 weeks my team and I were able to make a fully functional app called bloom that was capable of doing more than I could have ever imagined. Read less

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.  Read less

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.  Read less

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! Read less

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! Read less

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. Read less

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. Read less

After my Bachelor in Business Engineering, I wasn’t sure of what to do and I didn’t want to fall into that ‘become-a-consultant’ kind of path. I had heard about Le Wagon thanks to a classmate, and I had studied a really basic introduction to programming within my curse, so I thought it would be nice to add another string to my bow by learning to code!I had never coded anything in my life, so I was a bit afraid but the way Le Wagon has built their program makes it really easy for anyone to do it.

Before starting the bootcamp you have to do a full prep-work that includes courses about Ruby, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and some web preparations. It’s also a way to really see if learning to code is really what you want to do!
We then start every day with a lecture, and then we work on challenges the whole day, with Teachers and TA’s available to help us. We also end with what we call ‘live code’ which is basically a big exercise similar to what we’ve been doing during the day, but that we’re doing altogether.People at Le Wagon is also something that made this whole experience as amazing as it was: from the Teachers and TA’s always being available to help, to the Le Wagon Madrid team (Fanny and Emilia): they made everything they could to make our experience as smooth as possible.

We also were very lucky in my batch (#725) because we’re very close, and those classmates really turned into a family! <3Another very nice point is that you get life access to Kitt, the Le Wagon platform. And this means life access to all the lectures, challenges, tutorials, every resource stays available to you! We also have a huge community on Slack where there are channels for every need: to find a job, to ask questions, to ask for help, or to share memes.

Doing the bootcamp has definitely opened a lot of doors! Before the end of the 9 weeks, I had already received two job offers. Furthermore, we had an extra ‘Job week’ where we have been given guidelines on how to build our resumes, how to take care of our GitHub, and we got loads of tips and tricks from Alumni as well as Start-ups owners or Teachers.And if you want to have a glance at what my classmates thought about Le Wagon, don’t hesitate to have a look at the Le Wagon Spain Instagram account, where I took over during a week to show the student point-of-view of this life-changing experience! Read less

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. Read less

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. Read less

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! 🚀 Read less

If you want to make your first serious forays into coding, look no further. The full time web dev course delivers like no other.

I've done some coding in the past but never had enough time or guidance to make a worthwhile app. When I looked for coding Bootcamps, I was almost shocked by the sheer number of and high ratings of Le Wagon. The numbers didn't lie: if you want to learn the basics of web dev and touch on a plethora of modern day programming basics (well, at least using the very user friendly Ruby and a tiny bit of JS), this course will be worth your time and money.

What are the weaknesses? Sure, more JS would have been nice in general. Ruby may not the single hottest language right now. Some TAs are (much) better than others. Maybe 3 weeks of project work is a bit much.

However, I think Le Wagon stands out because of three things and I expect them to get better, not worse over time:
1. Teaching materials are EXCELLENT. The challenges are truly hard. I went to a pretty good university (by UK standards) and am pretty logically minded I would say. I finished all mandatory challenges during the days (with TA help, one exception), just about. Never finished all optional challenges during the day
2. The teachers / TAs are great overall. Very knowledgeable, super helpful on strange and beyond-coursework borderline-CS questions (of which I personally had a lot), even and particularly during project week when you can do projects that really push the boundaries of the course
3. Le Wagon offers great value to students with comprehensive libraries of useful webdev tools and additional lectures which you can still access afterwards

Sure, bear in mind that this is a 8-week course not a 4-year computer science degree, and you're unlikely going to be the next Jobs after this bootcamp alone. However, if you have decided to do A bootcamp, I think LW is a great place to start Read less