Le Wagon - reviews

I highly recommend this bootcamp to anyone!I graduated as a Software Engineer in Belgium but before committing myself to a full-time job I wanted to have an experience abroad. So I joined batch #210 in Montréal and it was the best experience of my life!Before the bootcamp, I wasn't sure if I was going to learn anything in the first couple of weeks, because those were all about the basics of programming. But boy was I wrong! My prior knowledge of coding gave me the opportunity to learn how to explain stuff that seems easy to me, to someone who never heard of it prior to the morning lecture of that day. And that definitely helped me to improve as a programmer. The bootcamp also provides optional challenges which are quite challenging, even for programmers with experience.But as the weeks progressed, I realized that Le Wagon is about so much more than just coding. The bootcamp taught me a lot about teamwork, helping each other out, realizing what you don't know and how to let others help you with what you don't know. And most importantly it taught me how to transform an idea into a product you can proudly present in only 2 weeks with people you've only known for 1,5 month. That's the magic of Le Wagon!

I got my first exposure to Le Wagon at demo day when I saw students pitch their projects to family and friends and even local tech companies in Montreal. I was hooked. I quit my job in graphic design and signed up 3 months later. The bootcamp is very intense, but teachers were very supportive. That's the best thing about Le Wagon - everyone is excited to share what they know with you. It's a real community. The curriculum is really good, too, thanks to Sebastien Saunier and Boris Paillard. But, by the time you graduate, you will belong to a group of coders that support your career success... that have your back!