Le Wagon Zürich - Coding Bootcamp

I attended Le Wagon bootcamp in 2021. To this day I believe it was one of the best decisions I made for myself. I was one of the students who went from 0 to 100 in those intense 9weeks with nearly no prior knowledge when I joined. Curriculum was extensive and covered all aspects enabling us to graduate and present a web app that was built in the last 2 weeks of bootcamp in a group of 3 students.Teachers were extremely supportive while also ensuring we get the best out of ourselves.I always knew that the bootcamp is the first step into switching my career to software development and I will continue learning and developing my skills also after graduation, however that being said, I felt comfortable with my level of knowledge when I started my first job as software engineer, thanks to the challenging curriculum offered by Le Wagon and extraordinary teachers that made it possible.

I did the 9 week full-time web development bootcamp and it was truly life changing! All the teachers are experts in their respective fields as well as very patient with any questions you might have.It was challenging at times but very much worth it! I feel confident that I am able to develop any web application that I want to create. Sure, I'm still learning but I think the most valuable thing I learned during the 9 weeks is how to think like a developer. This empowers me to find a solution to any problem I might have. Thank you!

Le Wagon Zurich gave me the web development foundation I needed to pursue a career as a Software Engineer. They have an excellent curriculum and wonderful teachers that care about each student's development. I would totally recommend them and I think they are the best coding school in Switzerland.

I’ve just finished LW Zurich on June 10, 2022 (batch888). The materials are old(some are from 2014 and we are still taught to push to master branch), some teachers didn't care if students could catch up or not. This resulted in 1 student dropped out and 1 group project being cancelled. When we signed up for our batch, they didn’t ask us to do any exams, or make sure we could handle the intense schedule. This is highly unprofessional and I felt truly bad about those students and their money.Also, the classroom was very small. As the staff said, they thought there were only 8 students, so they rented a room for 8 students, but somehow they decided to take 3 more students! If they cared about the students(clients) they wouldn't have accepted 3 more students. On our first day, we only had 8 tables and 8 chairs. 3 people had to compromise and sit on folded chairs. Of course, they rented another small room so we could split and do challenges. But, we still had to do lectures and live code in the 8 people's room. Only a few days later, after some students gave their feedback, we finally got 2 more tables and chairs! But 1 person always had to sit on a folded chair. I would say luckily 1 person dropped out, so it was not super crowded, just very crowded. A good and comfortable classroom is important for a bootcamp as we have to be there from 8:30 to 17:30. However, it’s not as important as making the maximum money possible for this so-called “Coding School”.Another problem is that we were usually informed at the last minute, even after we asked them to inform us beforehand. For example, we were told about the career week on week 8. Some people already had plans, so they could not join it. If we had known about it earlier, we would have made some plans! Also, we were informed about the career week's schedule 1-2 hours before our first zoom lesson. This really disrespected our time.

I can highly recommend the Le Wagon coding bootcamp! I was part of the first batch of students in the Zurich location at the beginning of the pandemic (in 2020). This meant that my batch was more or less completely virtual thanks to the lockdown. However, the quality of the courses and how much we learned was not affected by the special circumstances.The course materials and exercises were very well designed. The instructors were all very knowledgable and friendly to engage with. I learned SO MUCH about how to build web applications and good coding practices in just a few short weeks. In the end, this bootcamp was a major step for me to transition into my current role managing tech projects...and it's also fun to code my own little projects here and there.As an added side benefit, being an alumna of Le Wagon has also many networking perks since the alumni of Le Wagon are distributed all over the world.

As le Wagon Alumni, I has happy to hear that Le Wagon is now in Zürich. They organize great networking events. Alicia and the team make everyone feel welcome and are happy to introduce you to other people in tech. Through them I also learnt about other tech networks and events in Switzerland. Highly recommended!