Ironhack

If you go into Ironhack with the mindset that this course is one of many steps you must take before you become an amazing developer, you will succeed. Put in the hours during coding camp. Put in the effort during your job search. And most importantly put in the hours to continue your programming development after the course. 

  If you think ANY codecamp can suddenly make you worthy of applying to Facebook etc as a developer at 200k, you probably need a reality check. Perhaps you could sell yourself yourself as a project manager who can do business and code after bootcamp, but to become a developer at that level, you will have to devote at least a year of self learning in which you work on some pretty kick ass projects to get you remotely close to that level. Have realistic expectations and dedication and you will be more than fine.    I would recommend Ironhack to anyone who has a limited programing background and wants a truly immersive, yet fun experience. I made several meaningful friendships during my time at Ironhack. As for the instructors, Josh and Nizar were more than willing to spend extra time to develop those who wanted more than a surface understanding of the material. The job that I took after Ironhack happened to be a direct placement of Danny Brito. My first 3 months as a software engineer were intense as coding school gave me the foundation but it was my turn to quickly build on that foundation to perform on the level I desired. While I got a job that did not use the primary language we were taught, it is because of the structure and logic challenges I faced when writing code in Ruby that I could make my footprint at my company and climb up the ladder. 

Before Ironhack I used to work as a web developer in Vitoria, where we used to code in Java and some Javascript. I decided to apply to Ironhack because I wanted to meet more people inside the community, develop my coding skills, and why not, find a job in Madrid.

My experience was not as hard as other mates as I have a developer background that helped me along the bootcamp. Doing Ironhack is like becoming part of a second family. Is great to be able to have the opportunity to share the daily challenges with people that as motivated as you. Laughs and good moments make tough days worth it.

Beyond having some previous experience I've learnt a lot about clean code and good practices, but definitely the best part was to become part of this awesome community.

Nowadays I'm a full stack developer in Billin, a spanish startup. I would like to thank Marta Fonda (Ironhacker too) for introducing me to the tech community.

Before starting Ironhack bootcamp, I was working in a consulting company.
The experience was great. When I decided to take the course I was a bit afraid, because I was leaving a permanent job in order to study the bootcamp, and I really didn't know if it was going to be okay or if I even would like web development. However, after living the experience, I think that it was the best decission I could have taken.
Besides the contents of the course, the most valuable lesson has been to see that, if in just 9 weeks I have been able to learn so much and develop several projects, I am able to do and learn anything that I propose.
What I liked the most about the bootcamp was the camaraderie and the good atmosphere that we have always had. During these weeks, we have spent many hours together, and despite stress there have always been good faces and a desire to help others in any way possible.

 

Before Ironhack I was a Marketing Strategic Planner, I worked for advertising agencies making and planning campaigns. My experience in IH has been a total life changer, in 3 months I changed my professional career.In Ironhack I learned how to code properly, and the skills I needed to learn anything related to code quickly and improve day by day my programming level. 

After Ironhack I signed for a wine shop/distributor, where I had to mantain and improve their Ecommerce based on ruby on rails. After two months I received a call who finally turned into an offer from a Startup I couldn´t say no. From my experience IH has changed my career expectations , I now have an interesting profile for recruiters and startups and I get several Job proposals every month from everywhere in the world. IH has pushed me into a growing market where professionals are highly wanted and difficult to find.  

Antes de ir a IH trabajaba en el Departamento de Tesorería y Recaudación en el Ayuntamiento de Noia (A Coruña) hace más de 20 años, rodeado de miles de papeles.

Mi experiencia en IH ha sido la siguiente: al principio lo pasé un poco mal debido al cambio climático existente en Galicia y Madrid,  y al justo conocimiento del ingles por mi parte  (todo esto nada que ver con IH, por supuesto), con lo cual me costó bastante adaptarme pero de la mitad del bootcamp en adelante todo cambió y me dí cuenta que estaba aprendiendo muchísimo en tan poco tiempo y en algo que me gusta.

La verdad es que he aprendido a programar en poco tiempo y a entender un mundo que parecía inalcanzable para mí. Lo mejor ha sido el trabajo en grupo, la simbiosis entre todos, y la verdad es que os echo de menos y ya me tarda pasar por Matadero a haceros una visita.

Como había pedido una excedencia de 3 meses para poder hacer el bootcamp, al regresar me reincorporé al trabajo en el Ayuntamiento por las mañanas  y,  por las tardes trabajo y estudio a tope en los 3 proyectos que tengo para la Fundación que me concedió la beca para ir a IH. 

Y finalmente, de qué me ha servido IH?, pues me ha cambiado bastante la vida a todos los niveles. Para mi, ha sido una experiencia inolvidable que sin duda volvería a repetir.

Estuve trabajando durante varios años en entornos de desarrollo web en diferentes empresas grandes y pequeñas y a su vez formándome en nuevos lenguajes de código. Con el tiempo me di cuenta que necesitaba una formación a full-time para dar el siguiente paso y descubrí esta escuela que me ofrecía una formación diferente al respecto. Buscaba una formación orientada al JS y a frameworks basados en este lenguaje. En esta escuela te ofrecen una formación completa y continuada llena de retos, prácticamente todos los días estas tocando nuevo código y cada día es una prueba, aprendes lenguajes de desarrollo en tiempo record y todo a base de tu propio esfuerzo. Además de que siempre tendrás tutores a tu alrededor que te ayudarán a superar los ejercicios de cada día. Muy recomendable si quieres trabajar en este mundillo.

​      Antes de venir a Ironhack estaba en Venezuela, mi país de origen donde me encontraba trabajando como manager en una empresa que se encarga de distribuir productos a franquicias de comida rápida, aparte estaba en el final de mi carrera de Administración de Empresas.

      Me ha gustado un montón la experiencia, el tiempo se ha pasado super rápido ya que el ambiente es muy cómodo en Ironhack. La metodología del curso es muy interactiva en la que de la mejor manera puedes conocer y aplicar en proyectos propios algunas de las tecnologías que mas se están usando en la actualidad.

      En lo personal mi curva de aprendizaje ha sido muy grande ya que vengo de otro background. De momento ya cuento con los conocimientos para crear una aplicación web desde el scratch desarrollando desde la parte del servidor hasta lo que seria el cliente.

      Lo mas interesante dentro de la experiencia me ha parecido que aprendes a perder el miedo por conocer nuevas tecnologías. Me siento ya preparado para a través de documentación y practica poder realizar proyectos en cualquier nueva tecnología que salga al mercado.

Mi experiencia en Ironhack, ha sido una experiencia vital, no solo académica. Estaba buscando un cambio en mi carrera profesional, y por supuesto que se han cumplido las expectativas académicas, además, se añaden compañeros, profesores, TA, y el equipo-familia que gestiona todo. Y lo mejor, es que en 2 meses sales preparado para el mundo laboral.  Los bootcamp de Ironhack, son como los buenos libros, llegas al final con ganas, pero se disfruta tanto el día a día que no quieres se termine.

Before Ironhack I was studying a Double Degree in Computer Science and Business in Rey Juan Carlos University, but I’ve learnt front-end programming skills by my own in the past and I found that I was lacking a big part of UX/UI capabilities.

My experience in Ironhack was PERFECT, with my bootcamp colleagues, with my Teacher Assistant and all the Ironhack staff. 

I’ve learnt so much, not only about UX/UI Design but about nearly everything, design-thinking, user-research, visual design, information architecture and a lot more, from not only the materials, but also from our teachers, who taught us the skills they have learnt working in the industry.

As I finished my bootcamp, Ironhack contract me as Product Designer. 

The experience was a solid 10/10.

Formerly of Ironhack, studied graphic design and worked for 5 years in a digital marketing company, working with Wordpress, SEO campaigns, SEM, Facebook Ads, Google Ads, ... and curiosity to know more about the performance behind the pages took me to Ironhack.

The experience has been incredible from the first day, learning new technologies, all the help and knowledge of the TA, along with the practices and projects carried out, and fellowship during the 9 weeks.

I have learned from a simple layout with html and css, to create a project for any company with everything you need, from being able to take data from different apis, work with geolocation and maps, create different services and components for webs, forms integrating the Data in the BBDD ...

What I liked the most was the family that we created both students, teachers and components of ironhack, as the ability to complete projects on my own, the daily work of theory and practice, and to be able to present and expose our projects has All the people in our presentations.

Undoubtedly a great experience overall, Ironhack was an extremely arduous course. 
After finishing my BA in Fine Arts, I discovered by myself the ubiquitous world of programming and instantly fell in love. It was after founding my first business (a makerspace devoted to digital fabrication) that I decided to change the course of my career and deepen into the world of code. 
Ironhack suited me perfectly! Even though it is really exhausting, the effort comes with its own rewards: it is a profoundly satisfactory feeling to learn new things every day. From a technical point of view, MEAN stack is what we learnt, but the main strength of the bootcamp comes, in my opinion, on the way they taught me on how to develop a project from beginning to end, and how to properly plan the implementation of the various features.

Definitely give it a go, it's worth the experience.