Ironhack

My name is Alvaro, I'm 26 and I'm from Spain. I studied BSc in Business Management and MSc in International Trade, and before Ironhack I had worked as a tech & trade consultant for the Spanish Embassy. I also helped launch a beverage business in the US. Technology has always been my passion, and I decided if I wanted to work in the startup world, I had to become literate in the language that composes the products we create.
  My experience with Ironhack couldn't have been better. The course was well structured and the pace was just right. We learnt the basic concepts and then focused on practical training for real world applications. The immersive nature of the program makes it easy to learn in three months, and the friendly environment definitely helps.

I am currently studying Digital Marketing at UCLA. I have since learnt Node.js and React on my own and I'm working on launching an application soon!    Thanks Ironhack for making it possible!

Era lo que necesitaba para darle un giro a mi carrera como diseñadora gráfica.
 
​Aprendí a presentar en público mis proyecto, a ganar confianza en mi misma y en lo que hago. Aprendí a organizar el proceso de trabajo para llegar a un buen resultado. Refresqué conocimientos y adquirí mucha información sobre lo que se maneja actualmente en la profesión, que era justo lo que estaba buscando. Aprendí mucho de mis compañeros, me tocó un grupo de personas excelentes con las que sigo en contacto y fueron muy importantes los dos meses. ​

La hiring week superó ampliamente mis expectativas, me han contactado por segunda vez casi todas las empresas. 
Era insegura para las entrevistas y esa semana noté un cambio en mi bastante grande, que estoy segura que tiene que ver con todo el proceso de aprendizaje de los últimos meses.Fue muy interesante toda la experiencia y conseguí trabajo antes de terminar la semana. 

Antes de comenzar IronHack, como ingeniero industrial, llevaba la dirección técnica del área eléctrica de la empresa donde trabajaba. Aunque tenía una carrera profesional encauzada, no me encontraba a gusto con hacía y decidí cambiar por completo de dirección hacia el mundo de la programación y las empresas tecnológicas. Dentro de Ironhack te encuentras muy cómodo en cuanto al trato, ya que todo el mundo intenta conseguir que encuentres a gusto y ayudarte a conseguir aprovechar al máximo la experiencia: desde los teacher assistants, hasta cualquiera que pase por allí y que te pueda ayudar. También hay que destacar que en Ironhack coincides con gente que, por distintos motivos, busca lo mismo que tú y en la que te vas a poder apoyar para poder llegar aún más lejos. Aunque el tiempo es limitado y hay muchas cosas a las que tienes que dedicar tu tiempo, consiguen que tengas una visión global y de cada una de las partes de una aplicación web, que puede ser desde algo pequeño como un site de venta online hasta Twitter. Una parte de la formación y del apoyo que te brindan se dirige directamente a la búsqueda de empleo, aportándote tácticas, caminos y consejos para que tardes lo menos posible en encontrar trabajo una vez que termines. En resumen, es una gran experiencia.

Antes de entrar estaba desempleado, lo último fue montar un negocio con unos amigos que no tuvo la tirada esperada. Había tenido muchas experiencias laborales sobre todo de IT en sistemas, y alguna muy casual de desarrollo.

Mi experiencia fué fantástica, superando toda mis expectativas, incluyendo el agotamiento!.  Te lo podrán contar, pero hay que vivirlo. Increíble la implicación del equipo de Ironhack y como la transmiten a los alumnos. Un día a día de retos, trabajo, pero también de diversión. Donde te llevan al límite pero están atentos de que no caigas. Lo “sufriría” otra vez.

A parte de aprender las diferentes tecnologías, que es obvio. Aprendí sobre mis límites y capacidades, a trabajar en equipo, a presentar mis proyectos, etc. cosas que quedan más allá de la parte técnica pero igualmente importantes y que en otros sitios se dejan de lado.

Lo que más me gusto fué el ambiente, sobre todo el compañerismo, y lo podría resumir en el hecho de que estando a pocos días de la presentación del proyecto final, con el agua al cuello y estrujando cada minuto para finalizarlo, cualquiera de los compañeros sacaban un momento para pararse y explicarle a otro cualquier duda.

Before Ironhack I was a civil engineer searching for a job in Spain but all the job offers I use to receive were for working in  Middle East or South America, that's why I decided to turn my career around and become a developer.

The experience couldn't be better. I had an amazing time doing the bootcamp, not only because lectures were very dynamic and exercises fun to be solved. I do also found real friends, either classmates or teachers.

I learned to code and became a real Web Developer in a record time, but the best I learnt, was that you can achieve all you set out for yourself. It doesn't matter if it's a programming language, a new framework or a new career, you can do it.

Right now I'm a Ruby on Rails Developer at NEORIS AND I'm in charge of the backend for Santillana App. Definitely Ironhack served me to accomplish this challenge. I think is an amazing academy and I recommend it to anyone who wants to improve his skills.

I was studying computer engineering at the Rey Juan Carlos university when I decided to do Ironhack. My experience has been really good in every aspect. The social one thanks to the really good community (with my classmates and teachers), and the professional level, I've learnt a lot.   I've learnt about MEAN Stack (in Javascript) something really important and totally different from any language I had learnt during my time at university. Today is one of the most important languages as is one of the most demanded for companies.   I would say the best thing of ironhack are the good moments with my friends, for me, it was like another family.

Ironhack is the best experience to learn how to develop web applications. They teach you the most important knowledge from the most basic to the most complex, to be a good full satck developer. Above all, Ironhack insists a lot on teamwork and on a methodology of work and management of projects which is highly valued in the future. The work environment is fun and friendly, with constant interaction.
In addition, throughout the course, the instructors are very aware of you and the TA are there always, for any need.
The atmosphere of work and relations between workers and colleagues is unbeatable, with very good events and constant communication! Nice place to feel good!
The events, workshops, masterclasses,... are of great quality with professionals from different sectors, with a very wide experience. Networking is constant.
Once the course is over, the facilities for finding work increase exponentially. In addition, in my own case, you can launch your own project and be part of the industry. Make a dream come true.

My @ironhack experience

 

On my whole life I never knew what was my passion until I discover code.

 

Y started my professional studies as a survey engineer because I liked maps and i was good with maths and all of this engineer stuff. Later then when I finished my career I tried to work on this but because of the crisis there was close to any job on my sector and I decided to do a GIS Master.

During the Master I found by chance code & programming and I fall in love with it.

 

It all happened a few months before start the Ironhack and back then I tried to learn it all by my own to be able to work in the stuff I figured out I love.

But the thing was that if I wanted to change my whole professional career I couldn't do it just doing some courses time to time. I needed a shock therapy and then I decided to course the ironhack bootcamp.

It was two hard months of coding trying to do my best and learning as much as I could. Lots of code hours, lots of frustration but also lots of persistence and fun figuring out how to solve things.

The best thing I learned? You can create everything you want with code and you can learn whatever you dare yourself to (I.E. during the course I learned alse React+Redux and include those techs in my final project).

 

In the personal field I meet lots of interesting people (currently friends) Which who I can talk now about code and for sure have some beers :)

 

As a reward of my hard job at the Ironhack bootcamp I started to get job offers after the minute 0 before Ironhack and now I can say that I made the right choice by choosing work at  Influencity.

My recommendation to work as happy as I think I am at the moment? Choose an epic team over anything! 🍻

 Carlos P. Jimeno

http://jimeno0.com/

 

Before I joined Ironhack I was working on temporary jobs, or I was unemployed and looking for new opportunities and usually studying on my own.    IH has been a very positive experience, my main goal was to find something where I could focus my career on, and I think I've found it.   It may sound like a cliché, but I think at IH I have "learn to learn" when it comes to programming. The best part by far was the good environment with the rest of ironhackers, there was very good vibes, everyone was helping one another to learn.   My final goal was to get a stable job as a programmer. At the moment I'm working in a company that came to see us on the "hiring week", so everyone should guess if the bootcamp was worthy for me 

I completed my Ironhack bootcamp in between my Sophomore and Junior year of college. I had been studying Computer Science at shool and had taken a few programming course before starting. I did know how to code, but I had difficulties when entering higher level courses since I thought my foundation was not strong and that I lacked having a full understanding of basic programming fundamentals. I also had no idea what type of programming field I wanted to enter since I was only 20, so applying for an internship was difficult. I really wanted to take my 3 month summer vacation and learn a lot, which was when I turned to Ironhack. 

Ironhack was the best decision I made as a programmer. I still am amazed at how much I learned in 10 weeks. The circulum of the Web Development bootcamp was outstanding. I was learning languages I wasn't getting the opportunity to work on at school, and it focused on both Back-end and Front-end development, so I got to see what type might interest me to later on pursue as a career. The experience was long and tedidous, but I would recommend it to ANYONE seriously interested in programming. Although I had expierence coding beforehand, I ALWAYS felt a challange at Irohack and was constantly learning. I cannot say enough amazing things about the lead instructor, Nizar, and the T.A., Nick. They dedicate so much time and effort to make sure everyone in the class is on the same page. Both would answer any questions I had. I was finally having those "aha" moments where concepts finally clicked that I was missing at school! 

Although it was definitely rigorous, the Ironhack environment was always so much fun. There was never a day that I wasn't excited to come into class. I loved the partnered exercises. I really felt that they were beneficial since you will always be working with people in a work environment. The assignments you work on are about interesting topics such as creating a movie triva game or using the Spotify API. For the final project, the topic is up to you, and working on it was definitely my favorite part of the bootcamp. Not only did I really see the progress I made, I got to work on an idea that I was passionate about and turn it into a fully functional website. 

When I returned to school in the fall, I felt so much more confident going into my classes and interviews. I now have a fully active GitHub that showcases all my hard work throughout the course, and I still use it today.

My background:  I finished my computer Science Engineering 10 years ago, since then I have been working mainly as systems Engineer , having very little programming involved at my work.    I´m a very practical person whow has always pretty clear my objectives , so the decision to go to Ironhack was taken after months of  careful research pursuing the best option and valuing what steps should I make on my professional career.   Just before the bootcamp  I was working as an IBM Presales Engineer in a mixed role : half technician / half commertial). The technical part did not involve programming .     IronHack has fullfilled the expectatives i had for the bootcamp: First getting used to programming and  the new technologies  used by the market at this day, Second  find a Job right after  the bootcamp so I could start as soon as possible to program and keep growing as a programmer, I acomplished both at the end of the bootcamp ( on the job part  I had 2 offers just by one week of interviews).   I would recommend the experience , even though a minimal comprension of programming is required , any person with passion and hardwork can pass it through. I enjoyed mostly every day with new practices and new things to learn and hard challenges to confront everyday , lets be clear about this ,Ironhack its not easy and is very intentse, but  the benefits adquired through strugling and frustration are more rewarding with the system it has ( having to do a weekly proyect on week 3 already).   I´m currently working as a FrontEnd Developer developing an application running in Angular ( one of the technologies covered by the bootcamp)  at a digital marketing company that develops its own solutions. Having done several proyects at IH made my integration at the developer´s team very fast and within the first month I was on the same programming path as my companions.   About the staff and professionals that works at IronHack i´ve got no complains as they were trustworthy and had the knowledge I seeked to fulfill my goals. I also had luck having great fellow students that were encouraging each other whenever one got stuck over difficult issues .    If you are researching IH I think the best way is to ask one of the ex-alumni that are over internet, linkedin or even in person at the events. They would probably tell you  that they dont regret the experience and solve many doubts you may have.