Ironhack

Era y soy consultor y auditor de accesibilidad. Analizo webs y aplicaciones móviles, haciendo análisis con producto de apoyo, como por ejemplo lector de pantalla, y analizando sobre propio código html para que los productos digitales cumplan con el estándar de la W3C, que en España es de doble A. Mi experiencia ha sido muy buena, una experiencia muy intensa, con mucho aprendizaje, y a partir de ahora hay que poner en practica todo lo aprendido y aprender muchísimo más.

  Aunque mi trabajo actual es intentar hacer las tecnologías accesibles, siempre he tenido en cuenta la parte de código y como acceden los usuarios con discapacidad a la información. Con la perspectiva que me da esta formación creo que he abierto mucho mi mente, ya que creo que en la actualidad puedo crear un producto digital desde el principio teniendo en cuenta la parte del usuario desde el punto de vista de la experiencia que tiene el usuario al acceder a los productos digitales complementándolo con mi experiencia de hacer los contenidos accesibles siguiendo los estándares de htlm 5. 

 Me han gustado muchas cosas, pero sobre todo enfrentarme a crear sistemas de diseño para reutilizar componentes, empalizar con el usuario y pensar como el, y el diseño de los prototipos. https://www.linkedin.com/in/juanluisvilarlopez/    

Although I was originally accepted into Ironhack’s Web Development course, it was the UX/UI Design bootcamp that I ended up enrolling in.  Why?  After taking a weekend course on the topic, I was convinced this could be of value for many of my new endeavors.  I am happy to say it was even more valuable than I could have expected.

Having recently co-founded an accelerator for early-stage startups and left a 10-year career in higher education, I wanted to expand my knowledge in regard to technology and more importantly gain a set of skills to help me with my new adventures.  Within the first week, I knew I had made the right decision.

Our first week was based on Google’s design sprints.  This week alone was incredibly informative and eye-opening.  Coming from an educational background where serious research and highly statistical data is required to test theories, I was intrigued by the methods we used to make decisions.  I quickly learned the value of asking questions, prototyping early and often, testing quickly, and listening to the user. 

Each week was filled with a new instructor who not only brought real experiences to share, but also took a vested interest in ensuring we learned and practiced the material assigned for the week.  During the entire course we were also assigned a TA, Horacio, who was a previous graduate of the course and fully committed to helping us with both content questions, as well as professional questions.

Another benefit of the program was the weekly guest speakers who were brought in to share their experiences and advice.  Hearing from real professionals who were practicing varying aspects of UX/UI in their current roles really helped understand the concepts we were learning.  We were also provided with a career placements director, Daniel Brito, who helped us prepare our resumes, portfolios, and interview skills.  At the end of the program, he put together a career fair for us to participate in real interviews with local companies.

While the course content was valuable and informative we also had the pleasure of having the course held at Build.co in Brickell.  As a result, we had access to the tech workspace 24/7, including a kitchen area equipped with fresh espresso, sparkling water, and beer on tap.  The staff at Building.co and Ironhack were all extremely helpful and friendly.  At no time, did it feel like we were outsiders.  Many times, our group even stayed after for an event taking place within the building.

Overall, I would highly recommend Ironhack of Miami.  Their dedication to curriculum, instruction, and revisions for improvement is far above average.  I enjoyed the projects, which included the option to work on our own items at times, and had the most amazing group of people in my cohort.  The opportunities to utilize the content covered and connections made are vast. 

 

 

My experience at IronHack can be resumed as AWESOME. Teacher and TAs are very professional, and subjects of the course contains the latest web developments techniques. Facilities are unique in Madrid, surrounded by park and river. And best of it is how they focus the classes and the programming: they empower us to do our best and continue learning even on the hardest situations. One of the key points that made me recommend IronHack is the people that you share your time with. All them are very motivated and have the same concerns, so that helps you to develop new and more complex projects. After the bootcamp, my professional network has increased exponentially.

I encourage recommend this course/experience!! ;)

 

    I had initially been looking at Web Development bootcamps for about two years prior to finding Ironhack this was partly due to mixed articles about these kinds of programs as well as the technologies some of the programs taught. I had reached a point where I was tired of working stagnant retail and call center jobs, and wanted to see if I could really turn my hobby into a career.
Shortly after moving to Florida, I had been told about Ironhack from a friend and figured I may as well apply. Alia had contacted me back within about 15 minutes, and I was scheduled to come in a few days later. The interview process was not complicated, and the staff I spoke with did a great job of outlining the program. My biggest concern was that without having a college degree, and without any previous work experience, that a program like this still wouldn't help me, however Daniel Brito did a great job of explaining how to work around those things. I had also been doubting that I would have the bare minimum skill needed to pass the technical interview, which ended up going well (So don't doubt yourself on this!). 

    From the very first week, week 0, I decided I would start showing up to finish up some of the online prework that was assigned before the course started, this was the first time I met Kevin, on of the TAs, who was very friendly, and had a manner of encouraging learning without just handing you answers. 

    After the first week started our primary instructor Nizar gave us a run down of what our schedule was going to look like, and I'll admit it was intimidating. Nizar however, had a manner of teaching that made the fact that we were learning a LOT more enjoyable than stressful. In addition to that, the TAs Kevin and Ariel both out host break-out sessions throughout the week to focus on different concepts that some were struggling with, and held these sessions in a way that students would also be able to participate. To compliment the technical side of learning the skills needed to become a software developer, Daniel Brito also regularly would teach us the Ins-and-Outs of the career side: Networking skills, community events, resume building, etc. and this was something that was very unique and welcomed. I had expected this to be like most traditional schools where they will teach you skills and concepts, but will leave you on your own when it comes to getting employed for those skills. This also brought about the possibility of learning beyond the scope of the Ironhack curriculum, as we were actively encouraged to attend events and meet people in the tech scene who were established developers, entrepreneurs and startup founders who also were willing to share their knowledge, some working in the same building as Ironhack was located. 
    Now with all those "pros" being said, it should be noted that while not exactly a "con" there are some things to keep in mind: They call this a bootcamp, and that is a very accurate word to describe it. It's not easy, but it's not impossible either. Unlike traditional schooling, you wont get a degree for simply showing up and goofing off. We had to do projects that applied everything we learned, and the time given to complete these project was 1 week, and then they had to be presented to both the class, and occasionally other people who were in the building. Before Ironhack, I had written some scripts and small programs for fun, but they were never seen by anyone, and now I had to not only show it to my instructors, but to several people?! It stands as one of the most stressful things that I would gladly do again. What was great about this though is that it conditions you for what is expected of you in the industry, and by the end, these presentations were more fun than stressful. 

Ultimately Ironhack teaches you how to stand on your own in a relatively new and rapidly changing industry, and teaches you how to continue teaching yourself long after you leave the program, so that your skills will stay competitive. Nizar is a master of both writing code, and teaching it. Kevin and Ariel were great at encouraging us when we got stuck or stressed out, and also making things fun. Daniel Brito will make you into a rockstar when it comes to networking, job hunting, and building a presence for yourself in the tech community of your choice. Thanks to the well crafted curriculum, and the great staff, I've now gone from a guy who had moved from working in aerospace to working at grocery stores and call centers, who wrote simple programs on the weekend for fun, to a Full Stack .Net Developer at a company who's 2 week development sprints are a walk in the park compared to the 1 week high-pressure sprints for Ironhack's projects.

If you are on the fence about whether or not you should attend a program like this, and are serious about becoming a web developer by profession, then this program can change your life.

I decided to enroll Ironhack after a year struggling to learn to code by myself. The online courses will teach you a lot but there's one and the biggest advantage of live word and that is - that’s able to teach you to develop not just your skills but your mindset as well. Speaking about that, the best thing for me was getting the ability to learn how to actually learn to code and how to find good resources which gives me opportunity to gain new skill sets now on my own.

The people working in Ironhack are super friendly and always available to meet you on any way - to share their knowledge, their experiences and their resources with us. Out TA was Nick Borbe, truly amazing man who dedicated himself the most during our cohort and spent a lot after hours with us, especially during our final project weeks. Big thanks to this awesome guy!

Speaking of people who gave the most knowledge and their precious time to us, besides Nick, there’s one more name there - Nizar. His pure passion for this profession can be seen and felt from the far, and his ability to solve your issues just by taking a short look at your code is just amazing.

In the very end, there was the hiring fair. Our placement manager Daniel Brito gave us a lot of useful instructions and we spent a week preparing for the upcoming interviews with him and his guest speakers.

So overall, I don’t regret a second for choosing Ironhack. Spending six months with a group of great people who share the same passion and taking this road with them, was the best decision I made. I would highly recommend taking this course to anyone who has interest and passion for web development.

Antes de Ironhack trabajaba en turismo. Mi puesto era Guest Experience Manager en el Melia Paradisus Varadero en Cuba. Me gustaba mucho, los retos diarios me hacían crecer como persona y encontrar nuevas maneras de solucionar problemas en un País en pleno desarrollo.  No obstante la programación desde siempre tenía un lugar especial en mi corazón y a la vuelta de Cuba buscaba la manera de cumplir con este sueño.  Encontré IronHack y sabía que era lo que buscaba. IronHack tenía todo, el networking, los profesores y un muy buen plan de educación.  Basado todo en lenguaje de programación JavaScript, me abrió la puerta para entender como funciona todo lo que pasa por detrás de una aplicación e incluso crear mis propias aplicaciones.  Aprovechando estas nuevas aptitudes, ahora mismo estoy colaborando con varios compañeros para lanzar dos aplicaciones web y trabajo en una empresa en Madrid como Front-End-Developer.  Estoy muy agradecido a IronHack por el labor que hacen, dando estas oportunidades y abriendo puertas al mundo del development. 

I came to Ironhack after changing my carreer from the logistics industry. What called my attention of Ironhack's program is that they are up to date with the most recent technologies.

They teach you How to Create an application with MongoDB, Angular2, Node.js, Express.js, Bootstrap, HTML5, CSS3, Ajax, APIs, jQuery and some other technologies.

They not only teach you all the technologies listed above, they teach you all the treack and details to be taught. 

The staff is amazing, the lead instructor is a CIS graduate and has been programming a very long time, he is the best of the best. The TA's are also really knowledgeable and ready to help. The staff is amazing and very well prepared, very higly prepared people.

The placement Manager, Brito, is amazing. He knows everyone in the tech scene. He prepares you and how to be the perfect candidate and assists you in your job hunt.

There's also a hirefair at the end of the bootcamp where you meet a lot of potential employers, which is also an amazing source to get a job right after the program.

And the building were you code everyday is one of the best facillities I've ever seen. It's just so nice to be there and stay there.

Most importantly, you leave the bootcamp knowing how to code fullstack with very cool and original projects that you do during the course.

I recommend this bootcamp 100%, the best of the best!

I decided to enroll in Ironhack’s part-time course to communicate more effectively with our development team for my business, Gaming Frog. Ironhack gave the tools and knowledge to understand how the development process of any web application works. The best part about Ironhack has been expanding my understanding of programming. Every time we started a new module things started to make a lot more sense to me in the projects I manage. Another of the best parts about this program has been getting to know you classmates, in part we became a family. It’s always a great experience to share time with mind alike people. 

Joining UX/UI Full-time Bootcamp in Miami this summer was so sudden but so smooth. I was looking for changing my career in business administration to tech. UX was a perfect fit! All Ironhack staff was so professional, nice and responsive, that I easily took a desicision to change pretty much everything in my life. 8 weeks in bootcamp were very intence-apart of learning alll the basic and must-have skills and tools, I've learned how much I can extend myself to achieve my goals. Instructors-who are ninjas in what they are doing, guest speakers, our TA Horacio-always super helpful and even the the space where the course took place- Building.co in the heart of Brickell- made Ironhack bootcamp one of the best experiences in my life!
I know that it was just a start of my career in UX/UI, but it was a kick-start!

I came to Ironhack from a completely different background. Having studied business I never thought I would end up programing. That world seemed far too complicated, and I thought it was too late to begin now. Reading about the subject on the internet I found out about Ironhack, a bootcamp which ensured that anyone could program.

I was a bit sceptical in the beginning, but at Ironhack they proved me wrong. After 9 weeks of intensive programming I ended up creating a videogame, a film repository and a web app to learn about blockchain technologies! It has been truly an unforgetable experience. Ironhack has incredebly innovative methods of teaching and I have met wonderful people.

This experience has given me a technological background which opens the doors to opportunities which I did not have before. THanks to programming and my business background I can do whatever I want now!

For as long as I can remember, I have always been interested in computers. Very soon I was already breaking my Ubuntu on purpose, just so I could repair it later, which was very easy at the time since you had to actually compile 80% of all the soft from source ! 
I then had a few dark years as a teenager/young adult, which basically anhilated my ability to think or engage into anything meaningful for myself. 
Fortunately I grew out of it eventually but my life choices had led me in a completely other direction.... International business. 
Being bored with school, I actually started to work full time at the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra of Liege , for what was supposed to be a few weeks, but ended up as the whole season. Then, that's when everything changed...

But not your traditional "It was a magnificent Friday of August...". I was just hanging on the web, reading some kind of tech news, and completely by chance, stumbled upon "Ironhack" and two others "Bootcamp" as they called it. A few articles later,I took a gut guided decision to actually take my chance and applied on the spot to 3 different bootcamp across Europe, completely impervious to the life altering consequences this "Why not?"gave rise to.

It ended up being the best decision of my life and by far. I only wish it would never end as a learning curve as great as the one they provide is pretty damn hard to find anywhere else. If you're reading this, don't think further, just go with your guts, you're only gonna regret not apllying sooner !!!