Jean-Baptiste Gallot was born and raised in Paris and even though he studied in Barcelona for two years, he is back in his city. After studying business, he worked in sales within the digital advertising field with clients such as Le Monde. He grew in the company and ended up as a Sales Director for online ads, but he felt he needed a change.

Gabriel Ayela joined the 12-week, full-time Ironhack Cybersecurity bootcamp in November 2020. When we interviewed him in mid-January, and he had completed more than half of the bootcamp.

“Why do you need a web development Bootcamp?”, an old classmate from college asked me. I had just told him I was attending Ironhack’s web dev Bootcamp, and what would have been an ordinary catch up turned into a challenging discussion about what a developer can take from an intensive course of coding. I understand it may seem an unlikely career choice, so I decided to share some lessons I, a junior developer, learned from my bootcamp experience.

Hello! My name is Dioni Ugalde and I’m going to tell you about my experience as an Ironhack student, attending a web programming bootcamp for nine weeks. I decided to write a few lines about what this project has done for me because I think it can be very interesting and relatable for those of you thinking about signing up for a bootcamp.

From the moment I realized that math was the language universe used to reveal itself, I knew I wanted to be a physicist. Physics had an elegant and enigmatic way of answering the questions I had as a child, but due to the lack of infrastructure and opportunities for scientists in Nepal, I was considering studying abroad. But my decision was presented by a stack of reasons why I shouldn't. So I did what any right-minded math enthusiast would do: join engineering. After getting into engineering school, it slowly transitioned into the love of technology. 

Elina Nenonen completed the most recent cohort of the Web Development Bootcamp in Barcelona and was one of the first students to be part of the new campus launch. Now that she’s back home in Finland, we spoke to her about her Ironhack experience and incredible final project.

After studying computer engineering and spending six years as an Account Manager, I decided I wanted to return to the world of programming but I needed some refreshment before doing so. I was trying to re-learn some things on my own, but it was too slow and I realized I needed some external help that would speed up the process. That’s when I started looking into bootcamps. The camps I looked at were really basic and short (70 hours max). After a lot of research, I thought maybe this format was my best option.

In August 2018, I was an Ironhack student. Prior to this, I’d done almost no coding. I'd tried to learn on my own but would always become stuck or unmotivated. In March 2018, I attended a WeCode workshop where I learned the very basics of HTML, CSS and JavaScript. After the event and speaking to Ironhack staff/alumni, I applied for the course and was given access to the prework.