Alexandre never thought he’d need to understand APIs and technical architecture. As a sales manager at Revolut, his job was about relationships and closing deals, not code.
But there’s a moment in every sales conversation with a CTO where the technical questions start flying. And if you can’t keep up, you’ve lost the room.
“I was tired of having to redirect every technical question to my team,” Alexandre admits. “It made me look less credible, and it wasted time.”
When his university announced a partnership with Le Wagon, Alexandre jumped at the chance to take the UX/UI bootcamp. He’d heard good things from friends who’d completed other Le Wagon programs, and the timing felt right.
The UX/UI bootcamp gave him something unexpected: fluency in a language he didn’t realise he needed. Not just the vocabulary, but the concepts behind how digital products work.
“At the beginning, it was all about learning the basics of design and user experience,” he explains. “But what I really got was the ability to understand how technical people think.”
What made it work: Le Wagon’s teaching methodology breaks complex concepts into digestible daily chunks. Morning lectures set the framework, then afternoon exercises let you apply it immediately. By the end of each day, Alexandre wasn’t just learning theory, he was using it.
Now, when Alexandre talks to CTOs across Europe, the conversations flow differently. He answers their questions directly. He troubleshoots issues on the spot. He’s not just a salesperson anymore, he’s someone they trust.
“The credibility you gain when you can speak their language is massive,” he says. “Especially in banking, where trust is everything.”
Two of his best job interviews came from hiring managers who’d either done Le Wagon themselves or knew someone who had. The alumni network extends beyond your batch. Alexandre found doors opening simply because recruiters recognised the training and knew what it meant.
He’s never built a full website for production, and he doesn’t need to. What matters is that he understands the process, the limitations, the possibilities. He’s street smart in a technical world.
“You don’t need to be an expert,” Alexandre reflects. “You just need to know enough to have the conversation. Le Wagon gets you there fast.”
The UX/UI bootcamp taught him to be solution-oriented, to think through problems methodically. Those skills translate far beyond design mockups.
Looking back, Alexandre says he’d probably have found his way to Le Wagon eventually through YouTube tutorials and self-teaching. But the structure, the community, the intensity of the bootcamp compressed months of learning into weeks.
“When you’re in it, you’re just focused on keeping up,” he says. “But when it’s over, you realise how much ground you’ve covered.”
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