The Engineering GuideGuided curriculum
Curriculum overview
Your guided curriculum
THE ENGINEERING GUIDEREAD · BUILD · REASON
A PRACTICAL SOFTWARE ENGINEERING CURRICULUM

Build the judgment.
Then write the code.

Start with code. End with systems you can defend.

Start with Part A See a sample lesson New here? Start at the beginning.
Solve unfamiliar problemsBuild production systemsDefend design decisions
TRY A PROBLEM

Pick a problem.
See it click.

Each one starts with a question. The visual makes the answer easier to reason about.

SLIDING WINDOW

What is the shortest substring containing A, B, and C?

ADOBECODEBANCneedsA · B · C
ANSWERBANC

Expand until the window has every needed letter. Then shrink it until removing one would break the match.

EXPAND, CHECK, THEN SHRINK32-second walkthrough
ADOBECODEBANC

Watch j add characters and i remove them. The Counter changes only when a required letter crosses an edge.

THE CORE JOURNEY

Choose a part,
or follow the full path.

A

Coding and problem solving

Choose the state, solve the problem, and review AI-assisted changes.

Algorithms · Coding · Review
B

Production applications

Connect browser, API, database, tests, and access boundaries.

Backend · Data · Frontend · Security
C

System design and scale

Design from requirements, then reason about capacity, performance, and cost.

Architecture · Scale · Cost
D

Production operations

Provision, deploy, observe, and recover a running application.

AWS · Delivery · Reliability
E

System evolution and leadership

Migrate live systems and make decisions other teams can execute.

Migrations · Technical leadership
OPTIONAL SPECIALIZATIONAI systemsEvaluation, budgets, permissions, and controlled actions.OPTIONAL STUDIOCompany interview practiceRehearse coding and design conversations under interview pressure.
PRIVATE TRACK

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