Strong foundations
The CS + SWE baseline elite teams assume you already have.
Fresh-grad to hire-ready: how computers, networks, code, and teams actually work. Master this track before specialized paths.
Who this is for: New grads and career switchers aiming at top product companies.
outcomes
- Explain how a request travels from browser to database and back
- Write clear, tested code with intentional trade-offs
- Use Git, reviews, and ownership like a professional engineer
- Debug with evidence instead of guessing
lessons
- 1 How software actually ships Product → design → code → review → CI → deploy → observe → iterate.
- 2 Computers, memory, and complexity CPU, RAM, disk, Big-O — enough to reason about performance.
- 3 Networking for application engineers DNS, TCP, TLS, HTTP — the path every API request takes.
- 4 Git and code review like a pro History hygiene, branching, and reviews that raise the bar.
- 5 Debugging with evidence + testing judgment Reproduce, isolate, fix, prevent — and test what protects users.
- 6 Communication, impact, and leveling up How strong engineers create leverage beyond their own keyboard.