Tell me what you have actually shipped.

Four minutes, and I read every application myself. New grad or ten years in, the call starts from work that already runs. If you're still getting there, I'll point you at a free next step instead of taking money for a spot that wouldn't help yet.

If your map starts in the practice codebaseWhat your laptop needs

You'll run a live production system on your own laptop. A quick check now means week 1 is spent on the work, not on setup.

Machine. A 64-bit laptop from around 2019 or newer, 8 GB RAM (16 GB is more comfortable; Docker is the reason), 20 GB free disk. macOS, Windows with WSL2, or Linux. A working mic and camera, because reviews are spoken and the defense is on camera.
Installs, all free and guided. git, Python 3, the .NET 8 SDK, and Docker Desktop.
Skills you already have. One language well enough to build a small program on your own. git: branch, commit, push, open a PR. A command line you can move around in. Reading C-family code is enough. C# looks like Java or JS. Fluency comes later.
What runs where. Screening and the practice codebase are Python. Your own project uses whatever stack fits the person you build it for. Nobody expects fluency on day one.
Taught inside, assumed nowhere. Pull requests, the ticket board, scrum, and reviews are all covered in week 1 with films. You bring a working language; the professional loop is the curriculum.

Close, but rusty? Touch these up between deposit and day one: learngitbranching for git, MIT's Missing Semester lecture 1 for the terminal.

Who you are

Your name * Email *

A link to work that runs * GitHub, a live demo, anything I can open. This is the first thing I look at. LinkedIn Optional. I will not make you a poster in week 1.

The screen

Can you write a working program today, on your own? *

YesI have built something that ran, and I could do it again.

Not yetI am still learning the basics.

Where are you * What have you shipped that a stranger could run? * The thing that broke is the part I care about.

Where is the search right now * Volume is not the point. I need the shape of the search. How did you find me

What do you think is actually blocking you? *

Time and money

Money *

I can pay founding myselfAmount is on the call, not on this page.

I need to split itDeposit now, remainder after week 1. Same lab.

Someone is helping me payFamily or a partner. Say so and I will talk to them directly.

The commitment *

Ten to fifteen hours a week, and Mondays are non-optional. Cohort call Monday, your 1:1 midweek, a live defense at the end. Miss three weeks and I stop.

I answer inside one working day.

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Email me directly at apply@gridschool.org with a link to work that runs, where you are in your search, and what you think is blocking you.