Tell me what you have actually shipped.

Four minutes. I read every application myself. The residency starts from work that already runs. If you have that, you belong here. If you're still getting there, I'll point you at a free next step instead of taking money for a spot you wouldn't enjoy yet.

What you'll need to do the work

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 is Python. Most tickets land on the C# .NET world server. A later track maps that server in Python. 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.