The Journey

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Phase 1 of 4 — Foundations

Mental models. Habit formation. CS1 published.

0% through Phase 1

Activity

Last 12 weeks. Hours logged per day.

Milestone timeline

21 milestones across 4 phases. The shape of year one.

Phase 1 — Foundations

Mental models. Habit formation. CS1 published.

Vault operationalTarget: Month 1
In progress
Tracker MVP deployedTarget: Month 1
In progress
8 concept notes writtenTarget: Month 1
In progress
25-prompt Marie eval runningTarget: Month 1
In progress
Case Study #1 publishedTarget: Month 3
Upcoming
45 LeetCode (60% of NeetCode 75)Target: Month 3
Upcoming

Phase 2 — Patterns

Multiple case studies in flight. AWS SAA. The hard middle.

Case Study #2 publishedTarget: Month 5
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AWS SAA passedTarget: Month 6
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Case Study #3 publishedTarget: Month 6
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65 LeetCode completeTarget: Month 6
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Phase 3 — Production

Customer skills. Safety. Open source. CS4, CS5, CS6.

Case Study #4 publishedTarget: Month 7
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Case Study #5 publishedTarget: Month 8
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Open source PR mergedTarget: Month 8
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First long blog post publishedTarget: Month 9
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Case Study #6 publishedTarget: Month 9
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NeetCode 75 completeTarget: Month 9
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Phase 4 — Interviews

Application sprint. Mock intensive. Behavioral STAR mastery.

Applications submitted (5-7 companies)Target: Month 10
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16 mock interviews totalTarget: Month 11
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Case Study #7 published (Tracker itself)Target: Month 11
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First onsite interviewTarget: Month 12
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First FDE offerTarget: Month 12
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Kartikeya Parashar

Builder going deeper. Founder of 21 AI products at Kaydenlabs. Going from generalist to specialist in AI engineering. Flagships: WealthPilot, Hermes, LastingPath.

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Bharat

Co-traveler on the 12-month journey.

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