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I like the idea but the price seems very high and it’s not even for continued access but a subscription for a limited time. The kind of experienced engineers y

I like the idea but the price seems very high and it’s not even for continued access but a subscription for a limited time. The kind of experienced engineers you are targeting are also the people capable of doing this kind of learning on their own. But if someone’s employer is paying for it then it helps expedite the learning because of the guided process you guys provide.

automatoney 4y ago
They're not "experienced engineers" but I could see this being useful at the new grad/early career level - where people can code (and leetcode) but there's maybe a need for a more guided class-like experience, especially when it comes to breaking down tasks and working on a larger piece of software.
- sarupbanskota 4y ago
  Good assessment, lines up quite accurately with what we're seeing. In our post, when we said "experienced engineers", we meant more "folks with programming experience" and less "pro" users :) We've updated the post. When we first started out, we didn't pay any attention to guidance at all, and instead focused entirely on the "challenge" aspect. At that time, it was less common for early career engineers to try out the product. We've evolved a bit since, and now it's common for us to also see early career professionals, support engineers at devtool companies, bootcamp grads, etc. From time to time, we come across Engineering Managers who'll do our modules as a way to "stay in touch" with programming (and picking up a new language they'd been itching to learn — e.g Rust). We're probably not suitable for someone new to programming, but otherwise all other levels are welcome and find value.
gbersac 4y ago
If it's done on my spare time, I don't have time to create proper test suite, proper CI... This is done for me by CodeCrafters. It helps save a lot of time.
- sarupbanskota 4y ago
  Agreed! One of the things we also hear frequently is: "I don't know what to build"

automatoney 4y ago

They're not "experienced engineers" but I could see this being useful at the new grad/early career level - where people can code (and leetcode) but there's maybe a need for a more guided class-like experience, especially when it comes to breaking down tasks and working on a larger piece of software.

sarupbanskota 4y ago
Good assessment, lines up quite accurately with what we're seeing. In our post, when we said "experienced engineers", we meant more "folks with programming experience" and less "pro" users :) We've updated the post. When we first started out, we didn't pay any attention to guidance at all, and instead focused entirely on the "challenge" aspect. At that time, it was less common for early career engineers to try out the product. We've evolved a bit since, and now it's common for us to also see early career professionals, support engineers at devtool companies, bootcamp grads, etc. From time to time, we come across Engineering Managers who'll do our modules as a way to "stay in touch" with programming (and picking up a new language they'd been itching to learn — e.g Rust). We're probably not suitable for someone new to programming, but otherwise all other levels are welcome and find value.

gbersac 4y ago

If it's done on my spare time, I don't have time to create proper test suite, proper CI... This is done for me by CodeCrafters. It helps save a lot of time.

sarupbanskota 4y ago
Agreed! One of the things we also hear frequently is: "I don't know what to build"