The FDE path.

Every stage runs in one order: Learn its lessons, Practise in a lab placed right after the lesson it practises, Apply it in a Halden week, then a Checkpoint drill. A stage lists only the parts it has, and ends with the last of them: Stages 1 and 5 with a checkpoint drill, Stages 2 and 3 with its lessons, Stage 4 with a lab, Stage 6 with Halden weeks. Work each stage top to bottom. Up next marks your next lesson; a stage’s Halden weeks and checkpoint come once its lessons are done.

Lab

A client's messy data with known problems: write Python in the browser to find them and get a score, graded here.

Client data (estate)

A fictional client's files, with documented problems planted in them. Labs, Halden weeks and role projects all run on one.

Halden week

One week with your client, Halden Freight, the simulated company of the residency: something changes, you do the work in your own repository, and it's graded on your machine.

Checkpoint drill

A 45-minute mock design round, with a rubric to score yourself. A checkpoint drill checks one stage.

Specialisation

Extra lessons, a role project and drills for one kind of FDE role, taken after the path.

Role project

A complete engagement with a second client for one kind of role, from brief to sign-off.