Zero to Hired

Build web apps that people pay for.

A self-paced course for second-year CS students. You build and deploy real apps. Then you do a project for a real local business.

  • 14 sprints
  • Self-paced
  • 1 real client

How it works

Read working code first

Each topic starts with complete code and a note for each step. Then you predict, change and write code.

Short steps

Each screen takes 5 to 10 minutes and ends with a task. Go at your own pace.

AI in three stages

First, Claude explains. Then Claude writes code that you must explain. Then Claude Code does repeated work.

Support from people

You join the course WhatsApp group with your classmates. A mentor contacts you if you stop. A low score gives you a catch-up path, not a fail.

The 14 sprints

PHASE 1

First wins

  • 0Your first code
  • 1Decisions, functions, lists and objects
  • 2Components
  • 3Your first real brief

PHASE 2

Data is the job

  • 4Data from another computer
  • 5Server code and forms
  • 6Pages and your co-pilot
  • 7The database

PHASE 3

The flagship

  • 8Accounts
  • 9The flagship
  • 10Flagship, shipped

PHASE 4

Get paid

  • 11Proof clients
  • 12Your price, your first paid client
  • 13Delivered

When you finish, you have shipped work, projects for real businesses and a list of prospects. We do not promise a salaried job when you finish. A salaried developer job usually takes 6–12 more months. We publish the results of all graduates.