Introducing Technically Learning Tracks
How to get from 0 to decently technical
Hey everyone, and happy new year. I’m excited to kick off the year with a bang and introduce Technically Learning Tracks, the best way to get from 0 to decently technical in no time at all. In short, learning tracks take all of the 50+ breakdowns we’ve published and organize them into digestible, straightforward stories. If you want to get more technical but you’re unsure where to start, learning tracks are for you. You can check out the first two tracks here.
Learning tracks are hosted on the Technically website. We’re starting with two:
Walks through the basics of software engineering and how it all fits together, from what code is all the way to how CI/CD works.
Walks through the basics of data science and analytics, from capturing source information to how teams transform and visualize product data.
Each learning track tells you (1) what you need to know, (2) what you should know, and (3) what’s nice to know; you can go into whatever level of depth you’d like.
This is just the start though! I’m hoping to publish several more tracks over the next few months that organize the big, scary world of software engineering into more manageable bites. Keep an eye out for tracks specific to parts of the stack (application, infrastructure, etc.) and specific to your role (product manager, designer, operations, etc.).
Ideas for a learning track? Feedback on existing ones? Just let me know by replying to this email or leaving a comment.
Some end notes…
I’m shutting down the Technically job board. After a few months, it just wasn’t getting the traction I had hoped for, and I’d rather spend the time creating useful new content for all of you. I also picked a pretty bad time in retrospect to be helping with hiring…
This is so awesome! Looking forward to all of your great content in a more structured format
Thank you Justin for this amazing content. I have been also looking for a learning track that takes you through building a sample app where you get hands-on experience of full stack development. Lot of the other learning platforms have really lengthy and tedious front-end and back-end tracks that talk about the technology itself but not how to use it. By the time you go through the entire course, you forget where you started from. Instead if we have learning tracks that allow to build a small apps quickly it would be much more interesting. for example - small task management app, an app that hosts blog etc.