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# Career Progression Repository Schema
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## Overview
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This repository contains an 8-week intensive program focused on Python, MariaDB, and Distributed Systems mastery. The structure is designed to track daily progress, build a portfolio, and prepare for senior-level technical interviews.
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---
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## Repository Structure
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```
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career-progression-2026/
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│
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├── README.md # Overview, goals, and progress tracking
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├── .gitignore # Python, IDE, secrets, etc.
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├── LICENSE # MIT or your choice
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│
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├── docs/
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│ ├── syllabus.md # Markdown version of the syllabus
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│ ├── 8_week_career_progression_syllabus.pdf
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│ ├── progress-tracker.md # Weekly checkboxes and reflections
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│ ├── interview-prep/
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│ │ ├── behavioral-stories.md # STAR method stories
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│ │ ├── system-design-notes.md # Common patterns and solutions
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│ │ └── technical-questions.md # LeetCode-style prep
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│ └── resources/
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│ ├── reading-list.md # Articles, books, videos
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│ └── architecture-diagrams/ # Draw.io or Excalidraw files
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│
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├── week-01-python-internals/
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│ ├── README.md # Week overview and daily goals
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│ ├── day-01-gil/
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│ │ ├── notes.md # Learning notes
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│ │ ├── gil_demo.py # CPU-bound comparison
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│ │ └── interview-questions.md # Practice Q&A
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│ ├── day-02-asyncio/
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│ │ ├── notes.md
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│ │ ├── async_scraper.py
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│ │ └── requirements.txt
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│ ├── day-03-profiling/
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│ │ ├── notes.md
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│ │ ├── profiled_scraper.py
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│ │ └── profiling_results/ # cProfile, viztracer outputs
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│ ├── day-04-type-hints/
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│ │ ├── notes.md
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│ │ ├── typed_scraper.py
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│ │ └── mypy.ini
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│ ├── day-05-design-patterns/
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│ │ ├── notes.md
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│ │ ├── scraper_final.py # With context managers, decorators
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│ │ └── tests/
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│ └── weekly-retrospective.md # What worked, what didn't
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│
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├── week-02-mariadb-mastery/
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│ ├── README.md
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│ ├── day-01-innodb/
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│ │ ├── notes.md
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│ │ ├── docker-compose.yml # MariaDB setup
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│ │ ├── init.sql # Sample schema
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│ │ └── transaction_experiments.sql
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│ ├── day-02-indexing/
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│ │ ├── notes.md
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│ │ ├── slow_queries.sql
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│ │ ├── optimized_queries.sql
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│ │ └── explain_analysis.md # EXPLAIN output analysis
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│ ├── day-03-composite-indexes/
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│ │ ├── notes.md
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│ │ ├── composite_index_demo.sql
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│ │ └── performance_comparison.md
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│ ├── day-04-mariadb-features/
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│ │ ├── notes.md
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│ │ ├── json_columns.sql
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│ │ ├── virtual_columns.sql
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│ │ └── window_functions.sql
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│ ├── day-05-schema-design/
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│ │ ├── notes.md
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│ │ ├── twitter_schema.sql
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│ │ ├── ecommerce_schema.sql
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│ │ └── design-decisions.md
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│ └── weekly-retrospective.md
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│
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├── week-03-distributed-systems/
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│ ├── README.md
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│ ├── day-01-message-queues/
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│ │ ├── notes.md
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│ │ ├── docker-compose.yml # RabbitMQ
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│ │ ├── producer.py
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│ │ └── consumer.py
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│ ├── day-02-celery/
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│ │ ├── notes.md
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│ │ ├── celery_app/
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│ │ │ ├── __init__.py
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│ │ │ ├── tasks.py
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│ │ │ └── config.py
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│ │ └── docker-compose.yml
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│ ├── day-03-idempotency/
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│ │ ├── notes.md
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│ │ ├── outbox_pattern/
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│ │ │ ├── models.py
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│ │ │ ├── worker.py
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│ │ │ └── schema.sql
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│ │ └── failure-scenarios.md
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│ ├── day-04-cap-theorem/
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│ │ ├── notes.md
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│ │ ├── cap_examples.md
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│ │ └── pacelc_analysis.md
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│ ├── day-05-rate-limiter/
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│ │ ├── notes.md
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│ │ ├── rate_limiter.py # Redis-based
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│ │ ├── tests/
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│ │ └── system-design.md # Interview answer
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│ └── weekly-retrospective.md
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│
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├── week-04-infrastructure/
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│ ├── README.md
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│ ├── day-01-docker/
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│ │ ├── notes.md
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│ │ ├── Dockerfile
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│ │ ├── .dockerignore
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│ │ └── multi-stage-build.md
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│ ├── day-02-replication/
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│ │ ├── notes.md
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│ │ ├── docker-compose.yml # Primary-Replica
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│ │ └── replication-setup.md
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│ ├── day-03-read-write-split/
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│ │ ├── notes.md
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│ │ ├── app/
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│ │ │ ├── db_router.py
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│ │ │ └── config.py
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│ │ └── proxysql-config.cnf
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│ ├── day-04-scaling-strategies/
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│ │ ├── notes.md
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│ │ ├── partitioning_demo.sql
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│ │ └── scaling-interview-answers.md
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│ ├── day-05-docker-compose/
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│ │ ├── notes.md
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│ │ ├── docker-compose.yml # Full stack
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│ │ └── architecture-diagram.png
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│ └── weekly-retrospective.md
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│
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├── week-05-observability/
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│ ├── README.md
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│ ├── day-01-structured-logging/
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│ │ ├── notes.md
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│ │ ├── logging_config.py
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│ │ └── sample_logs.json
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│ ├── day-02-prometheus/
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│ │ ├── notes.md
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│ │ ├── instrumented_app/
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│ │ │ ├── main.py
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│ │ │ └── metrics.py
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│ │ └── prometheus.yml
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│ ├── day-03-grafana/
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│ │ ├── notes.md
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│ │ ├── dashboards/ # JSON exports
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│ │ └── dashboard-screenshots/
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│ ├── day-04-sentry/
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│ │ ├── notes.md
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│ │ ├── sentry_integration.py
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│ │ └── error-scenarios.md
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│ ├── day-05-outage-simulation/
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│ │ ├── notes.md
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│ │ ├── postmortem.md # STAR format
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│ │ └── incident-timeline.md
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│ └── weekly-retrospective.md
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│
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├── week-06-security/
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│ ├── README.md
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│ ├── day-01-oauth-jwt/
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│ │ ├── notes.md
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│ │ ├── auth_service/
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│ │ │ ├── main.py
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│ │ │ ├── jwt_handler.py
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│ │ │ └── models.py
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│ │ └── oauth-flows.md
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│ ├── day-02-password-hashing/
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│ │ ├── notes.md
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│ │ ├── auth.py
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│ │ └── password-comparison.md # bcrypt vs argon2
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│ ├── day-03-refresh-tokens/
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│ │ ├── notes.md
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│ │ ├── token_rotation.py
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│ │ └── security-tests.md
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│ ├── day-04-sql-injection-secrets/
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│ │ ├── notes.md
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│ │ ├── sql_injection_examples.md
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│ │ ├── vault_integration.py
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│ │ └── .env.example
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│ ├── day-05-owasp/
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│ │ ├── notes.md
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│ │ ├── security-audit.md
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│ │ └── owasp-checklist.md
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│ └── weekly-retrospective.md
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│
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├── week-07-system-design/
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│ ├── README.md
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│ ├── day-01-microservices/
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│ │ ├── notes.md
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│ │ ├── ecommerce-design.md
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│ │ └── service-boundaries.png
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│ ├── day-02-grpc/
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│ │ ├── notes.md
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│ │ ├── protos/
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│ │ │ └── user_service.proto
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│ │ ├── server.py
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│ │ └── client.py
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│ ├── day-03-refactoring/
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│ │ ├── notes.md
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│ │ ├── monolith/ # Before
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│ │ ├── microservices/ # After
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│ │ │ ├── user-service/
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│ │ │ └── order-service/
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│ │ └── migration-strategy.md
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│ ├── day-04-api-gateway/
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│ │ ├── notes.md
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│ │ ├── gateway/
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│ │ │ ├── main.py
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│ │ │ ├── routing.py
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│ │ │ └── middleware/
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│ │ └── architecture.png
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│ ├── day-05-mock-interviews/
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│ │ ├── notes.md
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│ │ ├── design-instagram.md
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│ │ ├── design-uber.md
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│ │ ├── design-netflix.md
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│ │ └── interview-recording-notes.md
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│ └── weekly-retrospective.md
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│
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├── week-08-final-project/
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│ ├── README.md # Project overview
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│ ├── architecture/
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│ │ ├── system-diagram.png
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│ │ ├── database-schema.sql
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│ │ └── api-specification.yaml # OpenAPI
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│ ├── src/
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│ │ ├── api/
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│ │ │ ├── main.py
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│ │ │ ├── routes/
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│ │ │ ├── models/
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│ │ │ └── middleware/
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│ │ ├── workers/
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│ │ │ ├── celery_app.py
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│ │ │ └── tasks/
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│ │ ├── database/
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│ │ │ ├── migrations/
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│ │ │ └── seeds/
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│ │ └── config/
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│ │ ├── settings.py
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│ │ └── logging.py
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│ ├── infrastructure/
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│ │ ├── docker-compose.yml
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│ │ ├── Dockerfile
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│ │ ├── prometheus/
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│ │ ├── grafana/
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│ │ └── nginx/
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│ ├── tests/
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│ │ ├── unit/
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│ │ ├── integration/
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│ │ └── load/
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│ ├── monitoring/
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│ │ ├── dashboards/
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│ │ └── alerts/
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│ ├── docs/
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│ │ ├── setup.md
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│ │ ├── deployment.md
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│ │ └── troubleshooting.md
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│ ├── requirements.txt
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│ ├── pyproject.toml
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│ └── weekly-retrospective.md
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│
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├── portfolio/
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│ ├── README.md # Portfolio overview for recruiters
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│ ├── project-showcase.md # Best projects with screenshots
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│ ├── technical-blog-posts/ # Write-ups of key learnings
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│ │ ├── gil-deep-dive.md
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│ │ ├── database-scaling.md
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│ │ └── microservices-migration.md
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│ └── resume-bullets.md # Achievement-focused bullets
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│
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└── scripts/
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├── setup.sh # Initial environment setup
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├── daily-commit.sh # Automated daily commit template
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└── week-summary.py # Generate weekly progress report
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```
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---
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## Key Features
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### 📁 Week-Based Structure
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Each week is self-contained with daily subdirectories for focused learning and implementation.
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### 📝 Documentation-First
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Every directory includes:
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- `README.md` for overview and goals
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- `notes.md` for learning retention
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- Interview preparation materials
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### 🔄 Retrospectives
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Weekly reflection documents to:
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- Track progress
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- Identify challenges
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- Adjust learning strategies
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### 💼 Portfolio Section
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Ready-to-share materials including:
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- Project showcases with screenshots
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- Technical blog posts
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- Resume-ready achievement bullets
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### 🧪 Tests Included
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Demonstrates production-ready code practices with unit, integration, and load tests.
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### 🐳 Infrastructure as Code
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All Docker configurations versioned for reproducibility and easy environment setup.
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### 📊 Interview Prep
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Dedicated sections for:
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- Behavioral interviews (STAR method)
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- Technical interviews (LeetCode-style)
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- System design practice
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---
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## Suggested `.gitignore`
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```gitignore
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# Python
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__pycache__/
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*.py[cod]
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*$py.class
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*.so
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.Python
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venv/
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env/
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.venv
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# IDE
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.vscode/
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.idea/
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*.swp
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*.swo
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# Secrets
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.env
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*.pem
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*.key
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secrets/
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# Database
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*.db
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*.sqlite3
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# Logs
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*.log
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logs/
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# Profiling
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*.prof
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*.trace
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# OS
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.DS_Store
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Thumbs.db
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# Docker
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.docker/
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```
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---
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## Daily Workflow
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### 1. Start of Day
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```bash
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# Create daily branch
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git checkout -b week-01/day-01
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# Navigate to daily directory
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cd week-01-python-internals/day-01-gil/
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```
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### 2. During Learning
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- Take notes in `notes.md`
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- Write code with meaningful commits
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- Document interview questions and answers
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### 3. End of Day
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```bash
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# Commit daily work
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git add .
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git commit -m "Week 1 Day 1: GIL deep dive and CPU-bound comparison"
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# Merge to main
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git checkout main
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git merge week-01/day-01
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git push origin main
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```
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### 4. End of Week
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- Complete `weekly-retrospective.md`
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- Update `docs/progress-tracker.md`
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- Review and refactor code
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---
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## Portfolio Building
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### During the Program
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- Document key learnings in `technical-blog-posts/`
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- Take screenshots of working projects
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- Write achievement-focused bullets for resume
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### After Completion
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- Make repository public on GitHub
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- Add comprehensive README with project highlights
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- Link to portfolio in resume and LinkedIn
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---
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## Benefits of This Structure
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✅ **Granular Progress Tracking** — Daily commits show consistent effort
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✅ **Interview-Ready** — Easy to reference specific projects during interviews
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✅ **Portfolio-Friendly** — Clean structure for sharing with recruiters
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✅ **Reproducible** — Anyone can clone and follow along
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✅ **Scalable** — Easy to add more weeks or topics
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✅ **Professional** — Demonstrates software engineering best practices
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---
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## Getting Started
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1. **Initialize Repository**
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```bash
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git init career-progression-2026
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cd career-progression-2026
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```
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2. **Create Directory Structure**
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```bash
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# Use the provided setup script
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bash scripts/setup.sh
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```
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3. **Start Week 1**
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```bash
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cd week-01-python-internals/day-01-gil/
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# Begin learning and coding!
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```
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4. **Track Progress**
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- Update `docs/progress-tracker.md` daily
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- Commit frequently with descriptive messages
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- Review weekly retrospectives
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---
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## Success Metrics
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By the end of 8 weeks, you should have:
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- ✅ **40+ days** of documented learning and code
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- ✅ **8 major projects** demonstrating different skills
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- ✅ **Portfolio-ready** GitHub repository
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- ✅ **Interview stories** using STAR method
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- ✅ **System design** practice for senior roles
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- ✅ **Technical blog posts** showcasing expertise
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---
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## Next Steps
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After completing the 8-week program:
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1. **Apply to positions** with your portfolio repository
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2. **Continue contributing** to open-source projects
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3. **Publish blog posts** on Medium or Dev.to
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4. **Practice interviews** on Pramp or interviewing.io
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5. **Network** by sharing your learnings on LinkedIn
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---
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## License
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Choose an appropriate license (MIT recommended for portfolio projects).
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---
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## Contact
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Add your contact information and links:
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- GitHub: [your-username]
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- LinkedIn: [your-profile]
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- Email: [your-email]
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---
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**Good luck with your career progression journey! 🚀**
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