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Junior Developer Track

Not sure which lane is yours? Start here and find out.

What you’ll work on

  • Rotate through frontend, backend, full stack, and mobile work in structured stints
  • Work on real tickets across different codebases and technologies
  • Experience different types of development work before choosing a direction
  • Learn how professional development teams communicate, collaborate, and deliver work
  • Transition toward a specialisation once you have enough experience to make a more informed choice

Professional capabilities you’ll develop

  • Programming fundamentals
  • Working with Git and collaborative development workflows
  • Reading and understanding unfamiliar code
  • Debugging and problem-solving
  • Asking useful technical questions
  • Understanding how different development roles fit together
  • Building self-knowledge about the type of work you want to pursue

Technologies you may encounter

  • React
  • Laravel
  • React Native
  • Git
  • Different project-specific technologies and tools

Examples of real work

  • Contributing to features across different live client projects
  • Building a portfolio from shipped work rather than only tutorial projects

Who this suits

You know you want a career in technology but haven’t worked out which lane fits you yet. You’re willing to try different kinds of work, learn from the experience, and gradually choose where you want to steer.


Prerequisites

Prerequisites are a starting point, not a promise that you already know everything. You're expected to learn during the experience — but you also need enough foundation to participate in real work and take responsibility for your own progress.

Junior Developer Track

  • Basic programming fundamentals
  • Some experience writing code
  • Basic understanding of HTML, CSS, and/or JavaScript is helpful
  • Basic Git familiarity is helpful
  • Ability to solve simple programming problems
  • Willingness to work through problems rather than expecting immediate answers
  • Curiosity about different areas of technology

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