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Become the Highest Paid Engineer at Your Company

Learn skills to operate at Staff+, from safe AI integration to crisis leadership now. This free course maps your path to impact engineering and nods to Educative’s meme, John, the top-paid engineer.

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Learn the essential skills to operate at a Staff+ level, from integrating AI safely to guiding teams through crises. This free course gives you a clear roadmap to high-impact engineering and delivers it with a wink to Educative’s viral meme: John, the top-paid engineer who’s never around.

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WHAT YOU'LL LEARN

Refactor and stabilize legacy codebases without breaking what’s already working.

Design and evolve complex systems with Staff+ level clarity.

Build and orchestrate AI-driven components that make your team faster.

Engineer reliability through observability, feature flags, and effective incident response.

Transform data pipelines into scalable product infrastructure.

Apply security practices that protect users and velocity at the same time.

Communicate like a leader and develop execution systems that scale your impact.

Craft a promotion packet and compensation strategy grounded in real business value.

Refactor and stabilize legacy codebases without breaking what’s already working.

Content

53 Lessons5 Quizzes

John 2.0

1 Lessons

Understand the road ahead—and why your mission is to be better than John.

Introduction

Legacy Code Whisperer

5 Lessons

Enhance incident response, ensure safe code changes, and strategize legacy migrations effectively.

Next Steps for Staff+ in Legacy Code

System Design Like a Staff+

8 Lessons

Learn which System Design skills you need to break into engineering leadership.

AI Engineering

6 Lessons

Leverage AI tools and strategies to enhance engineering productivity and career growth.

Reliability Under Fire

5 Lessons

Learn how to handle incidents and keep your team ready for anything (unlike John, whose team freezes every time he’s OOO).

Data Engineering for Product Impact

7 Lessons

Master data engineering skills to drive impactful decisions and enhance career growth.

Security Without Drama

7 Lessons

Learn essential security practices to safeguard systems effectively.

Product Sense

6 Lessons

Master essential skills for influencing product decisions.

Multiplier Habits and Systems

4 Lessons

Embrace strategies to enhance productivity, mentorship, and organizational impact.

10.

Bonus: Comp Strategy and Promotion Packets

3 Lessons

Prepare yourself to negotiate and get paid what you're worth.

11.

Congratulations, John 2.0

1 Lessons

Become the force multiplier, system expert, and AI commander you’re meant to be—minus the John drama.

Certificate of Completion

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Developed by MAANG Engineers

Every Educative lesson is designed by a team of ex-MAANG software engineers and PhD computer science educators, and developed in consultation with developers and data scientists working at Meta, Google, and more. Our mission is to get you hands-on with the necessary skills to stay ahead in a constantly changing industry. No video, no fluff. Just interactive, project-based learning with personalized feedback that adapts to your goals and experience.

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Hands-on Learning Powered by AI

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Personalized Interview Prep

Skip the LeetCode grind with a custom roadmap that adapts to your goals. Hands-on practice for Coding Interviews, System Design, and more.

Mock Interviews

Test your skills in a simulated interview setting. Receive personalized feedback based on your performance. Available for Coding Interviews, System Design, and more.

AI Prompt

Build prompt engineering skills. Practice implementing AI-informed solutions.

Code Feedback

Evaluate and debug your code with the click of a button. Get real-time feedback on test cases, including time and space complexity of your solutions.

Explain with AI

Select any text within any Educative course, and get an instant explanation — without ever leaving your browser.

AI Code Mentor

AI Code Mentor helps you quickly identify errors in your code, learn from your mistakes, and nudge you in the right direction — just like a 1:1 tutor!

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