Career paths

Who do you want to become?

Each path is a sequence of courses and labs on real virtual machines, published only when its content is ready. Read the roadmap, see the price, and decide.

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No experience neededCertificate5 labs

Infrastructure Pathway: IT support to platform engineering

Ten courses from resetting a password on a helpdesk to running hybrid infrastructure: Windows troubleshooting, networking, Active Directory and PowerShell, Linux, Python scripting, virtualization, Ansible, CI/CD, Azure Local, and platform engineering. Five of the ten include a hosted lab on a real virtual machine.

Courses
10 courses
Lessons
100 lessons
Content time
130 h 10 min

Infrastructure · Software

$299.00introductory price

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No experience neededCertificate1 lab

AI Applications Pathway: Python and SQL to secure deployment

Seven courses from your first Python script to an AI application you can defend in review: Python, SQL, APIs, data preparation, retrieval-based applications, evaluation, and secure deployment and monitoring. Most of the work is done in an editor on your own machine; one course includes a hosted lab.

Courses
7 courses
Lessons
70 lessons
Content time
105 h 10 min

Software · Analytics · Ai

$249.00introductory price

Three learners at a lab table with laptops and a server on a cart.
No experience neededCertificate3 labs

Analytics Pathway: SQL to analytics engineering

Six courses from your first SQL query to the transformation layer an analytics team runs on: SQL, Python for analysis, Power BI reporting, dimensional modeling, dbt pipelines, and data engineering foundations. Three of the six include a hosted lab on a real virtual machine.

Courses
6 courses
Lessons
60 lessons
Content time
82 h 55 min

Analytics · Database

$199.00introductory price

Three learners at a lab table with laptops and a server on a cart.
No experience neededCertificate4 labs

Database Pathway: SQL foundations to data architecture

Six courses that take you from your first SELECT statement to the architecture behind a production data platform: SQL, SQL Server administration, recovery and performance, dimensional modeling, data engineering, and data architecture. Four of the six include a hosted lab on a real virtual machine.

Courses
6 courses
Lessons
60 lessons
Content time
95 h 55 min

Analytics · Database

$199.00introductory price

Three learners at a lab table with laptops and a server on a cart.
No experience neededCertificate5 labs

Defensive Security Pathway: networking and Linux to security engineering

Seven courses from reading a packet capture to engineering the detections a security team runs on: networking, Linux administration, SOC investigation, incident response, detection engineering, security engineering, and the attacker's side of web security. Five of the seven include a hosted lab on a real virtual machine.

Courses
7 courses
Lessons
70 lessons
Content time
106 h 55 min

Infrastructure · Security

$249.00introductory price

Three learners at a lab table with laptops and a server on a cart.
No experience neededCertificate1 lab

Software Pathway: Python to system design

Eight courses from your first Python script to designing a system that has to stay up: Python, Git and containers, APIs and SQL, automated testing, Kubernetes, web security, and system design. Most of the work is done in an editor on your own machine; one course includes a hosted lab.

Courses
8 courses
Lessons
80 lessons
Content time
106 h 20 min

Software · Analytics · Security

$249.00introductory price

6 paths published. Paths are added as their courses and labs are ready.