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Platform Engineering Fundamentals

Platform Engineering Fundamentals

8 weeks  //  starting in August  //  COHORT-BASED 1hr live session per week + hands-on tasks
$2,149
$1,720
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👉 Master all the key concepts of platform engineering
👉 Build your first Internal Developer Platform hands-on
👉 Get access to best practice blueprints + templates
This course is designed to maximize interactivity, Q&A, collaboration and create the best environment for hands-on work. This is not the kind of course where you just get a video link.
Hosted by
Luca Galante
Core contributor Platform
Engineering, Product @ Humanitec
Clemens Jütte
Ex-Microsoft, Pivotal, Redis, now
Platform Therapist @ Humanitec
SPECIAL GUEST SPEAKERS
Ajay Chankramath
Head of Platform Engineering
@ Thoughtworks
Manuel Pais
Team Topologies co-author
"This course is crucial for anyone looking to start or improve Platform Engineering practices within their organization. The team are true experts."
Ajay Chankramath
Head of Platform Engineering @ Thoughtworks
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Who we made this for

Beginner
Anyone who wants to get started in platform engineering
PRACTITIONERS
DevOps and SRE practitioners who want to upskill
PRODUCT TEAMS
Product managers who want to build
a platform
Invest in YOUR career
To put our price into context 👇
  • An entry level Platform Engineer can earn ~$138,000 annual salary
  • Platform Engineers can earn 42.5% more on average than DevOps ($65,439 more per year)
  • Other courses that don’t teach such comprehensive skills cost between $4000-$8000
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The curriculum:
two months of platform engineering

Module 1
August
Intro to platform engineering
Theory
  • Welcome and intro to curriculum
  • Why platform engineering
  • Key concepts
Module 2
August
How to build an Internal Developer Platform
Theory
  • Platform as a Product
  • Different approaches to building an IDP
  • Backends vs Frontends, where to get started
Module 3
August
Get started with reference architectures
Theory
Hands-on
  • Intro to reference architectures, overview of five planes
  • Technical demo: how to set up your own
  • Get started building!
Module 4
August
Design golden paths for developers
Theory
Hands-on
  • The art of building golden paths
  • Configuring your platform backend
  • Hands on!
Module 5
August
Find the right abstraction(s)
Theory
Hands-on
  • Golden paths vs golden cages
  • UI vs code-based interfaces
  • Build your DevEx flows
Module 6
September
Infrastructure platform engineering
Theory
Hands-on
  • What you built so far
  • What does it mean for infrastructure teams?
  • A vending machine for your infra
Module 7
September
How to build your Minimum Viable Platform
Theory
  • Why Minimum Viable Platform
  • The four phases of an MVP
  • Design to deploy phases
Module 8
September
Sell your MVP to key stakeholders
Theory
  • Why you need to be a salesperson
  • Speak their language
  • Wrap up
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1000s of hours building platforms,
distilled into 8 sessions for you

What's next?

MVP to IDP
Go beyond the basics to design full blown rollout strategies and adoption paths across multiple workflows and teams. Bring your platform engineering skillset to the next level.
Coming soon
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Certification
Test your knowledge with a combination of theory and hands-on tasks. Get a real badge of honor and advance in your platform engineering career.
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