Design reviews with people who will argue with you
System design is the one subject you cannot learn alone, because the skill being tested is defending a decision to someone who disagrees. Mock rounds, design reviews, and a place to post a diagram and be told what is wrong with it.
In development
What it does
Peer mock interviews, both sides of the table
Design reviews on your own diagrams
Study groups working the same track at the same time
Negotiation clinics before the offer conversation
There is nobody here yet
The community has not opened, so it has no members, no member count and no photographs of anyone. The export's version of this page had all three, and every one of them would have to be invented.
What follows is what it is meant to be, so you can judge the idea rather than a number.
Why system design needs other people
The skill being tested is defending a decision to someone who disagrees with it. That is not a thing you can practise alone.
Mock rounds, both sides
Running the interview teaches more than sitting it. You will do both, and the second is where you learn what an interviewer is actually listening for.
Design reviews on your diagrams
Post the thing you drew and be told what is wrong with it by someone who has no reason to be polite about it.
Study groups on one track
Same track, same weeks, same drills. Arguing about a trade-off with someone who just made the opposite choice is the fastest version of this.
Negotiation clinics
Before the offer conversation, not after it. The people who have just had that conversation are the ones worth asking.
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Tracks, from the network to the negotiation
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Modules, each ending in a drill
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Systems worked end to end
The rest of it
The Curriculum — Free
Every layer, from a packet to a payment system
Design Drills — Free
Learn the trade-off by paying for it
Question Bank — Pro
The questions, and what a strong answer contains
Application Assistant — Pro
Drafts the application. Never sends it without you.
Interview Tracker — Pro
A pipeline built for loops, not for a spreadsheet
Interview Calendar — Pro
Preparation scheduled against the round it is for
