We will soon be announcing a dozen or so new students in Cohort-3. This requires some changes to our mentoring and challenge process.
Previous Challenge Page.
We have been operating for two years now with Cohort-1 and Cohort-2 using the simple Take a challenge page. I trained the Cohort-1 guys, and they in turn started to train the Cohort-2 group. When that was completed, those two cohorts became a working team called A-Team in August of 2025.
New Challenge Structure
Starting recently, the A-Team is now training Cohort-3. In this and future cohorts the established students will pair up with new students and guide them on their journey. This will include close mentoring and working on challenges together.
Challenge Repositories
The mentor of each pair will create new repositories in his GitHub account for mentor and mentee to work together on a challenge. The mentor will be paid for his time and the mentee will be paid when the project is completed satisfactorily. The details of the progress will be tracked in the Issue list for the repository. This will now require that an Upwork contract will be setup for both. When the challenge is completed the contract will close.
New Challenge Page
A new challenge page will be added soon which will replace the original.
Philémon, as the A-Team project leader will provide more detailed instructions in the new page which will be called Pair Challenge Structure.
New Student Survey Site
A-Team has created a new WordPress site at http://student.MichaelKentBurns.com and is putting the finishing touches on that. It will allow the mentors to take the role of Instructor and the new mentees to register as the Student role.
More to come on this front…
Excited to be a part of this team as a member of the cohort 2. I’m really grateful for what I’ve learned and ready to help others to be has best has possible
I am honored to be one of the mentors now, having myself been mentored in this format. Leading others is a significant responsibility and a continuous learning process. I do not claim to know everything, but I am committed to supporting each mentee and moving forward together in this journey. Thanks to the team and all members for their trust.
I’m really excited to have the opportunity to learn in such an area as a new student for cohort-3. I hope to contribute to the advancement of this project in a long-term
I’m happy to join Cohort-3 and start this journey. I’m eager to learn from the mentors, improve my coding skills, and work on real challenges with the team. Thank you for creating this great learning environment.