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Chapter III · Pre-Camp

The Curriculum.

Four weeks. Eight to ten hours per week. One real project, built under pressure,
with the people who do it for a living.

Format
Remote, live + async
Time
8-10 hrs / week
Cohort size
10 Fellows
Cost
Free
The four weeks

Click a week.
See how it actually unfolds.

Onboarding plus four full weeks of work. Each week has its own theme, its own deliverable, and seven days of structure designed to push you. The whole arc takes you from "I have an idea" to "I have a polished project I can talk about anywhere."

3 days

Onboarding

Set the stage. Lose nothing to logistics.

Day 1

Welcome call

All ten Fellows meet each other on a single live call. Fizzmind team introduces the programme, the personal coaches, and the four-week arc. 60 minutes.

Day 2

Coach matching

Each Fellow is paired with a personal coach based on track and project interest. 30-minute first call. Coach introduces themselves. Fellow shares their existing work.

Day 3

Tools setup

Slack workspace, GitHub team, project board, calendar with the personal coach. Fellow writes a one-page “where I am” doc. Coach sends 2-3 short essays as pre-reading.

Continuous, every week

What runs through
all four weeks.

Cohort Slack

Where the ten Fellows talk. Peer support. Banter. Shared resources. This is where the friendships that last decades begin.

Daily check-in

Ten minutes. Fellow posts what they did yesterday and what they plan today. Personal coach reads it. Sometimes comments.

Open office hours

Twice a week. The Fizzmind senior team holds an open call for any Fellow to drop in with a question.

One surprise guest

Somewhere across the four weeks, an unannounced figure spends 60 to 90 minutes with the cohort. Notable. Unscripted. The kind of room kids never get into.

What you walk into camp with

Six things the rest of your
cohort does not yet have.

01

A working project you built over a month with expert support

02

A polished 3-minute demo video

03

A GitHub repo with a real README

04

The skill to talk about your work like a senior engineer

05

Nine friendships with peers from around the world

06

A coach who knows you and your work

By the time camp begins, you are not starting your project.
You are iterating on it.