INIT_ · Robotics and logic
Typical ages 5–10. Build visible cause-and-effect through robots, sensors, block coding, logic, and sequencing.
PROGRAMS
Course families are starting points, not grade levels.
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COMPILE_ · Physical computing
Typical ages 11–14, but not age-gated. Build circuits, ESP32 projects, Python, robotics, automation, and IoT.
ROOT_ · Real systems
Typical ages 15+ through adults, career changers, and IT professionals. Work across Linux, networking, Git, containers, Kubernetes, cloud, and platform engineering.
CAMPS_ · Focused seasonal builds
Short-format offers drawn from any family. Every camp publishes its own theme, readiness, schedule, price, and requirements.
Where families overlap
COMPILE_ and ROOT_ intentionally meet where hardware connects to Linux, networking, MQTT, automation, IoT, and operations. One is not a universal prerequisite for the other.
Placement
Admissions considers goals, current experience, readiness, safety, and offer requirements. Age is useful context, not an automatic routing rule.
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