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Dev Ascension

Grow into a senior engineer by doing senior work.

Realistic software delivery simulations for software and data engineers. Make the decisions, ship the code, take the review — and see your capability rise.

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ad-spend-ingestion / stage 3 Saved
MERGE INTO spend AS t
USING staged_events AS s
  ON t.event_id = s.event_id   -- idempotent key
WHEN NOT MATCHED THEN
  INSERT (event_id, campaign, cost)
  VALUES (s.event_id, s.campaign, s.cost);
Review score82 / 100

Deduplication is correct. Add a late-arrival window and a test for replayed batches.

Why simulations

Exercises test recall. Real projects build judgment.

Isolated coding exercisesDev Ascension
Isolated puzzle, one right answerA team, a backlog and competing constraints
Pass or fail on hidden testsScored on correctness, trade-offs and communication
Skills forgotten after the interviewDaily delivery habits built through repetition

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Practice, feedback, measured progress.

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Work the full lifecycle

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02

Get senior-level feedback

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03

Track demonstrated capability

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