You've been learning AI. Can you prove it?
FDE closes the gap between knowing about AI and proving what you can do with it – 30% guided learning, 70% building, testing, debugging, and defending real work.
You don't buy the whole journey up front.
Every level is a complete milestone with its own artifacts and graduation test. Most career changers start at Builder – nobody skips a level on a résumé alone.
Build something real, beginning to end.
For career changers, recent graduates, and returning professionals who need practical, provable evidence – not another tutorial.
Graduation: demonstrate the working system, explain your decisions, and field real questions – not an artificial high-pressure barrier.
Own delivery – and fix what breaks.
Builders ready to own a deployed system and support other contributors.
Live break-and-fix under fault injection, then an exit interview.
Coordinate systems, people, and recovery.
Practitioners moving into multi-agent, client-facing delivery.
Lead a live multi-system incident war room under time pressure.
Design so a team can succeed without you.
Senior builders responsible for system boundaries and handoff quality.
Silent Handoff – a team builds to your spec with zero help from you.
Turn isolated projects into a portfolio.
Leaders accountable for investment, governance, and adoption.
Defend the portfolio before an enterprise review board.
Earned, not an obstacle course.
A recommended exam, a 15–30 minute readiness conversation – not a single test deciding your entire future.
Complete Builder
Finish the required work and pass the practical review.
Add credibility (optional)
Take a recommended exam if it strengthens your story.
15–30 min conversation
Discuss commitment, evidence, and Foreman readiness.
Receive a decision
Ready now, ready with a plan, or more practice first.
Activate Foreman
Lock your price, pick a payment option, begin.
Your résumé says what you know. Your FDE portfolio proves what you can do.
Most training grades
what's safe to fail.
Five levels. One rule that doesn't bend.
You don't move up until you clear the signature test – and you don't graduate until you've taught it to someone below you.
We intentionally break our students' systems. Starting at Foreman.
Builder
Build and deploy a working system end to end – graded on what actually runs.
Foreman
Live Break: we break your own deployed system, live, and watch you fix it.
Contractor
War Room: a multi-system incident, under pressure, with people you don't control.
Architect
Silent Handoff: your design goes to a team that's never met you.
Planner
Defend your program-level design decisions before a graduation panel.
Every level runs on the same mastery framework. The last step is the one most programs skip.
Start with one level, or reserve the next.
A $100 refundable reservation locks your Foreman price without committing you to it – advancement still depends on readiness.
One Level at a Time
Enroll, graduate, then decide whether to continue. No obligation to buy the next level.
Build + Operate
Builder now, plus a refundable $100 reservation that locks your eligible Foreman price.
Build + Operate + Lead
Reserve Builder, Foreman, and Contractor – a three-level plan toward delivery leadership.
Price shouldn't be the only reason you can't start.
Three-Payment Plan
Three equal payments, no financing charge. The default for most learners.
Extended Monthly Plan
Spread payments across the course, plus a modest published admin fee.
Sponsored Access
Employer, nonprofit, or partner support for qualified learners.
Founding Cohort pricing, while it's still open.
A trade, not a discount: testimonial rights now, for permanent Early Adopter pricing on every level after this one.
| Level | Founding Cohort | After this cohort closes |
|---|---|---|
| BuilderFDE-100 | $900–1,320Save 40% | Then $1,200–1,760, then $1,500–2,200 |
| ForemanFDE-200 | $2,600–3,900Save 35% | Then $3,300–4,950, then $4,000–6,000 |
| ContractorFDE-300 | $4,900–7,100Save ~25% | Then $5,700–8,300, then $6,500–9,500 |
| ArchitectFDE-400 | $7,200–10,400Save 20% | Then $8,100–11,700, then $9,000–13,000 |
| PlannerFDE-500 | $9,350–13,600Save 15% | Then $10,200–14,800, then $11,000–16,000 |
| Full LadderBundle – all 5 | $19,700–27,700Save ~27% | Then $23,350–32,900, then $27,000–38,000 standard |
This isn't a cheaper MBA.
An MBA signals broad leadership readiness. The ladder proves something narrower: you can be handed a real system and own it, tested live, without quitting your job.
| MBA | FDE Ladder | |
|---|---|---|
| Cost | Often $100K–$200K+ | $900–$38,000, staged not lump-sum |
| Time away from work | ~2 years full-time | Hours per week, alongside your job |
| What it proves | Broad strategy competence, network | A specific, testable claim |
| Payoff timing | 5–10 years, via promotions | Usable the moment you clear a level |
What you can verify before you apply.
Public failure stories
Graduates present what went wrong before what went right – required, not optional.
Consistent standards
Tools evolve, but the graduation test for each level stays clear and unchanged.
Terms stated plainly
Founding Cohort trade-offs are disclosed here, not surfaced only at signup.
Applications are reviewed, not auto-accepted.
That's what keeps every level meaningful: a cohort screened for fit, who advanced through evidence – not simply payment.
Apply for Cohort ReviewPricing reflects three tiers confirmed during review. Program completion does not guarantee employment or compensation outcomes. The $100 Foreman reservation is refundable under published terms. An external technical exam may be recommended but is never required.