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The 360° Skill Wheel & specializations

Map your skills spoke by spoke, get levels mentor-verified, and pick deep-dive tracks.

  • One radial map of your whole craft — every discipline, one glance
  • Mentor-verified levels turn self-belief into checkable proof
  • Specialization tracks show you how the best in the world learned each discipline

Your 360° Scope Wheel

The Skills page draws your whole craft as a wheel: every spoke is a discipline — software craft on one side, professional and customer-facing proficiency on the other. The filled length of each spoke encodes proficiency, so one glance tells you (and your mentor) where you're strong and where the gaps are.

Click any spoke to set where you honestly stand — beginner → intermediate → expert — and to open its curated free resources: hand-picked material for exactly that skill. Your self-ratings aren't vanity numbers; the platform and your mentor use them to guide what you're assigned, how you're evaluated, and how you're groomed.

Verified levels

Self-rating starts the map; verification makes it proof. As you pass exams, score in simulations and get mentor reviews, mentors verify spokes — a Mentor-verified shield appears, and the verified level always takes precedence over your self-rating. Verified skills are what flow into your Growth page, your proof dossier and (if you opt in) your public profile — so employers see levels someone actually checked.

Specialization deep-dives

The Specializations page is the wheel's forward gear: deep-dive tracks like sales engineering, support engineering, TPM and SRE, grouped by category. Each track shows how the best in the world do it — the books, courses, channels and people worth learning from.

Pick the disciplines you want to master. Your choices do real work: they shape your Month 5 deep-dive, tell your mentor where to steer you, and give your AI tutor the context to advise you well.

Work the loop

1. Rate yourself honestly — inflated spokes only misdirect your mentor.

2. Use each spoke's resources to close your weakest high-value gap.

3. Prove it (exams, simulations, war rooms) and let verification catch up.

4. Re-rate as you grow — the wheel should look different every month.

The journey, step by step

StepWhat you doWhat you get
Open the wheelGo to Skills — every spoke is a disciplineA 360° view of where you stand across software craft and professional skills
Set your levelsClick a spoke and set where you honestly are, beginner → intermediate → expertThe platform and your mentor use it to guide, evaluate and groom you
Mine the resourcesClick a spoke to see its curated free resourcesThe best material for exactly the skill you're growing
Get verifiedProve skills in exams, simulations and mentor reviewsA mentor-verified level appears on the spoke — verified always beats self-rated
Pick specializationsChoose deep-dive tracks on the Specializations pageYour choices steer your Month 5 deep-dive, your mentor and your AI tutor

Frequently asked

What do the levels on a spoke mean?

Each spoke runs from none through beginner and intermediate to expert. You set your self-assessed level; when a mentor verifies a skill, the verified level is shown with a shield and takes precedence over your self-rating.

Who sees my skill wheel?

You and your mentor. It's used to guide what you're assigned, how you're evaluated and where you're groomed next — and verified levels feed your proof and public profile.

What are specializations?

Deep-dive tracks — sales engineering, support, TPM, SRE and more — each with world-class references: the books, courses, channels and people to learn from. Pick the ones you want to master.

Do my specialization choices actually change anything?

Yes. They guide your Month 5 deep-dive, tell your mentor what to steer you toward, and give your AI tutor context for the advice it gives you.

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