Course curriculum

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- Welcome and how this course works Free Preview
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IT vocabulary 1 · The Team and the Work
- 1 · Roles in a Software Team
- 1 · Roles in a Software Team: quiz
- 2 · How We Build Software
- 2 · How We Build Software: quiz
- 3 · Planning and Estimating
- 3 · Planning and Estimating: quiz
- 4 · Tickets and Tracking Work
- 4 · Tickets and Tracking Work: quiz
- 5 · Stand-ups, Planning and Retros
- 5 · Stand-ups, Planning and Retros: quiz
- 6 · Working Across Time Zones
- 6 · Working Across Time Zones: quiz
- IT vocabulary 1: answer key for open tasks
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IT vocabulary 2 · Building Software
- 7 · Code and the Codebase
- 7 · Code and the Codebase: quiz
- 8 · Version Control and Code Review
- 8 · Version Control and Code Review: quiz
- 9 · Testing and Quality
- 9 · Testing and Quality: quiz
- 10 · Builds, Releases and Deployment
- 10 · Builds, Releases and Deployment: quiz
- 11 · Systems and Architecture
- 11 · Systems and Architecture: quiz
- 12 · Data and Databases
- 12 · Data and Databases: quiz
- IT vocabulary 2: answer key for open tasks
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IT vocabulary 3 · Running Software
- 13 · Cloud and Infrastructure
- 13 · Cloud and Infrastructure: quiz
- 14 · Monitoring and Performance
- 14 · Monitoring and Performance: quiz
- 15 · Bugs and Troubleshooting
- 15 · Bugs and Troubleshooting: quiz
- 16 · Incidents and On-call
- 16 · Incidents and On-call: quiz
- 17 · Security and Access
- 17 · Security and Access: quiz
- 18 · Users, Support and Customers
- 18 · Users, Support and Customers: quiz
- IT vocabulary 3: answer key for open tasks
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IT vocabulary 4 · Talking About Tech, and Your Career
- 19 · Product, Features and Roadmaps
- 19 · Product, Features and Roadmaps: quiz
- 20 · Explaining Tech in Plain English
- 20 · Explaining Tech in Plain English: quiz
- 21 · Options and Trade-offs
- 21 · Options and Trade-offs: quiz
- 22 · Problems, Risks and Delays
- 22 · Problems, Risks and Delays: quiz
- 23 · Feedback and Growing in Your Role
- 23 · Feedback and Growing in Your Role: quiz
- 24 · Tech Job Interviews
- 24 · Tech Job Interviews: quiz
- IT vocabulary 4: answer key for open tasks
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Writing at work 1 · Tickets and Bug Reports
- 1 · Writing for a Busy, Distributed Team
- 1 · Writing for a Busy, Distributed Team: quiz
- 2 · Writing a Clear Ticket
- 2 · Writing a Clear Ticket: quiz
- 3 · Bug Reports That Get Fixed
- 3 · Bug Reports That Get Fixed: quiz
- 4 · Asking Questions and Clarifying Requirements
- 4 · Asking Questions and Clarifying Requirements: quiz
- 5 · Ticket Comments and Status Updates
- 5 · Ticket Comments and Status Updates: quiz
- 6 · Priorities, Estimates and Risks in Writing
- 6 · Priorities, Estimates and Risks in Writing: quiz
- Writing at work 1: answer key for open tasks
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Writing at work 2 · Code and Code Reviews
- 7 · Commit Messages
- 7 · Commit Messages: quiz
- 8 · Pull-Request Descriptions
- 8 · Pull-Request Descriptions: quiz
- 9 · Giving Code Review Feedback
- 9 · Giving Code Review Feedback: quiz
- 10 · Responding to Review Comments
- 10 · Responding to Review Comments: quiz
- 11 · Explaining a Technical Decision
- 11 · Explaining a Technical Decision: quiz
- 12 · Code Comments and README Files
- 12 · Code Comments and README Files: quiz
- Writing at work 2: answer key for open tasks
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Writing at work 3 · Team Chat, Email and Planning
- 13 · Async Stand-ups and Status Updates
- 13 · Async Stand-ups and Status Updates: quiz
- 14 · Team Chat: Asking for Help and Using Threads
- 14 · Team Chat: Asking for Help and Using Threads: quiz
- 15 · Writing to Non-technical Colleagues
- 15 · Writing to Non-technical Colleagues: quiz
- 16 · Saying No, Pushing Back and Negotiating Scope
- 16 · Saying No, Pushing Back and Negotiating Scope: quiz
- 17 · Meeting Notes, Decisions and Action Items
- 17 · Meeting Notes, Decisions and Action Items: quiz
- 18 · Replying to Customers and Support Escalations
- 18 · Replying to Customers and Support Escalations: quiz
- Writing at work 3: answer key for open tasks
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Writing at work 4 · Incidents, Documents and Your Career
- 19 · Incident Updates
- 19 · Incident Updates: quiz
- 20 · Postmortems Without Blame
- 20 · Postmortems Without Blame: quiz
- 21 · Handover Notes and Onboarding Guides
- 21 · Handover Notes and Onboarding Guides: quiz
- 22 · Design Proposals
- 22 · Design Proposals: quiz
- 23 · Feedback, Self-reviews and Thanking People
- 23 · Feedback, Self-reviews and Thanking People: quiz
- 24 · Applying for Tech Jobs in English
- 24 · Applying for Tech Jobs in English: quiz
- Writing at work 4: answer key for open tasks
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Job interviews 1 · Getting the Interview
- 1 · How Tech Hiring Works
- 1 · How Tech Hiring Works: quiz
- 2 · Your CV in English
- 2 · Your CV in English: quiz
- 3 · Cover Letters and Application Messages
- 3 · Cover Letters and Application Messages: quiz
- 4 · Your Online Profile and Recruiter Messages
- 4 · Your Online Profile and Recruiter Messages: quiz
- 5 · Screening Calls with Recruiters
- 5 · Screening Calls with Recruiters: quiz
- 6 · “Tell Me About Yourself”
- 6 · “Tell Me About Yourself”: quiz
- Job interviews 1: answer key for open tasks
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Job interviews 2 · Behavioural Interviews
- 7 · Telling a Story with STAR
- 7 · Telling a Story with STAR: quiz
- 8 · Teamwork and Working with Others
- 8 · Teamwork and Working with Others: quiz
- 9 · Conflict and Disagreement
- 9 · Conflict and Disagreement: quiz
- 10 · Mistakes, Failures and What You Learned
- 10 · Mistakes, Failures and What You Learned: quiz
- 11 · Ownership, Initiative and Leadership
- 11 · Ownership, Initiative and Leadership: quiz
- 12 · Strengths, Weaknesses and Motivation
- 12 · Strengths, Weaknesses and Motivation: quiz
- Job interviews 2: answer key for open tasks
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Job interviews 3 · Technical Rounds
- 13 · Talking About Your Past Projects
- 13 · Talking About Your Past Projects: quiz
- 14 · Thinking Aloud in Live Coding
- 14 · Thinking Aloud in Live Coding: quiz
- 15 · System Design Conversations
- 15 · System Design Conversations: quiz
- 16 · Take-home Tasks and Presenting Your Solution
- 16 · Take-home Tasks and Presenting Your Solution: quiz
- 17 · When You Don’t Know or Don’t Understand
- 17 · When You Don’t Know or Don’t Understand: quiz
- 18 · Your Questions for the Interviewer
- 18 · Your Questions for the Interviewer: quiz
- Job interviews 3: answer key for open tasks
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Job interviews 4 · Offers and Next Steps
- 19 · Video Interviews and Interview Days
- 19 · Video Interviews and Interview Days: quiz
- 20 · Following Up and Thank-you Messages
- 20 · Following Up and Thank-you Messages: quiz
- 21 · Talking About Salary and Benefits
- 21 · Talking About Salary and Benefits: quiz
- 22 · Offers, Negotiating and Saying No
- 22 · Offers, Negotiating and Saying No: quiz
- 23 · Rejection, Feedback and Trying Again
- 23 · Rejection, Feedback and Trying Again: quiz
- 24 · Your First 90 Days in a New Team
- 24 · Your First 90 Days in a New Team: quiz
- Job interviews 4: answer key for open tasks
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Reference, next steps and downloads
- Reference: it vocabulary
- Reference: writing at work
- Reference: job interviews
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English for IT Teams B1–B2: Vocabulary, Writing & Job Interviews

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