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12-Week Tracker#
Fill in after each week. Do not skip a week. Volume can shrink; timing and story practice cannot.
Weekly check-in (5 min every Sunday)#
| Week | Date | Hours logged | Problems timed | Problems reviewed | Patterns weak | Design done | Stories practiced | Mock done | Notes |
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Thresholds:
- < 12 hours logged → cut scope, don't cut timed practice
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2 misses on same pattern → re-solve + add to slow list
- < 3 story rehearsals → add 30 min Sunday slot
- No mock by week 9 → cancel a design session, run mock
Slow-pattern list (add here, review weekly)#
| Pattern | Week first saw | Times missed | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
Story bank (write one line per story now)#
| # | Theme | One-line summary | Metric |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ambiguity | ||
| 2 | Disagreement | ||
| 3 | Cross-functional | ||
| 4 | Failure | ||
| 5 | Mentorship | ||
| 6 | Impact | ||
| 7 | Impact 2 | ||
| 8 | Technical depth |
Update: add dates, numbers, what you'd repeat.
Design write-ups (redraw from memory)#
| Design | Week | Can redraw in 40 min? |
|---|---|---|
| URL shortener | ||
| Rate limiter | ||
| Drive/Docs | ||
| YouTube ingest | ||
| Analytics pipeline |
Mock log (after each mock)#
| Date | # | Language | Problems | Time left | Hint needed? | LP told? | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Daily ritual checklist#
- Restate problem (2 min)
- Examples (3 min)
- Brute + complexity (2 min)
- Name pattern (1 min)
- Code (15–30 min)
- Dry-run example (3 min)
- Edge cases (2 min)
- Time/space (1 min)
Never skip a day. If you can't do the full 2h, do the ritual (30 min) and one small pattern review.