Plan to the coding screen

Coding screen is Friday Oct 23, 2:00 PM Eastern. Everything new is finished by Monday Oct 19; the last three days are reviews and mocks only. Networking topics wait until after the screen.

Mon 12 · 3 tasks

• Topic 5 read slowly. →
• Labs 1, 2, 3. →
• Queue: next 6 from "Next up" plus reviews due. →

Tue 13 · 3 tasks

• Topics 3 and 7 skimmed. →
• Labs 4, 5, 6. →
• Queue: next 6 plus reviews due. →

Wed 14 · 3 tasks

• Topics 9 and 11, real time on the 2D grid section. →
• Battleships, the bomb follow-up and Minesweeper reveal, each written from memory and once more with a BFS flood fill. →
• Queue: next 6 plus reviews due. →

Thu 15 · 3 tasks

• Lab 11, the multi-file common words task. →
• Topic 13 for grid BFS and DFS only, 30 minutes. →
• Queue: next 6 plus reviews due. →

Fri 16 · 3 tasks

• Topic 15, automation and log aggregation. →
• Labs 7, 8. →
• Queue: next 6 plus reviews due. →

Sat 17 · 3 tasks

• Labs 9, 10. →
• Topic 17 skim, binary search and BST closest value only. →
• Queue: next 6 plus reviews due. That finishes the core tier. →

Sun 18 · 3 tasks

• Topic 1 idioms, 20-minute skim. →
• Breadth tier from the queue, 8 to 10 problems. →
• Reviews due. →

Mon 19 · 3 tasks

• Topic 20, the coding mock page; rehearse the follow-ups out loud: complexity, dict too big for memory, missing column or key, where try/except goes, file larger than RAM. →
• First timed 45-minute mock on mock.html, one file problem and one reserved problem, no execution, talking throughout. →
• Reviews due. Everything new is done. →

Tue 20 · 2 tasks

• Reviews due only, no new problems. →
• Redo any lab logged as assisted or slow. →

Wed 21 · 2 tasks

• Second timed mock with the other two reserved problems. →
• Reviews due. →

Thu 22 · 3 tasks

• Reviews due. →
• Screen-share test, virtual background off, scratch file ready. Stop early.
• Optional if idle: topics 2 and 6, nothing further. →

Fri 23 · 3 tasks

• One already-done lab under 15 minutes as warm-up. →
• Coding half of the review sheet, 20 minutes. →
• Nothing new. 2:00 PM: the screen.

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