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Learn from the best of YouTube, in the right order.

SageLords turns scattered videos into a path you can actually finish: from your first lesson to the architecture, design documents and leadership most courses never reach.

Choose a track Start as a software engineer
Six pillars rising from Explorer to Expert. A dashed amber hire line crosses at the fourth, Competent, and the two tallest pillars break through it. Video lessons drift in from the left.

The hire line

Most courses stop here, at Competent. Every SageLords track keeps going, two levels past it, to Expert.

lessons, in order
296
creators on YouTube
258
levels, up to Expert
6

Pick a track

Each one is a career in order, built from the clearest free lessons on YouTube. Compare where they start and how far they go.

Hours you can give each week

  • Data

    Data Analyst

    From your first spreadsheet formula to leading analytics: SQL, statistics, dashboards and decisions.

    Job-ready in about 8 months99 lessons · Explorer → Expert

    Starts with

    1. What data analysts actually do all day

      9 min

    2. Telling data analyst, data scientist and data engineer apart

      14 min

    3. The entry-level market, honestly: pay, competition and what gets people hired

      10 min

    Goes as far as

    • Proficient, one level above the hire line

      Designing a trustworthy A/B test

    • Expert, two levels above the hire line

      Project: lead an organisation-level metrics or operating-model change

    Start lesson 1 of Data AnalystSee the full path for Data Analyst

  • Design

    Product Designer

    From first principles to hired, then on to senior, staff and design leadership, on free resources only.

    Job-ready in about 5 months99 lessons · Explorer → Expert

    Starts with

    1. What product designers actually do all week

      14 min

    2. Telling UX, UI, product and graphic design apart

      4 min

    3. Reading the product design career ladder

      16 min

    Goes as far as

    • Proficient, one level above the hire line

      Operating at senior scope: ambiguity, priority and judgement

    • Expert, two levels above the hire line

      Capstone: a design strategy that changes what gets built

    Start lesson 1 of Product DesignerSee the full path for Product Designer

  • Engineering

    Software Engineer

    From first program to staff engineer: the whole career, in order, on free resources.

    Job-ready in about 10 months98 lessons · Explorer → Expert

    Starts with

    1. What software engineers actually do all day

      14 min

    2. The career ladder: junior, mid, senior, staff

      17 min

    3. The junior market in 2026, honestly

      24 min

    Goes as far as

    • Proficient, one level above the hire line

      Managing complexity: deep modules and information hiding

    • Expert, two levels above the hire line

      The IC and management paths

    Start lesson 1 of Software EngineerSee the full path for Software Engineer

Lessons from 258 creators on YouTube, including Fireship, StatQuest with Josh Starmer, femke.design, freeCodeCamp.org, Alex The Analyst, Traversy Media, Jesse Showalter, NeetCode, Luke Barousse, The Pragmatic Engineer, Aliena Cai, Web Dev Simplified and more.

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How it works

  1. Step 1

    Pick a path

    One career, in order, from “is this for me?” to senior work.

  2. Step 2

    Watch the best explanation

    We chose the clearest free lesson for each step, and a second one if it doesn’t click.

  3. Step 3

    Build the thing

    Every stage ends with something you make, judged against a written standard.

  4. Step 4

    Know where you stand

    Six honest levels. The track says plainly when you’re job-ready and when you’re not.

For mentors and organizations

Run your own learning space on SageLords.

Fork any track, adapt it for your mentees or your team, and share one link. People who join let you see their progress, so you know who needs help. It's free, and it stays free.

Create your space

Start where you are. Keep going.

Pick a career and press play. Your first lesson is free, and so is your last.

Find your career Start as a software engineer