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How work is graded

Five questions. Grade your own paste before you press Verify and you should get the same answer the coach gives. The coach cannot judge the last one; the two human reviews can.

  1. 1. It is real

    Is this from your own work, today, not the sample?

    Pass: Names, numbers, or output only you could have.

    Fail: The sample artifact pasted back, or a made-up example.

  2. 2. It meets the done check

    Does the paste show every item in the lesson's definition of done?

    Pass: Each item visible in the artifact, not described.

    Fail: 'I did it' with nothing to show.

  3. 3. It carries evidence

    Could a stranger see that it ran?

    Pass: A timestamp, a file path, a reply, a screenshot description, a before and after.

    Fail: A plan for what you will do.

  4. 4. It is safe

    Is anything in here that should never have left your machine?

    Pass: No customer identifiers, passwords, keys, or bank details.

    Fail: A real SSN or password in the paste.

  5. 5. You can explain it

    Could you tell someone what each step did and why?

    Pass: One sentence per step in your own words.

    Fail: Steps copied without knowing what changed.

Where a person reviews

Everything else is coach-graded. These artifacts also get a human.

Level 3 · Connect it · Class week 9

The Tuesday class (peer + instructor)

Bring the connected source and the best answer. Two people check the approval gates you wrote with it.

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Level 5 · Build · Class week 10

The Tuesday class (peer + instructor)

Bring the link and the spec. One classmate uses it cold while you watch; the reviewer checks it against the spec's done line.

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Level 5 · Build · Before the line takes a real call

Steve Gustafson or the class lead

Read the line's rules and the test call. Check it says it is an AI first, the never-list holds, a person is reachable on request, and the recording rule fits your state.

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Level 6 · Run a personal OS · Class week 12 (Demo Day)

Steve Gustafson or the class lead

A full cycle end to end, with timestamps. Reviewed against the rubric above and the Level 6 done check.

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