Lesson 07 · Plan
Your
roadmap.
Six skills make up the loop. Rate yourself honestly on each, and I'll turn the gaps into a 90-day plan that points at the right lessons.
01
Where to start
The temptation is to start with tools: one more course, one more certificate. Tools matter, but they change every few years. The skills that make you trusted to a build don't.
Predict first: what should you learn first, a new tool or a new check?
02
Build your plan
rate yourself on each skill
Predict above to start your plan.
not built
Rate all six, then build your plan. It's saved in this browser.
Your first plan counts for the score.
03
Make it visible
A plan you can show beats a plan you keep. Each step in your roadmap should leave something in your : a spec, a validator rule, a tagged release, a migration note. Those are what an interviewer can open and read.
Check: you rated Checks as "new". What's the best first step?
04
The rule, in one breath
Close the gap in the loop one skill at a time, and leave something you can show at every step. That's the move from builder to orchestrator.
You started this series with skills that already fit most of the loop. The rest is practice, on a real project, in the open.
You've finished the series.
Every module in the kit
Get set upInstall the tools and get the project files.Open series
The seed projectOne example of every setting, so the agent never guesses.Open series
The model layerBronze, silver, gold: facts, dimensions and measures.Open series
Three in the loopClaude Code, Claude chat and you, working one loop.Open series
The validatorWhat the validator tests and how a find becomes a rule.Open series
The move to FabricThe project's move to a lakehouse and Direct Lake.Open series
ScaffoldingHow the report and the Claude Code project were put together.Open seriesReading the TilesEvery tile from a business analyst's view.Open series