Choose your path
Developers chose frontend, backend, or a combination of the two and worked on tasks suited to their abilities.
Our history
Get the job,
Historical initiative / Developer learning
Get the job,
by doing the job.
A project built around a simple idea: meaningful development experience comes from doing the work.
A look back at Savvato's work
Mock Programming Job
The idea
Learn to build by building.
The Mock Programming Job was a learn-on-the-job software development project. It gave developers of different experience levels a place to take assignments, research solutions, write code, and report on their work much as they would on a professional Agile team.
Participants chose frontend work, backend work, or both. Assignments were intended to fit each person's skill level and available time. The point wasn't to pass a test; it was to gain practice, experience, and confidence.
This page describes the historical program. It is not advertising an active job opening or a currently scheduled cohort.
How it worked
Real team rhythms.
The structure made learning feel like participation in a development team, not another tutorial.
Work in sprints
The project used two-week sprints, assignments, planning, and status updates as part of an Agile-style workflow.
Learn through review
Code reviews, research, and discussion helped participants strengthen their engineering fundamentals and teamwork.
What participants practiced
The craft beyond the code.
The original program emphasized Java, JavaScript, and other development tools, alongside data structures, algorithms, Git, and code review. It also made room for the work around implementation: communicating progress, asking useful questions, and collaborating with other developers.
These reflect the program's historical approach, not a currently maintained technology or meeting schedule.