Turbin3

Builders Cohort Q4

Orientation for Builders Cohort Q4.

Your First Step to Becoming Part of a Thriving Ecosystem of Skilled Solana Blockchain Developers

October 19th 2026

Turbin3Builders Cohort Q4 Orientation

The people

Meet the team.

Prince@aseneca
Shrinath@shrinathx
Moses (Glacier)@glacier
Meowy@meowy
Andreia@ancanadas
Varma@the_varmax
Nate@bitn8
Turbin3Builders Cohort Q4 Orientation

The shape of it

Overview.

5weeksof classes and assignments
2weeksof capstone sprint
3live classes per weekMon, Wed and Fri (14:00 UTC, 1h30 duration)
2days of live office hoursTue and Thu (14:00 UTC)
New challenges each classwith different difficulty levels
Weekly mandatory assignments
Additional enrichment sessions
Turbin3Builders Cohort Q4 Orientation

Oct 26 to Dec 11

Course timeline.

  1. Oct 26 - Oct 30Solana Introduction and Core Concepts
  2. Nov 2 - Nov 6Anchor Fundamentals, Vault and Escrow
  3. Nov 9 - Nov 13AMMs
  4. Nov 16 - Nov 20Privacy, Token 2022
  5. Nov 23 - Nov 27Metaplex Core, MMFs
  6. Nov 30 - Dec 4Enrichment Week + Capstone Sprint
  7. Dec 7 - Dec 11Demo Days
Turbin3Builders Cohort Q4 Orientation

The deal

What we expect.

01

Be present. Attend ALL classes, camera ON, ready to SHARE your screen.

02

Be active and communicative. In classes and in Discord.

03

Do your own work. No shortcuts. Be ready to explain anything you submit.

04

Be Engaged in the Community: share on socials.

05

Be cooperative: work together in Discord

06

Complete daily challenges and bring questions to class.

07

Be responsible. Deliver assignments on time.

08

Be honest and take accountability. Don’t make excuses.

09

Be professional and ethical in everything you do.

Turbin3Builders Cohort Q4 Orientation

The outcome

What success looks like.

Something you shipped.A capstone you built, can demo, and can explain.
A public track record.A GitHub history and a social presence that keeps working for you after the cohort ends.
A community you stay in.Builders you know and keep building with.
Doors that open.Hackathons, referrals, opportunities, job offers.
Stay consistent.Fill the gaps with your own research and experimentation.

We assess completion, professional practice, and engagement.

Turbin3Builders Cohort Q4 Orientation

Attendance and contact

Keeping your seat.

Struggling is fine. Silence is not.

What puts your seat at risk
  • Out of contact for more than a week
  • Two missing assignments in a row with no notice
  • Two missing classes in a row with no notice
  • Consistently absent from Discord and Socials
How it goes
We check in→formal warning→you lose your seat

Genuine emergencies handled case by case, just tell us

Turbin3Builders Cohort Q4 Orientation

Week by week

Build in public.

01

Engage on social media: aim for at least one post a week (X or Linkedin)

02

Share your progress: what you're building, learning, and breaking

03

Tag us: we amplify and celebrate your progress

04

After your code, it’s the strongest signal to anyone deciding to hire or refer you

Turbin3Builders Cohort Q4 Orientation

Open source

OSS contributions.

We support everyone who is contributing to open-source projects.

Our goal is to ensure that you receive genuine recognition.

Tag us and share in the #bldr-lens-oss-flex channel.

Turbin3Builders Cohort Q4 Orientation

Stay close

Follow us.

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Turbin3Builders Cohort Q4 Orientation

Starts right after this session

Prerequisite challenge.

  • Sent right after this session. Check your email, and your spam folder
  • 48 hours to complete and submit (Deadline: Oct 21 - 15:00 UTC)
  • Not a test of what you already know. We're looking at how you pick up something unfamiliar, work through it, and explain it
  • Use anything: docs, AI, tutorials
  • Ask in Discord if you're facing a blocker, just don't share solutions
  • Submit a Capstone Pre-Work (attached to PRE-REQs)
DeadlineOct 2115:00 UTC
Results byOct 23
Classes start onOct 26
Turbin3Builders Cohort Q4 Orientation

Mandatory

Register to pre-reqs.

MANDATORY to register to PRE-REQS:

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Turbin3Builders Cohort Q4 Orientation

Over to you

Questions?

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