
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
Builders Cohort Q4 OrientationThe people
Meet the team.
Builders Cohort Q4 OrientationThe shape of it
Overview.
Builders Cohort Q4 OrientationOct 26 to Dec 11
Course timeline.
- Oct 26 - Oct 30Solana Introduction and Core Concepts
- Nov 2 - Nov 6Anchor Fundamentals, Vault and Escrow
- Nov 9 - Nov 13AMMs
- Nov 16 - Nov 20Privacy, Token 2022
- Nov 23 - Nov 27Metaplex Core, MMFs
- Nov 30 - Dec 4Enrichment Week + Capstone Sprint
- Dec 7 - Dec 11Demo Days
Builders Cohort Q4 OrientationThe deal
What we expect.
Be present. Attend ALL classes, camera ON, ready to SHARE your screen.
Be active and communicative. In classes and in Discord.
Do your own work. No shortcuts. Be ready to explain anything you submit.
Be Engaged in the Community: share on socials.
Be cooperative: work together in Discord
Complete daily challenges and bring questions to class.
Be responsible. Deliver assignments on time.
Be honest and take accountability. Don’t make excuses.
Be professional and ethical in everything you do.
Builders Cohort Q4 OrientationThe outcome
What success looks like.
We assess completion, professional practice, and engagement.
Builders Cohort Q4 OrientationAttendance and contact
Keeping your seat.
Struggling is fine. Silence is not.
- 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
Genuine emergencies handled case by case, just tell us
Builders Cohort Q4 OrientationWeek by week
Build in public.
Engage on social media: aim for at least one post a week (X or Linkedin)
Share your progress: what you're building, learning, and breaking
Tag us: we amplify and celebrate your progress
After your code, it’s the strongest signal to anyone deciding to hire or refer you
Builders Cohort Q4 OrientationOpen 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.
Builders Cohort Q4 OrientationStay close
Follow us.
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Builders Cohort Q4 OrientationStarts 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)
Builders Cohort Q4 Orientation
Builders Cohort Q4 OrientationOver to you