Hi Luca, I am interested in this course. I think it's great that Platform Engineering has matured to this point. I've been focused elsewhere for a while so haven't been around Platform Engineering Slack much fora while. So some of these questions may be outdated, but what I saw in the Slack and Videos leave me with some questions: 1. Roughly when (day/time) will the live 1hr sessions for this class be? 2. Is this assuming that the IDP is delivering a Kubernetes only (or mostly) solution? 3. Is this assuming that dedicated multiperson teams are required for an IDP or is there space for existing staff to begin delivering a Skunkworks POC IDP (but usable in a restricted scope)? 4. Is this course heavily focused on Humanitec Products/Services? 5. Or does it take a broader view with non-Humanitec solutions? Nothing against Humanitec, but you seem to be the strongest presence in the Slack & Videos and I assume focused on your products (at least from the sales email I get). Which is quite reasonable. Thank you, -Scott R. Corzine- PS- I accidentally used an older slack account to try and reply to you with an earlier draft. On discovering that, I switched to my primary Platform Engineering Slack. I'm trying to delete the other ones, my apologies for any multiple copies or edits.

Hey Scot (@Scott Corzine?) I see that you’re deactivated? So not even sure if you’ll see this response ahah but will answer anyway. 1. The day and time of the courses will be set once we close registration, as we weren’t sure what the geographic make up would be and didn’t want to set a time that didn’t make sense for most people 2. This course will focus primarily on kubernetes based IDPs, but there will be a lot of discussion about the full range of platform engineering, and we’d be happy to answer questions or point in the right direction for anyones specific circumstances 3. Our MVP model is geared towards enabling an existing team in the operations space, being tasked with building a platform. The time and people invest is kept on a level that is manageable as a side-hustle while there is not yet full buy-in to the platform for the company. The MVP itself is the outcome that enables the organization to confidently make a good decision about buying in or not. If buy-in happens, we assume that there is a fixed platform team formed, that enables the larger scope and also the members to transition into their new roles fully. There is a lot that can be done on an individual basis, but in the end an MVP and and IDP do require more than just one person - and most of the details on MVP to enterprise IDP would be in the more advanced course. Though they will be ofc covered in Fundamentals. 4. This course is not heavily focused on Humanitec products and services. We will ofc use them as needed that is what we have easy access to but they are not a mandatory part of the course 5. Th course takes a broader view on platform engineering. I’ll really emphasize that this is a platform engineering course, not a Humanitec course. It will incl Humanitec tools since that is what we have easy access to but any portal information could easily be replaced with Compass, or Backstage etc and anything Orchestrator related could as easily be about Kratix or KusionStack. 6. As a final note it’s important to understand this is not a course on any specific tool. We are not teaching how to use Backstage, or the Orchestrator. It is around the core concepts of Platform Engineering, both technical and cultural

Hi Luca, I'm also very interested in signing up for this course and am in the UK. I'm hoping to break into platform engineering from scratch and consider myself a novice programmer let alone have any skills in GitHub, CI/CD, skills. I'm also new to Slack and signed up to the channel especially to find out more about this course. Also I'm not around for the 1st half of July. Will the course contents be available online for reviewing later and wil the hands-on labs be available in similar fashion? The course is quite pricy and wondered if you give any discount to students? Many thanks Ravi

Hey @Ravi k, yes. If people aren’t able to attend a session it would be available on-demand. There will also be additional materials, content and Q&As incl a private Slack channel to make sure that it can also be enjoyed asynchronously if someone misses a session

Thank you Luca, this course sounds even better now.

Cheers Luca, I'm tempted, to join; its just the price even with the 20% code is a bit of a challenge for me, but will see if I can find a way... Thanks