IDE-Assisted Refactoring Bootcamp for a Junior Backend Team
Overview
What this challenge is about.
Design a 5-day refactoring bootcamp with 10 katas and IntelliJ shortcuts. Deliver a curriculum and assessments. Earn a verifiable certificate.
The scenario
The consultancy (mostly fixed-price engagements, around 4 percent margin) needs juniors productive faster — every junior who internalizes refactoring instinct in month 3 vs month 12 is around EUR 35k of margin per year.
The Brief
What you'll do, and what you'll demonstrate.
Design and run a 5-day refactoring bootcamp that measurably improves 12 junior engineers' IDE-assisted refactoring fluency, with evidence.
Earning criteria — what you'll demonstrate
- Design a kata curriculum that maps each kata to a specific refactoring + smell
- Coach pair-programming sessions where refactoring is the primary skill, not coding
- Assess refactoring fluency objectively (test-green discipline + vocabulary + IDE use)
- Plan continuous practice so the bootcamp doesn't decay in 30 days
Program Fit
Where this fits in your program.
Sharpens the same skills your degree expects you to demonstrate.
Refactoring and Code Smell Detection
Master · Software Engineering
Strong alignment
This challenge maps to Refactoring and Code Smell Detection at the Master level. It sharpens the same practical skills your coursework expects — but in a real industry context with actual constraints and deliverables.
Skills
Skills you'll demonstrate.
Each one shows up on your verified credential.
- Refactoring
Apply refactoring to solve real industry problems and demonstrate production-level capability.
- Katas
Apply katas to solve real industry problems and demonstrate production-level capability.
- Ide Tooling
Apply ide tooling to solve real industry problems and demonstrate production-level capability.
- Team Coaching
Apply team coaching to solve real industry problems and demonstrate production-level capability.
- Fowler Catalog
Apply fowler catalog to solve real industry problems and demonstrate production-level capability.
- Skills Assessment
Apply skills assessment to solve real industry problems and demonstrate production-level capability.
Careers
Career paths this challenge builds toward
Completing this challenge demonstrates skills that transfer directly to these roles: