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🎓 Learning Day

One day a month, we stop shipping and start learning.

The last Tuesday of every month is Learning Day—breakfast included, deadlines paused, and focus on leveling up.

🎯 What Is Learning Day?

Learning Day is a full-day, company-wide pause on regular work. We gather, fuel up with breakfast, and dive into structured learning. It’s not a nice-to-have—it’s built into the calendar and expected.

Why we do this:

  • Tech moves fast. A dedicated day keeps us current and sharp.
  • Some knowledge doesn’t fit into docs—it needs hands-on practice and discussion.
  • We learn better together. Collaboration beats solo YouTube rabbit holes.
  • It signals that growth isn’t just encouraged—it’s prioritized.

📅 How It Works

🍳 9:00 AM – Breakfast & Setup

We kick off with brain-boosting breakfast (coffee, fruit, pastries). Casual start, but everyone’s there. Use this time to catch up, grab your seat, and get mentally ready.

🎯 9:30 AM – Sessions Begin

Training starts. Format depends on the topic (see below). Sessions are interactive—expect demos, exercises, Q&A, and group work. Laptops open, notes encouraged.

✅ Afternoon – Apply What You Learned

Most sessions include a short challenge or exercise. This isn’t a test—it’s a way to cement the concepts. Complete it solo or pair up. Facilitators are around to help.

📚 Session Formats

💻 Tech Challenges (Hands-On)

An instructor walks through a concept or tool. Then you get a short, practical challenge to apply it.

Example: “Intro to Kubernetes” → Deploy a sample app to a local cluster.

🗣️ Tech Sessions (Discussion & Collaboration)

More open-ended. Could be a guest speaker, a debate, a design workshop, or a deep dive on a new framework. Often includes group activities or case studies.

Example: “Privacy-first product design” with a guest UX researcher → workshop on building consent flows.

✅ What You’ll Walk Away With

  • New skills → Practical knowledge you can apply the next day
  • Shared context → Everyone learns the same thing at the same time, which speeds up collaboration
  • Proof of competency → Challenges help you (and us) see what stuck
  • Network effect → You’ll know who to ask when you hit a roadblock later

📝 Expectations

Show up. Learning Day is mandatory unless you’re out of office. It’s part of your job, not extra credit.

Participate. Ask questions. Share what you know. Work through the exercises. The value comes from engagement, not passive attendance.

No deadlines that day. Slack can wait. PRs can wait. Learning Day is protected time.

🎉 Bottom Line

Learning Day isn’t a perk. It’s infrastructure. Just like CI/CD or retrospectives, it’s part of how we operate. We invest in people’s growth because that’s how you build a high-performance team that doesn’t burn out.