You're making the technical leadership calls now, the ones you can't easily walk back. Who do you check them with?

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The Terms of Participation can be found at https://certification.qconferences.com/terms-conditions .

Registration fees are not refundable.

Yes, we've developed a template you can use to explain to your boss how you can benefit from the cohort participation.

Yes, in-person cohorts are offered at select QCon conferences, such as QCon London and QCon San Francisco.

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Yes. The program is open to freelancers and the self-employed. When registering, simply enter your trading name or "Independent" in the Company Details section.

The program is a collaborative initiative between InfoQ and QCon, both of which are practitioner-driven brands owned by C4Media Inc.

InfoQ is a practitioner-driven community news site focused on facilitating the spread of knowledge and innovation in professional software development.

We do not offer scholarships or complimentary seats for the InfoQ Certification at this time. Should this change for future cohorts, we will announce it via our official channels.

We are dedicated to providing a safe and inclusive experience for everyone. Our Code of Conduct can be found at https://certification.qconferences.com/code-conduct .

Participants who registered for the online cohorts will receive an email with detailed instructions on how to join the sessions during the week prior to the start of the cohort.

To ensure an optimal experience, you will need:

• A stable internet connection: High-speed access for video conferencing.
• Zoom: The latest version of the Zoom desktop client.
• Slack: Access to our private workspace for peer networking and coordination.
• A laptop or desktop: While mobile devices are supported, a computer is highly recommended for collaborative work and session participation.

The program consists of five live sessions held over five weeks, each lasting four hours, plus weekly assignments and a group Capstone project.

Yes, alumni enrolling in a second Certification program receive a $147 discount. To claim your alumni code, please email certification@qconferences.com when ready to register for your second program.

Each weekly session is a 4-hour live session. This is a significant time investment because we apply frameworks to real-world challenges alongside the peer group.

This program assumes you already have deep technical expertise. Each week is structured around a real decision you are working on. The focus is working through decisions with peers, articulating tradeoffs, and making hard-to-reverse calls.

Some of the most valuable learning happens in peer discussion. Hearing how others think through similar challenges can be just as useful as the session content itself.

Learning with a peer group gives you different perspectives, helps you build confidence, and makes it easier to apply what you learn in your own work. That's why this program is designed around a confidential peer group, live exercises, expert facilitation, and group-based project assignments, and not just self-paced study.

This cohort gives you the confidential peer group and an experienced facilitator to do that work, and you'll earn the InfoQ Certified Engineering Leadership Program certification as a result.

The Capstone project is the final milestone where your working group co-authors a 2,000–3,000-word professional technical article documenting a technical leadership strategy for a real problem. Examples can be found on InfoQ.com .

Certification is awarded based on two factors: consistent attendance and active participation in the live sessions, and the successful completion of the group Capstone project.

This is for senior, lead, and principal engineers, staff engineers, software architects, technical leads, engineering managers, and other senior technical leaders with at least 5 years of experience who are moving into or already holding technical leadership responsibility.

Certification is awarded based on active participation in the cohort and completion of the capstone assessment in Week 5.