1-on-1 SWE mentorship

Become so good that recruiters fight over you.

AI flattened the cost of writing code. Anyone can vibe a demo that runs. What stays scarce is the engineer who understands systems deeply enough to direct AI and build the hard things. That's the year we spend with you.

ABX provides 1-on-1 SWE career mentorship to help you break into the world’s best tech companies. He previously worked at Google, Meta, and other top tech companies, has personally interviewed over a thousand candidates, and trained over a hundred interviewers. All 61 mentees since 2022 have landed at top US tech companies. Three tracks — pick the one that fits you best.

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Course · System Design

System Design Course

Eight weeks to master system design interviews.

An 8-week, 1-on-1 course covering the system design canon — sharpened through real production cases. No template memorization.

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Mentorship · Project-Based

Project-Based Mentorship

Ship industry-grade work that makes the interview a formality.

The full 1-on-1 program — curriculum, projects, mock interviews, and referrals. Build your core engineering moat through deep project work.

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Flagship · Offer Guarantee

Offer Guarantee Mentorship

The offer, in writing — or your tuition back.

Our flagship. A year of 1-on-1 mentorship across three tracks, backed by refund if you don't land an offer.

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How the three programs differ.

Same mentors, same standard. Pick the one that fits where you are — you can always tell us on the application if you're between two.

Course · System DesignSystem Design Course Mentorship · Project-BasedProject-Based Mentorship Flagship · Offer GuaranteeOffer Guarantee Mentorship

Duration

8 weeks

1 year

Format

Weekly 1-on-1 · remote

1-on-1 · remote

Curriculum

8 lessons + optional mocks

3 tracks — Backend, Data, AI Infra

Guarantee

—

✓ Refund if no offer

Best for

Engineers who keep failing system design rounds but can’t pinpoint where they’re going wrong.

Engineers and students who want to build their core engineering moat while job-hunting.

Engineers who want the strongest possible safety net on the way to a top-tier offer.

Course · System DesignSystem Design Course

Duration: 8 weeks
Format: Weekly 1-on-1 · remote
Curriculum: 8 lessons + optional mocks
Guarantee: —
Best for: Engineers who keep failing system design rounds but can’t pinpoint where they’re going wrong.

Mentorship · Project-BasedProject-Based Mentorship

Duration: 1 year
Format: 1-on-1 · remote
Curriculum: 3 tracks — Backend, Data, AI Infra
Guarantee: —
Best for: Engineers and students who want to build their core engineering moat while job-hunting.

Flagship · Offer GuaranteeOffer Guarantee Mentorship

Duration: 1 year
Format: 1-on-1 · remote
Curriculum: 3 tracks — Backend, Data, AI Infra
Guarantee: ✓ Refund if no offer
Best for: Engineers who want the strongest possible safety net on the way to a top-tier offer.

Outcomes

$218k

Median total compensation at placement.

Graduates now at FAANG or unicorns: Since 2022 · 14 companies
Google Summer of Code selections: 2 in 2023 · 3 in 2024 · 5 in 2025 · 3 in 2026

Graduate stories

Three engineers from different backgrounds, three different gaps.

THE ACADEMIC · Cornell MS CS · 3.9 GPA

Master's degree to Meta

“I was ghosted by every recruiter despite my 3.9 GPA. The project gave my resume the signal it was missing.”

$240k

Meta E3 · Total comp

I was finishing my Master's at Cornell with a 3.9 GPA. I had the theory down cold—I could solve Hard LeetCode problems in 20 minutes. But I wasn't getting interviews. My resume was just a list of coursework and toy projects.

I realized that in this market, a degree isn't enough. Recruiters are looking for builders. My resume looked exactly like every other new grad's: generic and theoretical.

ABX changed the trajectory. We didn't just build another To-Do app; we built a distributed online moderation system to solve a real problem at scale. It wasn't a tutorial—it was engineering.

Suddenly, I wasn't getting ghosted. In my Meta interview, when they deep-dived into my resume, I didn't freeze. I explained why we chose specific trade-offs for real-time moderation. That depth got me the offer.

THE CLIMBER · Startup Senior → Google L5

Breaking senior-title inflation

“I had the 'Senior' title for years, but Big Tech kept down-leveling me. I needed to prove I had L5 depth.”

Google · Senior SWE

I'd been a 'Senior Engineer' at a mid-sized startup for four years. I was shipping features and mentoring juniors, so I thought I was ready for FAANG. I was wrong. Every interview resulted in an L4 offer.

The feedback was brutal but fair: I was great at execution, but weak on high-level architecture. I was stuck in the weeds of implementation.

I joined ABX to force myself to think bigger. The curriculum pushed me to design systems that handle millions of QPS, not just thousands. We dissected real-world architectures like Kafka and Cassandra.

In my Google onsite, I drove the system design discussion. I anticipated bottlenecks before the interviewer pointed them out. I finally got the L5 offer I'd been chasing for two years.

THE GRINDER · UCSD CS · 3.1 GPA

Average grades, top-tier offer

“I wasn't the smartest kid in my class. I just needed a blueprint that actually worked.”

Amazon · SDE I

Let's be honest—I'm not a genius. I went to UCSD, a great school, but my GPA was a 3.1. I struggled with Dynamic Programming. I saw my classmates getting offers at Google and felt completely left behind.

I didn't need more 'hacks' or 'tricks'. I needed a rigorous, structured plan. ABX provided that discipline. It wasn't a magic pill; it was a lot of work. But for the first time, I knew exactly what to work on.

I followed the roadmap religiously. A full year of deep dive into backend engineering principles. No shortcuts.

I didn't get into every company I applied to, but I got the one that mattered. I secured an SDE I offer at Amazon. For a strictly 'average' student like me, that changed my life.

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