Where to go after this.
Four assignments will not make you a Solana engineer. These will get you closer, and several of them pay.
Four assignments is not a curriculum. These are the programs people move on to, and all of them are free.
Seven weeks of live building run by Foundation DevRel, with guest lectures and open office hours. Ends at Colosseum.
Aug 31 – Oct 16 · free · apply on LumaSix weeks, beginner to intermediate, project-based. Architecture, Anchor, token programs, RWAs, capstone.
Applications closed · next TBAAnchor and native Rust side by side, which is the fastest way to understand what Anchor is doing for you.
31 lessons · 16 projectsSolana and Rust development from a working blockchain developer — tutorials, walkthroughs and developer Q&As.
Video · freeThe point of finishing the track is having something to enter. Two of these pay.
The main Solana hackathon, twice a year. Winners go into Colosseum's accelerator.
Sep 28 – Nov 2 · then Apr 6 – May 11Ongoing sprints between hackathons, for pre-seed consideration. No need to wait for a start date.
Always openBounties and gigs from real Solana teams. The realistic first place to get paid for this.
Paid workThe references worth knowing by heart.
The framework docs. The account constraints page especially.
Runtime, accounts, transactions, and the CLI reference.
Starting points that already compile.