3 micro-topics in Reliability & Operations, each with the evidence that proves you have it and the written reason behind every link. Before you start, it rests on 4 other domains. Nothing in the map rests on it yet — it is a leaf.
3 topics · depth 0–6 of 16 · 1 internal link · 5 in · 0 out
Load-bearing links first. Each one says what in this domain rests on what outside it, and why.
1 link
Handle a system design interview rests on Diagram a system before building it
A design interview asks you to do this aloud.
1 link
Build a portfolio of shipped work rests on Open and review pull requests
The portfolio is merged work.
2 links
Answer behavioral questions from service rests on Perform under time pressure
Interview preparation covers both halves of the same loop.
Handle a system design interview rests on Work a problem systematically
Thinking aloud under questioning transfers between formats.
1 link
Build a portfolio of shipped work rests on Automate deployment
Shipped beats built.
In prerequisite order. Each idea names the artifact that closes it, the market demand that put it on the map, and what it stands on.
Depth 0 · meta · unassisted · M08 §8.10
Translates military experience into engineering terms
Perform under time pressure · Algorithms & Data Structures
Interview preparation covers both halves of the same loop.
Build a portfolio of shipped work
Stories are stronger when they point at shipped work.
Depth 1 · meta · guided · M07 §7.2
Reasons aloud about tradeoffs under questioning
Diagram a system before building it · Design Practice
A design interview asks you to do this aloud.
Work a problem systematically · Algorithms & Data Structures
Thinking aloud under questioning transfers between formats.
Depth 6 · meta · unassisted · M08 §8.10
Presents real commits to a real codebase
Open and review pull requests · Version Control
The portfolio is merged work.
Automate deployment · Delivery & CI/CD
Shipped beats built.
Everything downstream that names an idea here as a prerequisite, grouped by where it lives.
Nothing in the map rests on this domain yet — it is a leaf.
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