Hello Sigma community! Welcome to this week’s #buildinginpublic update.
These weekly posts are about staying honest and accountable as we build. Not everything we work on is exciting on its own, but together, these changes shape how students learn, grow, and move forward with confidence.
This week’s addition is no different.
Here is what we moved forward.
Content We Shipped This Week
Content remains one of the most direct ways we share perspective and learning with our community. This week’s releases were grounded in real experiences and practical insight.
We shipped and worked on the following:
- A new UGC skit video titled "When your startup boss is "toxic"" (this is one of our favourites!)
- A career carousel exploring how our reliance on January 1 as a start date is pointless
- A student review and a student success carousel focused on Su's journey
- A capstone project blog highlighting Brian's (one of our student-turned-employees) website Tuneflow.
- A new informational video designed to explaining what a DDoS attack is
Curriculum Improvements
On the curriculum side, the focus this week was clarity and consistency.
Key updates included:
- Continued cleanup and refinement of the CSP course, completing initial planned changes
- Improvements to Module 1 slides to make content shorter, clearer, and more beginner-friendly
- Removal of unnecessary fluff to help students focus on core concepts
- Ongoing review of course materials to ensure consistency across modules
These improvements may seem small, but they directly affect how confident students feel when learning something new for the first time.
Progress on the Learning Platform
Work on the learning platform continued steadily, with an emphasis on quality over speed.
This week, we focused on:
- Reviewing and preparing lessons for LMS readiness
- Improving how content is structured before it goes live
- Strengthening internal checks for accuracy and clarity
Expanding Access Through Community Partnerships
Beyond internal improvements, we have started laying groundwork for broader impact.
We are currently:
- Exploring potential collaborations with nonprofits and community organizations
- Looking into sponsorship models that could support learners with limited access
- Assessing how these partnerships can create real educational value, not surface-level initiatives
Nothing has been finalized yet, and we will only share specifics once plans are concrete. What matters now is intention and alignment with our mission.
Building in public means sharing progress as it happens, not only when things feel finished. Thanks for following along and holding us accountable.
We will keep building, improving, and learning with you.
See you next week!