What is the Developer EQ Sprint?

A free 2-week program for software engineers who can ship code but struggle with the social and career side of the job. Ten 15-minute exercises across 14 days, plus sprint planning and a sprint demo.

Who is the Developer EQ Sprint workbook for?

Engineers who close Jira tickets faster than the team but watch less technical people get promoted past them. Engineers with strong opinions in code reviews and zero opinions in standups. Engineers who have never enjoyed a 1:1.

How long does the Developer EQ Sprint take?

Two calendar weeks. About 15 minutes per workday for the daily exercises, plus a 15-minute retro on the weekend. Total time commitment is roughly 3 hours over 2 weeks.

Is the Developer EQ Sprint really free?

Yes. The PDF workbook, the Claude Code skill, and the AI prompt pack are all MIT-licensed and free to download from github.com/ChaosKyle/developer-eq-sprint. The optional paid offering is the $20 Developer EQ book ($10 for verified .edu students).

Can I use the workbook with ChatGPT, Claude, or Cursor instead of paper?

Yes. There is a Claude Code skill (one curl command to install, then run /dev-eq) that walks you through each day interactively, reads your git log to ground exercises in your real work, and tracks progress in a local file. There is also a generic AI prompt pack that works with any AI assistant — ChatGPT, Cursor, Gemini, etc.

What if I miss a day during the sprint?

Pick up the next day. Do not restart. The sprint is designed to accommodate real life — missing a day or two does not invalidate it. The Sprint Demo on Day 11 is calculated against velocity (how many of the 10 exercises you completed) rather than perfect attendance.

Free · 10 exercises · 2 weeks

The Developer EQ Sprint

For engineers who can ship code but freeze in the meeting after.

10 exercises. 15 min/day. No tools, no accountability buddy. Just you and the work.

→ Day 1: Map your skill tree (technical vs. social)
→ Day 2: The 1:1 reset — turn status updates into career convos
→ Day 4: Code review as communication
→ Day 6: The calm voice (incident response)
→ Day 9: Draft your promotion brief
+5 more

Get the workbook

Don't want to give an email? Skip the form → grab it from GitHub

Use AI? There's a better way.

The sprint also ships as a Claude Code skill and a generic AI prompt pack. The skill version reads your git log, drafts your follow-up messages, and helps extract metrics for your promotion brief — zero copy-paste.

Claude Code install

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && curl -o ~/.claude/skills/dev-eq.md https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ChaosKyle/developer-eq-sprint/main/dev-eq.md

Then run /dev-eq in Claude Code.

Use Cursor / ChatGPT / Gemini? Grab the prompts directory — one prompt per day, paste into any AI.

Sprint complete? Go deeper.

$20 · One-time · Yours forever

The Book — Developer EQ

Full source. 16 chapters. Every exercise expanded with the music-production framework that ties them together.

Verified .edu email? Student price is $10.

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