Your company will pay
for CodeCrafters. Ask.
You're not asking for a favor. Managers like to take
credit and are rewarded for the growth of their teams.
It's part of their responsibilities.
Got an L&D Stipend?
Most engineering teams set aside a yearly learning budget per engineer (typically $1,000–$2,000). It almost always goes unused. Here are some that do.
Managers appreciate team members who take initiative on their own growth. Forward your CodeCrafters invoice for reimbursement. You can add custom billing details like your company name during checkout.
Need Manager Approval?
It's quite routine, often just a compliance activity. Frame it in a way your manager will appreciate and you'll likely get a yes. Here's a template:
Hey @manager,
I'd like to sign up for CodeCrafters. It's a
hands-on platform where you build real projects from
scratch (things like your own Git, SQLite, or Redis).
With AI tools changing how we write code, I want to
make sure I'm building the deep understanding to
use them productively. CodeCrafters is the best way
I've found to get that hands-on practice on real
examples before applying them to our codebase.
It's used by senior engineers at Google, Stripe,
GitHub and similar companies. You can check it out
at codecrafters.io.
I think the productivity gains would be tangible.
It costs $PRICE. Do we have a learning budget I
could use for this?
Thanks, @your-name