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Overview

This page is intended as a source of information regarding Mastery Level in Tech Department of Agate.

Key Question

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Mastery Level

Mastery Level is measurement of how much understanding a crew have on certain topic. Mastery Level represents the journey of learning. This is intended to use as Guidance for Growth, so crew can Assess his current understanding level on a topic, and how to improve it.

Each Mastery Level is a prerequisite for next Level. You have to Know before Understand. You have to be able to Analyze it before able to Optimize it. At the highest mastery level, there are 3 different route to choose: Maximize, Extend, or Invent.

<aside> ℹ️ Each topic have different maximum Mastery level. Some topic can be pushed to Mastery Level 6 (Programming Language, Development Tools or Framework), while other topic stopped at Analyze Level 4 (Software Analysis, Technical Assessment), etc.

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Topic Mastery Level

Example Case

Example 1: Unity Engine

• Know : Nick heard about Unity Engine, he Knows it is an Engine to create Game
• Understand : Nick watch Unity Tutorial, he Understands how Unity works in general, but he haven't tried it himself.
• Implement : Nick is able to Implement his knowledge from tutorial and create some project in Unity.
• Analyze : Nick understand and able to Analyze the benefit and limitation from Unity Engine, but he does not know how to workaround it.
• Optimize : Nick try to Optimize Unity capability by utilizing Unity specific feature and create simple module to mitigate Unity limitation.
• Maximize : Nick understand how to push Unity capability to the fullest, and create a system to Maximize its potential.

Example 2: ReactJS

• Know : Sarah heard ReactJS from her friend, she Knows it is a Development Framework for Web Application.
• Understand : Sarah Understand about feature in ReactJS and how to use it in project.
• Implement : Sarah able to Implement his knowledge by creating project using ReactJS.
• Analyze : Sarah understand strength and limitation of ReactJS, and able to Analyze what kind of application is suitable for ReactJS.
• Optimize : Sarah creates module and config to Optimize ReactJS usage.
• Extend : Sarah find ReactJS miss some vital component, she creates NextJS which Extends capability of ReactJS.

Example 3: OOP

• Know : Jon learn about OOP concept in his academic course. He Knows it is a Programming Paradigm.
• Understand : Jon Understands OOP concept such as Inheritance, Polymorphism, etc.
• Implement : Jon Implements OOP concept in his project. He now have practical knowledge of OOP application in real project.
• Analyze : Jon understand limitation of OOP, and able to Analyze when he should not use OOP and use different paradigm instead.
• Optimize : Jon utilize design pattern to work around OOP limitation, and make his code cleaner and more Optimized.
• Invent : Jon find OOP design is fundamentally flawed for Game Performance. So he Invent a new Paradigm called Data Oriented Design.

Assessing Mastery Level

Mastery Level is a scale or spectrum instead of a numeric value. That means, it has a broad range of interpretation. Different people can have different assessment on someone's capability. For example: someone who have implemented a topic but does not use best practice might be considered as having implementation capability or not. Because of that, we create a key question and guideline on how to assess mastery level for yourself and other people.

Key Principles

Previous Mastery Level is Prerequisite of Next Mastery level

Mastery level is intended to show a Learning Journey. That means a proper learning process must go through level 1,2,3,4,5, then 6. What this means is if someone claims to be at Level 6 without having the capability of lower mastery level, than that claim is unjustifiable.

<aside> 💡 For Example: Ben creates a new Game Engine before trying out any existing Engine (such as Unity Engine, Unreal). Because he haven't passed Implement level on existing Game Engine, his own Game Engine cannot be used to justify Invent level. The reasoning for this, is we want to ensure everyone have a good problem solving. Without having enough background knowledge and proper learning process, it is hard to justify that his/her invention is an effective and efficient solution.

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Mastery Level Measure Minimum Capability

Mastery Level is intended to Measure Minimum Capability instead of Ideal Capability. This means that someone who have passed minimum criteria is considered to pass that Mastery Level, even if their experience is not considered .

<aside> 💡 For Example: Bob has read one tutorial for Unity Engine whereas Sarah has watched more than 10 tutorial. Both person haven't actually Implement that knowledge in real project. That means even when Sarah have higher understanding than Bob, both have Understand Level. We can illustrate it by giving Bob a Score of 2.0 (barely passed level 2), while Sarah have a score of 2.8 (almost passed to next level, but not yet).

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Key Question

<aside> ℹ️ Note: We currently does not have a descriptive criteria whether someone have passed Mastery Level 6 yet.

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See Also

You can read more about how Agate's talent system by visiting the page below:

Crew Role

Crew Grade System

Career Path Roadmap

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Role Competency

Competency List

Define the competency and assess your skills by visiting the page below

Competency Mapping

Experience Level

Mastery Level

You can Plan your skill development or apply for Mentorship program to have a mentor to help you grow your skill and your career.

Personal Development Plan

Mentorship Program

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