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Grow for real. For free.

Cohort-based academies run by Relativity mentors. Free - and the mentors actually show up, live, every week.

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Next cohort: Engineering (.NET) · 3rd edition Starts October 1 · 44 days left to apply

Why Relativity runs this

None of this came from a curriculum.

It came from people at Relativity who showed up. Live. Every week. Two minutes on how the programme started and what it is for.

Welcome to Relevate · filmed at Relativity ▶ Play · 2 min

Sean Nielsen · Manager of Talent Pathways programming, Relativity

Welcome to Relevate · filmed at Relativity

Plays here - nothing starts on its own.

Open cohorts

3 cohorts open. Dated starts.

Every academy is free and mentored. You apply to one cohort, and the academy page tells you what is expected before you commit.

October 1 44 days left to apply

Product Management

beginner · 7 sprints · 74 tasks

Needs Interest in product roles · Basic communication skills · Availability · Openness to learn · +1 more

  • 3rd edition - starts October 1
See the academy
October 1 44 days left to apply

Customer Success

beginner · 7 sprints · 60 tasks

  • 2nd edition - starts October 1
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What the weeks look like

Two people read
everything you build.

  • A mentor from Relativity reviews your work, and so does someone else in your cohort. Both reviews are part of the task, not a favour you have to chase.
  • Live sessions every week, hosted by the people who mentor you. Recorded, so a bad week is not a lost one.
  • Two rooms from day one: your cohort, and a help room where mentors answer.

How it works, in full

KanbanBoard/Controllers/TasksController.cs +42 -11 
-   var tasks = _db.Tasks.Where(t => t.BoardId == id).ToList();
-   foreach (var t in tasks) { t.Assignee = _db.Users.Find(t.UserId); }
+   var tasks = await _taskService.ForBoardAsync(id);
    return Ok(tasks);
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Tomek · mentor review, sprint 3

Clean split between the service and the controller. Now look at what that loop did when a board had 200 tasks.

Who you learn with

The people on the other side of your review.

Mentors volunteer from inside Relativity - the same people who build the product, reading the work you ship.

Tomasz Cekalo

mentor

  • Abhishek Sarihan

    Product Management

  • Carolyn VanderMolen

    Customer Success

  • Clare Longworth

    Customer Success

  • Corey Ward

    Engineering (.NET)

  • Dominika Sikorska

    Engineering (.NET)

  • Erin Tomine

    Product Management

  • Gabriela Mis

    Product Management

  • Hannah Woodruff

    Product Management

  • Ivan Alfaro

    Product Management

  • Jonathan Lougheed

    Customer Success

  • Marcos Farias

    Engineering (.NET)

  • Mateusz Zmuda

    Product Management

  • Matt Johlie

    Product Management

  • Sean Neilsen

    Customer Success

  • Travis Boatman

    Engineering (.NET)

Who runs this

Relativity

Running since 2020, relaunched as Relevate in 2025.

Careers at Relativity ↗

Where they are

  • Chicago (HQ)
  • Kraków
  • London
  • Sydney

Headquarters at 231 S. LaSalle, Chicago - 100,000 sq ft.

What they put their name on

  • Justice for Change
  • Stellar Women
  • Rel Labs
  • AI Visionaries
  • Relativity Academic
  • Relevate - you are here

Built with

  • One Million Degrees
  • Braven
  • Year Up
  • Hearty Foundation

Great Place to Work Certified 2025-2026 · Chicago Tribune Top Workplaces 2025 · Diamenty Forbesa 2023 (Poland)

1,500+

people worldwide

~650

of them in Chicagoland

300k+

users of RelativityOne

~40

countries; users include 198 of the Am Law 200

One decision left

Pick a cohort. It costs nothing but your evenings.

The academy page shows the bar before you apply, so you can tell whether this one is yours - and come back for the next start if it is not.

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