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Practical, project-based courses taught by people who still do the job. Browse the catalogue, start learning, and pick up exactly where you left off.

Taught by 210 practitioners who still ship for a living.

1.2M

students learning

480

courses published

210

working instructors

72%

finish what they start

Three steps, and none of them is “watch 40 hours”

  1. 01

    Find the one course you need

    Filter by subject, level and price. Every course page shows the full syllabus before you pay a penny.

  2. 02

    Learn lesson by lesson

    Short videos with a transcript, a notes pane and your place kept. Pick up exactly where you stopped.

  3. 03

    Finish with something to show

    Each course ends in a project and a certificate you can put on a profile, not just a completion bar.

Instructors

Who is actually teaching

Priya Nataraj

Staff Software Engineer, ex-Meta

Priya spent eight years building infrastructure at Meta before moving into teaching full-time. She's taught over 90,000 students how to think like senior engineers, not just pass a quiz.

Marcus Webb

Cloud Architect & CTO Coach

Marcus has led engineering teams through three AWS migrations and now coaches CTOs on architecture decisions. He teaches the same frameworks he still uses with clients today.

Elena Fischer

Data Scientist, ex-Spotify

Elena built recommendation systems at Spotify for six years and now focuses on making data science approachable for people who don't have a maths degree.

Why learn here

Taught by working practitioners

Every instructor still does the job they teach, from shipping production systems to running paid ad campaigns.

A community that answers back

Ask a question on any lesson and get a real answer from the instructor or another student, not a support ticket.

30-day guarantee

Not the right fit? Get a full refund within 30 days of enrolling. No forms, no waiting on a reply.

What students say

I had watched three other courses on this and still could not draw the architecture. Priya made me draw it in lesson two.
Rachel OkonjoBackend engineer
The transcript and notes together meant I could actually revise on the train instead of rewatching everything.
Tomás BeltranData analyst
I teach here now. The dashboard tells me which lesson people drop off at, which is the only metric I care about.
Ines MoreauInstructor, UX & Design
For instructors

Turn what you know into a course

Instructors on Lumen keep 70% of every sale and reach students in 190 countries. Bring a syllabus and we handle hosting, payments and progress tracking.

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  • Previews on paid courses
  • Community discussion access
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$19.99/month

Unlimited access to every course on Lumen.

  • Every course, current and future
  • Certificates of completion
  • Download lessons for offline viewing
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Teams

Custompricing

Licences and progress reporting for a whole organisation.

  • Central billing for the team
  • Progress reporting for managers
  • Priority support
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