Pathfinder - Learn, build, and practice together

I'm Aastha Pandey, the maker behind Pathfinder. This one's personal. Some time back, I had an interview lined up and realized I had nowhere to actually practice — no platform where I could get real, real-time interview experience with peers in my own field without paying for it. The people who could best prepare me were other learners on the same path, but there was no place to find them. The deeper I looked, the more I saw it wasn't just interviews. I wanted one place to connect with a community without paid promotions getting in the way, follow a genuinely good free roadmap, build real projects, and — the part almost nothing did well — actually track my progress through all of it. Instead, that journey was scattered across five different apps, and I was the one gluing it together every time. So I built Pathfinder to solve all of it at once: • a role-based roadmap (what to learn, in what order) • curated free resources so you stop guessing • a peer community — real peer-to-peer, no paid promotions • project collaboration you can build and track • peer-to-peer mock interviews with people in your field Two honest things: it's completely free, and it's early. I'm not going to tell you we've gotten thousands of people hired — we haven't, and I won't pretend otherwise. What I can tell you is there's a lot on the way — peer competitions, hackathons, in-field mentors — and we're building it with the community, evolving as your feedback comes in. I'd genuinely love your input on two things: If you've ever learned a skill on your own — what was the hardest part: finding what to learn, staying accountable, or prepping for interviews? Of what's coming (competitions, hackathons, mentors), which would you want first? I'm here all day, replying to everything. Thank you for taking a look 🙏 — Aastha Pandey