Technology Work-Based Learning
Zeroth Round places aspiring professionals inside realistic technology-team simulations. Explore real roles, practice workplace workflows, use industry tools, and leave with a clearer direction — and work you can explain.
Designed for students, career changers, recent graduates, and technology-curious beginners.
The market gap
People finish the course. They pass the certification. They rewrite the résumé. And they still cannot answer the one question every hiring conversation comes down to: what have you actually done inside a technology team?
Zeroth Round turns career exploration into active workplace experience.
Career Discovery · Free · 60 Seconds
5 real workplace scenarios. A personal read on how you work. Your career match — free.
Five short scenarios drawn from real delivery teams. Answer honestly and get the role that matches how you think and work.
Start the assessmentFree · No account required · Takes about a minute
Experience this role live — Zero to 180 puts you inside a real SDLC simulation.
Explore Zero to 180Inside a delivery team
A technology product reaches users because several different roles do very different work. Select a role to see what it owns.
Participants are assigned specific roles within a team. Not every participant performs every role.
How it works
You are onboarded like a new team member, not a student.
Understand what is being built and who it serves.
Take an assigned role alongside other functions.
Create the artifacts your role is accountable for.
Demo your work and respond to real critique.
Leave with clarity and language for employers.
Programs
Free · 1 hour · Virtual · Monthly
Live technology career Q&A with the founder. Tech landscape, SDLC roles, and career direction guidance.
Best for: Anyone curious about technology careers, earliest-stage exploration.
Join the Next SessionJob Shadow Work-Based Learning
Guided career and workplace exploration through technology roles and team workflows.
Best for: Early discovery, students evaluating pathways, career changers seeking role clarity.
Explore Zero to 180Micro-Internship Work-Based Learning
Five immersive project sessions with assigned roles and team deliverables.
Best for: Deeper experience, proof of work, cohorts needing project-based portfolios.
Explore Zero to 360For organizations
Community · Zeroth Round Field Series
Zeroth Round Field Series events bring technology career exploration to sports bars and community spaces — seasonal, sport-themed, and designed for groups. $19.99 per person. Groups of 6–8 welcome.
See Upcoming Field Series Events$2 from every ticket funds the Zeroth Round Access Fund — sponsored Zero to 180 seats for Southern Indiana residents who need access.
Evidence
These slots fill with verified material as cohorts complete. Nothing here is illustrative.
Quotes from completed cohorts.
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Schools, colleges, and workforce partners.
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Completion and outcome measures.
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Deliverables produced during simulations.
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Founder
Ashish Sharma is a technology leader with 12 years of experience across Healthcare, Banking, and Aviation. He entered the field through a nontraditional path and now helps others understand the workplace context he once had to discover on his own.
Meet the Founder
