Between roles, still studying, or in a genuinely hard chapter. A full year of Premium, on us.
Rise exists for three situations: a recent layoff, student or new-graduate years, and genuine hardship. If one of those is you, a paywall is the last thing you need between you and the next step — so we cover twelve months of full Premium Pro. Same 1038 reference articles, same courses, same simulators working engineers pay for.
A free year of Premium Pro — the same content working engineers pay for.
No trimmed-down tier. No locked sections. Full access to every course, every simulator, every reference article and every book — for twelve months.
Deep dives on DWDM, OTN, ROADMs, coherent DSP and photonic integration — the whole stack.
Structured paths from fundamentals to senior-engineer level, each ending in a certificate you can put on LinkedIn.
Link-budget calculators, OSNR analyzers and channel planners — the same ones engineers use in proposals.
Visual references you can revisit any time — built for interview prep and concept reinforcement.
Read every MapYourTech book in the online e-reader — open any chapter on any device, no downloads, no apps.
A full calendar year. Long enough to finish a course, build a portfolio and find a role.
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Three situations. If one of them is yours, write to us.
These three are the whole list. Tell us which one applies and add a sentence of context — that is all we ask for. No proof, no documents, no forms.
Recently laid off
Your role was cut and you are between jobs. The gap between roles is the worst possible time for a paywall. Stay sharp, earn certificates, and walk into the next interview ready.
Student or new graduate
You are enrolled, or graduated within the last twelve months and not yet earning. Tuition, rent and books already take the whole budget. Industry-grade content for a year, so you arrive with practical skills rather than theory alone.
In genuine hardship
Medical bills, a family situation, recovery, forced relocation, a career break you are trying to return from. If money is genuinely tight for reasons outside your control and you still want to grow as an engineer, Rise is for you.
Before you write — the one condition
Rise is funded by us, not by sponsors. Every Rise year we grant is a subscription we do not sell, so the number we can carry at once is finite. We ask for no proof, which is exactly why the honesty has to come from your side.
And when the hard part is behind you — role landed, degree finished, situation steady — email us and we will release your seat early so it can go to the next person. Several people have already done exactly that.
Four steps. Mostly one email.
No application form, no document upload, no interview. Send a short note from your real email address, name which of the three situations applies, and add a sentence of context. That is the whole process.
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Laid off, student or new graduate, or in genuine hardship — say which one, then one or two sentences of context. No essays, no proof.
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Pick a course, finish a path, run a simulator, earn a certificate, land a role. Tell us what you are aiming at and we will point you to the right starting course.
One short email. Twelve months of access. One year that changes the direction.
Tell us in two sentences which situation applies — recently laid off, student or new graduate, or in genuine hardship. That is all we need. We usually reply within two working days.
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Browse articlesWe have been the ones in transition.
MapYourTech started in 2011 because optical networking knowledge was scattered, vendor-locked and expensive. The people behind it have been working engineers — at service providers, hyperscalers, DCI builds and critical infrastructure rollouts. We have watched colleagues lose roles in market shifts. We have seen capable students give up on the field because the books cost more than rent. We know the specific kind of stuck that comes with a transition.
This program is small, but it is real. If practical optical networking knowledge — the kind you actually use in proposals, RFPs, RFCs and field deployments — can help someone find their next step, we would rather give it away than have it sit behind a paywall during the worst few months of someone's career.
Transitions are hard. The right knowledge, taken at the right time, can change the direction entirely. If we can be that knowledge for you — even for one year — that is enough.
That is the whole thing. Send the email, tell us which of the three situations applies, and we will take it from there.