What the money is for, and when
A goal with a date and a number attached, because "grow my savings" cannot be planned against and "£20,000 for a deposit in four years" can. The horizon is what decides how much volatility you can survive.
We mark it against a checklist you can read first
What counts as knowing this
State a financial goal with an amount and a date, and say what the horizon rules out
A check for this one skill
Up to 3 questions on this skill alone, marked against the bar beside this. It stops as soon as the answer is clear. No account, and your answers are not kept.
Where it sits
What it unlocks
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Every skill above, ordered by what depends on what, with the projects above that as the evidence you actually did it. We work out where you already are first, so the path skips what you can do.
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