Work With Me

Prove you
can build.

This isn’t a quiz. It’s a real job. You build a website for a real-style client, from the exact brief my team gets on a paying job. Finish a level, send it, we talk. Clean work beats a fancy resume every time.

See the Challenge Pick Your Level

The Setup

A real job, not a worksheet

You get the same handoff my builders get. A client brief and the client’s real photos. The business is Summit Exterior Cleaning in Asheville. It’s made up, but you treat it like it pays the bills.

→Build from the brief. The business, the services, the pricing, the voice. It’s all in there.
→Use the client’s photos. Real files in the repo. No stock images, no URLs.
→Make it run. No errors on load. If it’s broken, it doesn’t count.

Pick Your Level

Two ways to show me

Finishing a higher level is a stronger signal. But a clean Level 2 beats a broken Level 3 every time. Climb the ladder if you want, the client data carries over.

Level 2

PHP Basics

PHP, no framework3 to 4 hours

A small multi-page PHP site. Shared includes, pages driven by data, no database. If you can do this clean, you can do the work.

Start Level 2 →

Level 3

Full Build

PHP, no framework1 to 3 days

A data-driven local SEO site that scales across services and service areas. This is the real thing my agency ships for clients.

Start Level 3 →

Newer to this? There’s a Level 1 warm-up in the repo too.

The Bar

What I’m looking at

✓Build from the brief. Match the business, services, pricing, and voice. Lead with the main service.
✓Never template. Real data everywhere. No placeholder filler, no cookie-cutter copy.
✓Don’t repeat yourself. Shared markup lives in one place. Content lives in data, not hardcoded into pages.
✓SEO from the start. One H1 per page, real titles and meta, and LocalBusiness schema.
✓You know git. Commits, a branch, a pull request. It’s how the work ships, so it’s the floor, not a bonus.
✓It runs. Clean load, no errors. I read every submission.

How to Send It

Four steps

01
Grab the repo Hit the green “Use this template” button on GitHub, or fork it to your own account.
02
Build in your level’s folder Work from the brief and the photos. Commit as you go. Normal git history is expected.
03
Open a pull request Send it back as a PR, or just send me your repo link. Either works.
04
Tell me what’s unfinished One line on anything you’d fix or add with more time. I’d rather know than guess.

Not Here to Work With Me?

Maybe you want to build your own.

This page is for people who want to build with me, on my agency. If you’d rather build your own thing, that’s a different road. Start with the ebook, or book a call for guidance on your agency, your channel, whatever you’re building.