We are a studio, not a content farm

RootPilot Academy began as a moderator bench for APAC operators who wanted receipts, not motivational posters. We still write every lab update in Seoul, ship checksums with curriculum drops, and keep cohort caps boringly small so mentors can read your notes.

Principles pinned on the wall

  • 01 — Evidence first

    Screenshots are optional; journal excerpts and commands are mandatory.

  • 02 — Kind bluntness

    We critique work, not people, and we name limits when tools cannot save a bad process.

  • 03 — Shared runbooks

    Alumni keep read-only access to updated playbooks so knowledge does not evaporate after week eight.

  • 04 — Regional clocks

    Moderators publish office hour maps so nobody guesses who is awake.

Team

Portrait of Noah Kim

Noah Kim

Program Director

Keeps curriculum tied to hiring loops he still interviews for quarterly.

Portrait of Hana Sato

Hana Sato

Lead Linux Instructor

Kernel labs, strace clinics, and blunt feedback on lab write-ups.

Portrait of Daniel Rhee

Daniel Rhee

Lab Systems Engineer

Owns VPN images, checksum manifests, and teardown scripts.

Portrait of Marisol Vega

Marisol Vega

Student Success Manager

Coordinates accommodations and keeps office hour calendars honest.

Portrait of Elliot Park

Elliot Park

Career Coach

Helps learners translate lab artifacts into interview stories without hype.

From our cohorts

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Verified learner survey · Shell Powertrack · ★★★★★ — The guardrail week finally stopped me from copying random Stack snippets into prod scripts.
Jiwon L.
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Trustpilot · Storage Pathways · ★★★★☆ — Snapshot rollback lab was loud but the mentor drew the recovery timeline on paper with us.
Mateo R.
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Internal feedback · Cloud Bridge · ★★★★★ — Cutover checklist template is now attached to every change ticket our team files.
Sora
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Daegu — Kernel Signals Lab threads were the first place I felt okay asking naive timer questions.
Ivy
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Client in higher-ed IT — Observability Without Vanity Walls forced us to delete half our tiles; leadership actually thanked us.
Anonymous note
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Google form · Networking Wire Reality · ★★★★★ — Change packet capstone replaced vague “network issue” tickets with diffs.
Leo
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Singapore — Career Lift track’s mock panel asked better questions than my last onsite.
Priya

Timeline

  1. 2019 — Moderator bench opens

    Volunteer office hours for operators stuck on legacy systemd migrations.

  2. 2022 — First paid cohort

    Shell Powertrack sells out after forum members asked for structured feedback.

  3. 2025 — Seoul studio + VPN refresh

    Gangnam lab opens with mirrored lab hosts for hybrid attendance.