Real Dev Squad

Real Dev Squad is a rag-tag team of professionals and students, learning and collaborating together.

[Real Dev Squad @RealDevSquad]

Success Stories

[Ankush Dharkar asks: Got your @TrueHumanID yet? @ankushdharkar]

Handful free spots still open. Check it out.

- Resume will never be shown to anyone else, unless you approve
- Only used to help give you constructive data-points

👉https://t.co/G57HgKGpYy

[Ankush Dharkar asks: Got your @TrueHumanID yet? @ankushdharkar]

The custom features that we added have been soooo educational and useful for our @RealDevSquad members.
Sad that we'll be shutting down this page today
👇
https://t.co/dKxQY4pVlD

Definitely use it once, before it's gone!

[Harshith Venkatesh ✨ @Harshith_V007]

I owe my career growth to @RealDevSquad and @RealAnkush.
The environment and the community here helps you grow so much as a person and an engineer.
I highly recommend everyone in my circle to check the path below.

[Real Dev Squad @RealDevSquad]

Our engineering leaders are serious about seeing folks grow!

[Ankush Dharkar asks: Got your @TrueHumanID yet? @ankushdharkar]

First, you have to realize that life is unfair.

We don’t have to help everyone, in fact, we don’t have to help at all.

The main mentors of @RealDevSquad end up giving 30-35 hours WEEKLY, for others to grow, and you'd be surprised how non-chalant and frivolous people are who want to join.

We have our paths laid out. If it doesn't work for you, just too bad. By now, if you can't get even one referral, then it's time to introspect and get your gears moving anyway. Things are going to get hard for you.
And is it really that bad that you pick up another prototyping language on the side, as you prove your consistency to get closer to your goal(s)? A good engineer picks up stuff fast. If you're reluctant, good luck with how the tech wave is shaping up into a tsunami.

You want our coaching? Well, this is the price.

Take it or leave it.

We've done mass intake in past. It brings more trash than treasure. So, gotta be mindful who we decide to invest our 1-2 years worth of time into. The monetary price is free, but our time is still pretty valuable.

[Real Dev Squad @RealDevSquad]

Thank you for the OSS plan @cloudflare

[Matthew Prince 🌥 @eastdakota]

@RealAnkush @flydotio @awscloud @Cloudflare Happy to help.

[Ankush Dharkar asks: Got your @TrueHumanID yet? @ankushdharkar]

Doing video encoding and restreaming to my YouTube, X live, etc. And the current bill is less than $5.
R2 video serves as a backup, but I doubt I can use workers here due to stricter CPU and memory limits.

By the way, thank you for the OSS plan @Cloudflare provided us at @RealDevSquad all these years. It's greatly appreciated!

[Dhirender Choudhary @Dhirender_0001]

One of the best things that happened in 2025
Got to know about @RealAnkush .
In less than 2 months, I learned a lot from him.
Got a chance to be a part of @RealDevSquad and @RealDSA_
Got to know how work is done in a company.
Learned a lot DSA.
Special mention to @twts_tejas 💗

[Ankush Dharkar asks: Got your @TrueHumanID yet? @ankushdharkar]

At @RealDevSquad, we know how much you actually contribute vs how much you claim.
Shipping >> Talking

[Rahul Jaiswal @rahulxjaiswal]

@Figma @FigmaEdu_Alex — Communities like @RealDevSquad are doing real work helping growing designers. Please have a second look 🙏
#SupportDesignCommunity #FigmaForEducation #RealDevSquad

[Rishi Chaubey (crafting easyrakh.com) @cenation_rishi]

People often ask why I was part of @RealDevSquad, and I always say the same thing — the people there are incredibly experienced in their industry, the work standards are extremely high, and I know that being in such an environment will eventually take me somewhere good.

[Real Dev Squad @RealDevSquad]

https://t.co/RUIRyM3lbS

[Ankush Dharkar asks: Got your @TrueHumanID yet? @ankushdharkar]

2nd product manager success from @RealDevSquad

Crazy to think how it all just works for so many people ❤️

[Real Dev Squad @RealDevSquad]

Success Stories

[Real Dev Squad @RealDevSquad]

https://t.co/2FjXEhyHDr

[Sumit Dhanania @DhananiaSumit]

@ankushdharkar this one’s for you ❤️

No matter where I reach, how I reach - you are always going to be my Hero for life for what you have created and gave me 💪😭

[Real Dev Squad @RealDevSquad]

♥️♥️♥️♥️

[Rishi Chaubey (crafting easyrakh.com) @cenation_rishi]

I’ve learned so much from my journey with @RealDevSquad —teamwork, ownership, problem-solving, and real-world development. I believe that when you grow because of a community, you should give back. So today,I presented a PPT about RDS at my college, making students aware about it

[tanu pandey @designwithtanu]

Working on SkillTree’s Expert Flow made me slow down and rethink my process.
Turning scenarios into flows inside Figma felt like writing tiny stories just in a UX way.

#UIUX #DesignThinking #SkillTree

[Real Dev Squad @RealDevSquad]

❤️ We love @figma

Please help us @zoink

Please reshare, mention anyone who could help this get seen by the relevant folks at @figma please

[Ankush Dharkar asks: Got your @TrueHumanID yet? @ankushdharkar]

@zoink @figma We at @RealDevSquad are a free, non-profit tech community dedicated to helping budding designers learn, grow, and build great product experiences.

@figma has always been our tool of choice (naturally!).

We’re grateful for the education plan support so far. It’s been instrumental in training our current and past members.

Unfortunately, our renewal to continue with the education plan was rejected this year, and we’ve since lost access.

We’d be incredibly grateful 🙏 if you could reconsider our application and help us continue empowering the next generation of product designers.

Thank you!

[Akul @PrimePolymath]

@AnujChhikara07 @RealDevSquad A bit late, but just came across this tweet.

Congratulations, Anuj Bhai.

Genuinely inspiring to see how Team RDS, under Ankush Sir’s mentorship, is shaping quality industry-ready software engineers.🫡

Wishing many more milestones ahead for the entire team.🌱🪴🌸👨🏻‍💻🚀📈

[Anuj @AnujChhikara07]

Never a dull day at @RealDevSquad, always something new to learn 💜

[Ishita @Ishita577]

Redesigned and documented the Tasks flow for seeing and creating new tasks for @RealDevSquad website.
What could be better?
Documentation: https://t.co/EPTjQyHqa9

[Team.Shiksha @TeamShiksha]

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[Mahima Sain @MahimaSain29]

@ankushdharkar @RealDevSquad Thank you, @ankushdharkar! Grateful for the opportunity and looking forward to creating more impactful designs with the team.

[Vaibhav Singh @xVaibhavSingh]

"You don't need to understand the entire codebase; start from the part you're building. expand from there" - @ankushdharkar

Didn't think much of it back at @RealDevSquad, but that advice hit different last week
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