---
title: 'New On Upcase: Mastering the Shell'
teaser: High-leverage knowledge for improving your productivity.
tags: news,upcase,shell
author: Ben Orenstein
published_on: 2017-01-06
---

![](https://images.thoughtbot.com/master/1Jki91ExR0677wkKrxZ8_shell.jpg)

Languages come and go, but a collection of shell scripts you built yourself can
be useful forever.

What's more, mastering something like Z shell is one of the quickest ways to
speed up your day-to-day work as a programmer.

Our newest [Upcase][join-page] course focuses on exactly these high-leverage
topics. It's called [Mastering the Shell][course-page], and we think it'll make
you a happier, more productive programmer.

Even if you're not sure the course is for you, you can [watch the first two
videos for free][course-page], so you've got nothing to lose.

This course, and dozens more on topics like Ruby, Rails, and Vim, are available
to all Upcase subscribers. 

If you're interested in improving your programming chops this year, you should
[check out Upcase][join-page].

[course-page]: https://thoughtbot.com/upcase/mastering-the-shell?utm_source=giant-robots-blog&utm_campaign=shell-trail-announcement&utm_medium=post
[join-page]: https://thoughtbot.com/upcase/join?utm_source=giant-robots-blog&utm_campaign=shell-trail-announcement&utm_medium=post