28.07.2026
The First 90 Days: What the Workload Actually Looks Like When You Leave Corporate for EdTech
The honest workload curve of opening a children's coding school — 55–70 hour weeks, where the peak hits, and what a franchise actually saves you.
Leaving a corporate job for freedom? For
the first 90 days of running your own school, weekends no longer exist.
Below is the workload curve nobody puts on a franchise webinar slide.
The short version
- A founder opening a children's coding school works 55 to 70 hours a week during the first 90 days.
- The peak lands in weeks 8 to 10 — the fortnight before opening and the first days after.
- That peak sits in evenings and Saturdays, because parents are your buyers and parents are mostly free after 6 pm. This is how the market works, not a scheduling mistake.
- Workload flattens out around month 4 or 5, once three or four groups are running, and your teachers no longer need daily supervision.
- A franchise won't give you a 20-hour week. What it gives you is a shortcut past the three things that sink most first-time founders: curriculum, teacher training, and marketing that actually converts. You start at week five, not week one.
Want the full breakdown — week by week, with the real numbers behind the curve? Read
the full article here.