Seminar Details

  • Open to All!

    This seminar is open to all! To celebrate our relaunch, we're hosting all live sessions of seminars FOR FREE first time ever! Our live seminar will be hosted on Riverside.

  • Tuesday, March 4th

    This seminar will be a live and interactive session, specifically tailored to your needs. Register for access to our learning portal and Riverside access.

  • 7 PM Eastern

    While we invite all participants to join us in real time for our 90 minute interactive session, recordings of live sessions will be made available post-session for the first time ever!

What You Will Get

  • Understand the Financial Landscape of a Tech Career

    We'll start by exploring the financial landscape relevant to a tech career, including different types of contracts, salary expectations across different roles, experience levels, locations, taxes, and more. We'll also discuss the various financial considerations specific to the tech industry, such as equity compensation, stock options, and others.

  • Explore Financial Planning & Long-Term Tech Career Success

    We will then explore how smart financial planning can prepare you for long-term success and stability throughout your tech journey. This includes navigating potential periods of unemployment, changing salaries, managing fluctuating income, and building a financial cushion to allow for career transitions or up-skilling in an AI future.

  • Learn Frameworks & Strategies for Financial Success

    Lastly, we'll provide you with a framework and specific strategies for setting yourself up for financial success in the tech industry. This will cover budgeting basics, saving and investing strategies tailored for tech professionals, and understanding and managing taxes related to tech income (including equity and stock options).

Who should join us?

If you're interested in a career in tech, product, or design, if you're pursuing a career in tech, product, or design, if you're a career changer, and if you're struggling on your path to your dream job in tech, product, or design - you should join us!

  • Aspiring Frontend & Backend Developers, and aspiring Software Engineers.

  • Aspiring Product Designers, UX Designers, UX Researchers, and adjacent UX Roles.

  • Aspiring Product Professionals including aspiring Product Managers & Project Managers.

  • Anyone who is unsure of what specific discipline or career path to pursue.

Meet Instructor Michael A

@mike.a.co

Michael is a Design Leader, Tech Strategist, Founder, and Educator with over 10 years of experience working in tech. He's the Founder and CEO of Rita Group, an ed-tech company supporting tech career seekers through various initiatives including Rita Lab, Rita ABC, and Rita XYZ. Throughout his career, Michael has built and led various design and tech teams with his latest role being Director of Product Design. He's worked with many teams, small and large, including the City of New York, NPR, Meta, and more. He's also a tech, AI, and design educator at CUNY with over 5 years of teaching experience.
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In an effort to keep this seminar as personalized and valuable as possible, this seminar will be available only to the first 30 registrants. So make sure to register today or soon to reserve you seat!

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