Are you considering or pursuing a career in tech, product, or design this year?

Learn how to best navigate your journey into tech during a period of layoffs, AI, and increasing competition. Join us for a 90-minute interactive workshop tailored to beginners, career changers, and those interested in a career in tech or design.

What You Will Get

  • An Overview of the Tech, Product, & Design Industry Landscape

    We will start by getting a birds eye view of the current industry landscape exploring the most popular opportunities, as well as opportunities you may not be familiar with.

  • Specific Advice on How to Navigate the Current Market Hurdles

    We will then go over each of the variables affecting the market today including layoffs, AI, and increasing competition and how you can navigate these hurdles.

  • An Actionable Plan on How to Come Up in Tech, Product, or Design

    We will end by reviewing an actionable plan you can use to get ahead of the competition, stand out, and supercharge your journey into the industry!

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

Meet Instructor Michael A

@michaelmakesco

Michael is a Design Leader, Tech Strategist, and Educator from Brooklyn, New York. He's currently Director of Design at Heady. He specializes in Design Leadership and management, Design Strategy, Process, and Operations, Inclusive Design and Accessibility, and Design Systems.

He's been an educator for more than five years having taught at General Assembly and CareerFoundry and currently a Design Professor at CUNY.

Before Design Leadership and Design and Tech Education, Michael was a Front-end Developer, Visual Designer, then a Product/UX Designer and Strategist. All in all, he's been building digital products for over 10 years and have been loving every bit of it!
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