Technology Thought Leader Bootcamp
For Engineers And Technology Professionals Who Want To Operate At The Highest Level Of Our Profession.
Bootcamp Outcomes
- You will start making your "Codex"... a powerful asset creating instant and compelling authority, and whose value compounds for you over time.
- You will publish your first 3 pieces of writing. Even if you are not a writer, you will learn the strategies which make it easy to unlock a writing ability you never knew you had, with less effort and time than you thought possible.
- You will develop a backlog of exciting ideas for new articles, opensource projects, and other "marketing assets" you can create...
- With the tools that turn you into an "idea machine"... so you are generating excellent new ideas faster than you can hope to complete them in the coming months, years and decades. You will never run out of ideas, ever.
- You will strategically expand your Linkedin network, adding over 100 quality connections in the first month alone... in a way you can repeat every single month for as long as you wish.
- You will create a NEW open-source project for your GitHub portfolio, shrewdly designed to maximize its impact on your status and professional reputation...
- And in the process, you will learn the most time-efficient and highly effective way to develop whatever new project you would like in the future.
- You will learn a powerful technique that helps you discover remarkable talents, traits and abilities you have RIGHT NOW, but were never aware of. This alone can completely change your self-image, and you can repeat it to deepen your self-knowledge in the coming months, years and decades.
The Curriculum
Module #1:
The Non-Tech Foundations
- The strategic mindset that allows you to apply these self-promotion skills in the coming months, years, and decades... Regardless of how technology evolves
- The "keystone habit" which accelerates everything you do in this workshop, and after
- The secret foundational technique of "journaling"... amplifying the effectiveness of every other step, while reducing or even net eliminating the willpower cost to following this whole method
- A unique method of skills research that outlines the shortest path to reaching your goals, and exactly what to focus on for rapid progress
- The two kinds of online presence you have... Why it is ESSENTIAL to separate them... And what it is critical you consider when doing so
Module #2:
Becoming An Idea Machine
- The step-by-step process to get amazing ideas all day long for exciting articles and inspiring open-source projects
- The two phases you will go through as you learn to easily generate quality ideas, and why the second is so amazing
- Fast-action templates for articles to write
- The proper way to nurture and capture inspiration
- How to manage the backlog of great ideas you will quickly accumulate, so you can prioritize them without feeling overwhelmed
Module #3:
Writing: The Keystone Skill That Will Serve You For Decades
- How to write great articles quickly and easily, even if you are a terrible writer now and are certain you can never learn (this is life-changing on its own)
- Why writing is not only the foundation of ALL content creation, but also of all communication with humans
- How your writing and other efforts make networking 100 times easier and more productive
- The 100-year-old writing secret that makes your articles an absolute pleasure to read, quickly and easily
- My "swipe file" of most engaging writing for the Powerful Python newsletter, with detailed breakdowns of how the words weave their magic
- The unique writing asset you have never heard of before, that becomes your most powerful tool for catapulting your authority and status
Module #4:
Linkedin Network Farming
- Learn how to steadily increase your Linkedin by 100-200 quality connections month after month indefinitely
- Creating a profile that people love to connect with, giving you up to a 50% accept rate or even higher
- The “connection farming” technique - exclusively taught in this training - that lets you focus your limited number of invitations only to those folks who are most likely to be quality additions to your network
- Techniques to turn Linkedin social-media connections into actual human connections, and even create professional relationships
- How to use your Linkedin audience to easily grow your professional brand and status, without being “salesy”
Module #5:
GitHub Marketing
- The ideal project to create right away, that gives maximum self-promotional results fast - and with surprisingly low effort
- The development style that is HIGHLY effective for advertising your skillset, and which lets you create compelling and impressive projects that from the start advertise themselves
- The top qualities you can demonstrate in your code that are like shiny bright "green flags" waving in the faces of those hiring for the jobs you want
- How to take feedback from interviews and turn them into tremendous assets for your coding portfolio
- The most important decision you will make for a new GitHub repo, and how to nail it
Module #6:
Psychology And Persuasion, From The Engineer's Perspective
- How the "Marketing Mindset" differs from the "Engineering Mindset"... And how to switch between them as needed
- Keys of mass psychology, and how shifts in technology are shaping humanity's social future
- The tiny 30-page book that will revolutionize how you relate with others, and can make people almost fall in love with you during interviews (be careful!!)
- The “Call To Action” method of prompting your followers to imagine how they can help you in your career goals
- The full spectrum of “feedback signals” you can detect and decipher from your audience, which allow you to quickly course correct towards the outcomes you want
Module #7:
Advanced Techniques Beyond The Foundation
- How to use IRL meetups for maximal self-promotion
- Logistics of networking to get easy, high-impact speaking slots at tech meetups
- How to start a meetup group, and why this may be the most high-impact strategy of all
- How to quickly transform your blog posts into Youtube videos, to add another channel for rapidly amplifying your reach and reputation
- The almost-free resource that nearly no one knows about, which gives you profound insight and deep wisdom into what the future is likely to bring
- Additional topics driven by student interest during Q&A
Module #8:
Social "Soft" Skills
- Why the engineering mindset creates special challenges in communication, and how to handle them
- Compelling conversation skills with both individuals and small groups
- Making fantastic first impressions
- Body language for entering groups
- Applied psychology of one-on-one interactions
- The remarkable leverage of grooming, clothing and appearance
- Creating and growing your social circle
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