
Join a one-on-one introduction to working in tech as two leaders explain how to navigate careers in tech, level up your understanding of the tech landscape, and become more techie.
Adopt an innovators mindset to spot associations, observe, experiment, and network, while applying agile principles to deliver value incrementally and adapt to change.
Explore the lean startup mindset and the build-measure-learn loop to plan, build a minimum viable product, test assumptions, and iterate toward a sustainable, customer-centric business.
Explore the tech landscape, from hardware and software companies to tech-enabled enterprises and startups, and learn how e-commerce, SaaS, and agencies shape opportunities across industries.
Explore tech as a service via cloud-based software and hardware models, featuring simplified subscriptions, upgrades, and tailored, scalable solutions.
Explore essential tech terms and data analytics, including descriptive, predictive, and prescriptive analytics. Understand business intelligence, ai, ml, nlp, ar, vr, open source, and gdpr privacy principles.
Explore what cryptocurrency is, how blockchain secures transactions, and how wallets and mining create value. Learn about major tokens like Bitcoin and Ethereum, and the market's volatility and adoption.
Facial recognition scans faces, measures landmarks, and matches facial signatures against databases for security and convenience. It raises privacy and rights concerns as adoption grows across airports, phones, and retail.
Discover how cybersecurity defends devices, networks, and data from attacks and breaches. Learn practical protections—antivirus, firewall, strong passwords, two-factor authentication, backup, and safe connectivity—and career paths in cybersecurity.
Explore how artificial intelligence powers decision-making, communication, and technology across the internet and everyday life. Learn ethical AI frameworks, explainable AI, predictive analytics, emotional AI, robotics, AR/VR and IoT.
Understand how tech companies structure themselves, from founders and the CEO/CTO to UX, backend, DevOps, and QA teams building products. See how marketing and sales drive product feedback and collaboration.
Explore technical careers in tech, including product managers who champion customers with data-driven decisions, developers who solve complex problems, and growth marketers who test ideas to drive revenue.
Explore non-technical roles in tech, from non-technical product manager and ux designer to copywriter and operations, and learn why tech offers growth, high salaries, and cross-functional collaboration.
Explore how competition fuels innovation, drives R&D investments, and requires change management to sustain performance while prioritizing holistic well-being and smart work practices.
Learn how to secure buy-in from leadership for innovative ideas by crafting compelling project proposals and detailed business cases, aligning with business objectives and stakeholder needs.
Explore diversity and inclusion in tech, focusing on retention for BIPOC employees, microaggressions, harassment, language, and growth opportunities.
Explore the innovators mindset, the tech landscape, emerging technologies, how companies work, and how to build the business case.
Tech 101: Introduction to Working in Tech will introduce you to the Tech industry and what it's like to work in tech. In the course, you will learn how to develop the Tech Mindset and use the Lean Startup method to hack your working style to be more innovative and agile. You will develop an understanding of how to navigate the tech landscape and learn tech terms. You'll also learn about some key tech trends, how tech companies are organized, and what it's like to work at a tech company.
The course will give you the steps necessary to transition into technology careers and develop plans to create diversity through inclusion in the tech ecosystem. Tech 101 will inform and educate participants with video lectures on the following:
The Tech Mindset
Lean Startup
The tech landscape
Tech as a service
Tech terms
Cryptocurrencies
Artificial Intelligence
Departments and divisions
Technical jobs in tech
Non-technical jobs in tech
Competitive Landscape
How to get buy in on your innovative ideas
Retaining diverse talent through inclusion
In this course you will walk away with:
Templates and tools you can use to reflect on your work and how you can become more tech-enabled
A tech deck that offers guidance to tech careers, diversity, and startups
Frameworks that help with the practical application of understanding lean startup and disruptive technologies
An understanding of technology and innovation acceleration
If you're interested in working in a career in Tech, then enroll today!