I encourage you to clear out your schedule for the 4 hours of the active course time on Saturday and Sunday. But if, for some reason, you cannot make it to a live session, don't worry. You will have access to the recording in your Maven account. You will also have ongoing access to the tools and resources that are included in every cohort.

This workshop is designed based on my experience coaching busy and ambitious tech workers. Because your plate is already full during the week, the workshop takes place over a single weekend. The total time commitment is 8-10 hours, though of course you can choose to spend more time with your peers in the community.

Yes, and no. This workshop will help you design a more targeted job search. While we will spend a lot of time improving your job search artifacts (LinkedIn, Resume, Blurb), this course is not a dedicated interview prep course. I offer a separate interview prep course, First Round Ready, which is pre-recorded and available through my website.

I have designed this workshop keeping in mind that I write about these topics publicly. The material leverages information from my public writing, but it is organized and delivered as a step-by-step hands-on workshop. It would take a 20x the effort for most people to find, self-design, and consume a similar curriculum using my public content.

There is no workshop in the world that can guarantee either of these, though if you read my testimonials you will see that many of my coaching clients see outsized results. My goal is to teach you how to design a more targeted job search so you can search with confidence and ease, rather than struggling to know what to do, when, and how.

The content for this course is catered to professionals who are already in tech roles, with at least 2+ years of experience in tech. Pivoting into tech requires building knowledge of tech culture, how your skills map to tech roles, and earning experience. This requires bespoke coaching work and a 1:1 approach, not ideal for a cohort-based setting.

My own work experience is 95%+ based in the US, so content leans heavily toward US-based learners. But the content is also appropriate for countries where there are many fast-growing tech product companies. A good litmus test for course-learner fit: if equity is a significant portion of your compensation.

The workshop is designed to work for people with multiple learning styles. We will leverage the following learning methods: lecture, breakout rooms for small group learning, hands-on workshops, Q&A, optional mixers, and a Slack community.

No. Erika coaches tech workers 1:1 only 2-3 hours per week, due to time constraints. Her typical coaching fee is $400-$600 per hour. Erika will, however, host a Q&A session each day after the structured course and workshop material, and the entire course is like getting career coaching from Erika. Each cohort also has a Slack community for P2P Q&A.

This course is all about designing a job search and networking to increase your odds of success. What better way to practice networking than with a cohort of similarly-situated job seekers?!

Additionally, there are multiple real-time exercises that will significantly cut down the cycle time to hone your job search artifacts.

I have designed the course to work for busy tech workers, parents, extreme hobbyists, etc. So there is no mandatory pre-work. That said, there may be some optional pre-reading material and a pre-course mixer to get to know your other cohort mates.

You can leverage additional Coach Erika courses and resources to help you through your full job search, from interviewing to offer negotiation and ramping up on the new job. A digest of resources will be emailed to you after the workshop ends.

Yes! There are two ways:

1/ people who join this course can apply to join The Career Whispers private Slack community (for free). I regularly answer questions and share exclusive content there.

2/ via my 1:1 coaching, available through my website.

I created The Career Whispers community with the explicit intent to be available to you over the long term. I do not want our relationship to end on the last day of the workshop (which is the case with >90% of courses).

Once you complete this workshop, you can apply to join TCW (for free). It's exclusively available to workshop alumni.

If for any reason your plans change and you can no longer participate in the course, don't worry. You can get a full refund up to 24 hours before the first main session of the cohort. We will ask though if you would be open to moving your enrollment to the next cohort, as that saves us significant admin effort and payment processing costs.

Yes, you will receive a completion certificate from Maven, typically within 24 hours of the end of the last session of the course.