Below is from one of our Accelerator people who recently completed the — "How to Control Your Career" course. It's not sexy because it's not spoon fed box checking and tactics. It requires some thoughtfulness and reflection. But guess what? Once this starts to click... I see people just AUTOMATICALLY doing the things that get them noticed without me having to spell out specifics. From the Accelerator Slack: "So just wanted to share a small win. I've been going over the secure your career lesson and really engraving in myself what makes me special and the amazing things I've done in my career. Trying to understand that it's not about knowing xyz or having experience with every tech out there. I saw a job post on LinkedIn that wasn't a 100% fit but decided what the heck I can help this team! There was a text box to write a cover letter. I hardly ever write cover letters but this time I wrote a small impactful paragraph about how I can jump in and help the team based on a couple of things l've done recently which I articulated. 2 hours later I received an email for a screening. I don't remember getting ANY positive response back from cold applying let alone 2 hours later in the last 2+ years!"

I worked for a few weeks. Now I am to looking. I am glad to repeat same steps. I will look for perfections.

This is where it starts — your professional story, distilled into a few powerful lines. Your summary isn’t about listing tools. I’s about communicating your value, perspective, and unique lens on the work you do. In your comment below, include: - Your specialty — what you do best - Your top affinity — who you connect with naturally (ex. educators, nonprofits, open-source, etc.) - Your previous industry or current vertical (if applicable) — where you’ve built or what you’ve transitioned from Example: Backend developer who thrives in early-stage environments and messy codebases. I’ve worked mostly in FinTech, focusing on API reliability and transaction safety. Former financial analyst — I bring a systems mindset to engineering.

Find and join one WhatsApp tech affinity group that connects with your background or goals. Share which one you joined — include a short note about what drew you to it or why it is relevant to you.

Use this thread to help us continuously train & give feedback on Code Career AI! We're continuing to improve this over time, so your feedback is super valuable 🚀