This guide is intended to help you become job search ready.
Our assumption is that you’re a mid-level to senior-level product, design, or business professional, planning to re-enter the job market. You’ve been doing this for years, and you’re good at what you do. You just need a little polish to make yourself job search ready.
We have put together a practical and actionable Just Enough Prep Guide to help you communicate your value in a way hiring managers understand. By the end of this guide, you’ll have the resources to become a candidate that knows how to showcase your skills, interview effectively and negotiate like a pro.
We’re here if you have any questions.
– The Underdog.io Team
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<aside> 1️⃣ How long will this take?
That’s entirely up to you. Most people work through it in a few hours but you may need more or less time depending on your working style.
Skim the guide, ctr+F for the answers you’re looking for, take what you need and leave the rest.
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<aside> 2️⃣ Who designed this course?
Tim Mansfield was a tech lead at Google and YouTube for several years, and has long experience in roles ranging from senior engineer to CTO at various startups. He has also pursued a parallel track in education, being on the founding team of a charter high school, starting an education non-profit, helping run multiple coding bootcamps, and designing new-hire and up-skilling training for many companies.
One of his major motivations is to help people succeed over the course of their careers, and he has mentored hundreds of people with that in mind.
Chris Muir co-founded Underdog.io. He built the first version of the app in the Flask framework back in 2014 and designed much of what you see on Underdog.io today. He started his career in finance, spent a few years as the polar opposite—a professional musician—and joined his first startup in 2011. He ran the sale of that company to Groupon, then did similar work at a few other startups before launching Underdog.io. Wherever he is, he loves helping people angle their career arc sharply upward and onward.
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<aside> 3️⃣ How do I give my feedback on the course?
Submit feedback here → Post-Course Survey
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