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Technical / AI-native
Build AI-first from day one
Team kickoff. Idea or company project chosen, first sprint scoped.
Tech Residency
Everyone says they have AI skills. Almost nobody can prove it.
You can build. You just can't prove it yet — so you're not getting interviews. In eight weeks, you join a team, ship a real product, and walk out with a Proof Pack employers trust in minutes.
8 weeks
Start to demo day
20 seats
Four teams of five
Aug 10
Next cohort starts
1 product
Your idea or a company's
The track record behind Tech Residency
9.8 / 10 from 1,000+ verified alumni reviews across Forbes, Trustpilot, Career Karma, Course Report, and SwitchUp.
Our alumni are now working at
Why now
You can build. The market just stopped giving you a shot to prove it.
Entry-level hiring fell off a cliff, applications per role exploded, and employers can’t tell whose skills are real. So the bar quietly rose to senior skills — judgment, communication, and directing AI, not just prompting it.
73%
How far entry-level tech hiring fell this year — about 7% across all levels.
Ravio, 2026
182%
More applications per hire than in 2021. The people screening are buried.
2026
53%
Say their biggest problem is telling whether a candidate’s skills are real.
National University / Forbes, 2026
52%
Of skills now asked for in entry-level AI jobs used to belong to experienced workers.
PwC, 2026
Employers want proof of real skill — they just can’t trust what’s in front of them. So stop waiting for the shot. Go build the proof yourself.
See the senior skills the Residency buildsThe Proof Pack
What you leave with — and the whole point of the program. Six things a hiring manager can check in a minute: real work, reviewed and signed.
How it works
You join a small team and build like one, on a real clock — standups, sprints, and a real deadline.
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Join a small team
Five people, eight weeks. Four teams of five — a real team, not a class.
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Pick what you build
Your own idea, or a real company project from our catalog. Either way, the stakes are real.
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Ship like a team
Daily standups, weekly milestones, Friday demos — sprints, the way the job actually runs.
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A program manager runs it with you
Every day — keeping the team moving, calling milestones, unblocking you when you're stuck.
Learn from industry experts, every week
Not lecturers. Jacob, a published AI researcher building a live product, holds your build to a real bar — four weeks on building, four on founding. Ryan runs a weekly workshop on the senior skills employers now screen for.
Technical / AI-native
Founder journey
Your team's milestone
Every week, you get
Technical / AI-nativeBuild AI-first and own the calls — with Jacob, your engineering expert.
The founder’s playbookIdea to product to first revenue, the way Jacob did it for real.
A leadership workshopJudgment, leadership, and communication for the AI era — with Ryan.
Daily standups & milestonesYour program manager runs the team like a real job, every day.
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Founder journey
Idea to production: how Dupely got real
Demo day. First working slice in front of the team and the expert.
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Technical / AI-native
Architecture decisions that bite later
Milestone. Core architecture chosen and defended.
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Founder journey
The boring foundations that make it a company
Demo day. Mid-program review: what is working, what to cut.
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Technical / AI-native
Use AI to go faster, not to skip the thinking
Milestone. Feature-complete target locked for the final sprints.
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Founder journey
The real pitch deck
Demo day. Stakeholder review with the company, for catalog projects.
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Technical / AI-native
Ship it: polish, harden, defend
Milestone. Release candidate. Demo reel recording begins.
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Founder journey
From “a job” to “your own job”
Final demo day. Present and defend your Proof Pack to the expert, the company, and your team.
Meet your experts
Who you'll work with
Two experts work with your team every week, and both review your work: a working AI engineer who holds the technical bar, and a product-and-technology leader who adds a senior product lens and runs the weekly leadership workshop.
Jacob Galajda
Your weekly expert
Jacob Galajda
Published AI researcher · Co-founder & CTO, Dupely
A published AI researcher (arXiv, IEEE) and co-founder & CTO of Dupely, an AI product live and raising right now. Every week he holds your work to a real bar — and a serious builder’s sign-off is what makes that bar mean something.
Published
Peer-reviewed AI research on arXiv and IEEE
$4M
Pre-seed valuation for Dupely, the product he architected
PhD
AI doctoral candidate in computer science, UCF
30+
Production AI and ETL integrations shipped for real clients
Ryan Taylor
Your leadership coach & reviewer
Ryan Taylor
CEO, Coding Temple · 25 years in product & technology leadership
A product-and-technology leader with 25+ years scaling learning platforms used by millions — from KnowledgePlanet, Mzinga, and CorpU to Udemy, ISACA, Skills Matter, and Sales Impact Academy (300+ companies, including HubSpot, Gong, and GitHub). He reviews your work at a senior bar and runs the weekly leadership workshop.
25+
Years in product and technology leadership
Millions
Learners on platforms he's built and led
300+
Companies across the learning platforms he’s scaled
CPTO
Former Chief Product & Technology Officer — he reviews at a senior bar
The names on your sign-off
Your Proof Pack is reviewed and signed by both experts — Jacob from a hands-on AI-engineering lens, Ryan from a senior product-and-technology lens. Two names, on work they actually checked. That’s the part you can’t fake.
Three parts working in your corner
Most programs hand you a certificate and wish you luck. You get three things that actually move you toward a job: career support that doesn't expire, the Residency where you build your proof, and a real placement partner.
Coach
Career Services
Yours for life
- 1:1 career and technical coaching — during the program, and after for as long as you need it
- Real interview prep: data structures, algorithms, and big-tech-style mock interviews
- Resume, LinkedIn, and personal brand sharpened — plus help negotiating the offer
Prove
Tech Residency
8 weeks
- A program manager runs it with you every day: standups, milestones, demo days
- A published AI researcher joins every week and holds your work to a real bar
- You leave with the Proof Pack: the repo, a recorded demo, and a signed review
Place
HTD Talent
Our placement partner
- A real staffing company that places vetted, U.S.-based tech talent into companies
- Clear the bar, and the strongest residents can be put forward for placement
- A real door into a job — a pathway, not a guarantee
Experience alone doesn't get you placed; a staffing firm alone can't vouch for how you work. This pairs both. See HTD Talent ↗
What we promise. And what we won't.
We won't promise you a job. Nobody honest can. We'll hand you a working product, real time on a team, and a Proof Pack employers trust.
Proof good enough that you stop getting ignored.
Questions, answered plainly
Is this a job guarantee?
No. Nobody honest can promise that, and you deserve a straight answer. What you get is a working product, real team experience, and a Proof Pack employers trust. Career services helps you turn that into a stronger position when you go back out. That's a promise we can keep.
There is a real door, though. Coding Temple also runs HTD Talent, a staffing company that places people into jobs. The strongest residents can be put forward for placement through it. A pathway for the people who clear the bar, not a guarantee for everyone.
Do I bring my own idea, or work on a company's project?
Either. Build your own idea with your team, or take a real project from a company in our catalog. Both are real work on a real clock. Pick the one that gives you the story you want to tell next.
What's the time commitment?
Eight weeks, run like a real job: standups daily, milestones weekly, demo days, and sprints with your team.
Who's it for, and who isn't it for?
You, if you just finished training — a bootcamp, a CS degree, or self-taught — and you can build but have nothing recent that proves you can do it on a real team. Whatever you trained in (engineering, data, design, product, QA, security), the wall is the same.
It's not where you learn to code from scratch — it's the step after that. Come ready to ship, not to be told it'll all work out.
Why is there an admissions test?
Because a score only means something if not everyone passes. If we let everyone in, the Proof Pack wouldn't mean anything. The bar is the point. Anyone can apply. Most won't get in.
What does it cost? Is there payment support?
Pricing and payment options show up when you apply. Tap any Apply button to see the full breakdown before you commit.
What exactly do I leave with?
Your Proof Pack: the repo your team shipped, an evaluation report, a security review, a record of your decisions, an engineer's sign-off, and a recorded demo where you defend the work. The full breakdown is up in The Proof Pack.
What if I want to start my own company?
Four of the eight weeks are built for that. You'll see how Jacob took Dupely from an idea to a live product to a fundraise: the deck, the $50 LLC, the EIN, the first dollar of revenue. Not everyone leaves to start something. But you'll know what it takes if you ever want to.
Who runs it, and is he legit?
Jacob Galajda. He's a published AI researcher, with peer-reviewed work on arXiv and IEEE, co-authored with a university CS professor. He's also the co-founder and CTO of Dupely, a live AI product he's raising for. Don't take our word for it. Read the papers. A serious builder signs off on your work, which is the whole reason the bar means anything.
20 seats. Four teams. Starts August 10.
You have to get in first, and most who apply won't. If you can build and you've got nothing recent that proves it, this is the most direct way to fix that. When the teams fill, they fill.
8 weeks. Starts August 10. 20 seats. Your idea or a company's project.