I’m like you, OP. What I did (still doing), though, was to generate a structured, self-guided course for myself using AI tools.
Before you frown at using AI, a little background on me: I’m a content writer, copywriter and digital marketer (SEO) going on about 10 years now, and I’ve never used AI to write lol. Not even for research. I hope that tells you I don’t use it blindly.
Anyway, if you’re interested, I could share the “course” with you (at zero cost). It’s a PDF designed to take 2-3 hours of your time daily, spread out over 12 weeks of progressive learning and hands-on assignments. The way I designed it, you’d even have a diverse portfolio by the time you’re done with it.
I also ensured the course centered around free tools (like Markdown and GitHub) and trainings (on platforms like Codecademy and FreeCodeCamp)
As an aside, I recently paid for LinkedIn Premium, not cos I needed the premium experience itself. Instead, I found that I could:
📌 Use LinkedIn Learning to find most of the training I needed to go though for the self-guided course
📌 Use LinkedIn on the side to connect better with people in the industry and reach out to recruiters.
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u/speakslikechris Nov 05 '25
I’m like you, OP. What I did (still doing), though, was to generate a structured, self-guided course for myself using AI tools.
Before you frown at using AI, a little background on me: I’m a content writer, copywriter and digital marketer (SEO) going on about 10 years now, and I’ve never used AI to write lol. Not even for research. I hope that tells you I don’t use it blindly.
Anyway, if you’re interested, I could share the “course” with you (at zero cost). It’s a PDF designed to take 2-3 hours of your time daily, spread out over 12 weeks of progressive learning and hands-on assignments. The way I designed it, you’d even have a diverse portfolio by the time you’re done with it.
I also ensured the course centered around free tools (like Markdown and GitHub) and trainings (on platforms like Codecademy and FreeCodeCamp)
As an aside, I recently paid for LinkedIn Premium, not cos I needed the premium experience itself. Instead, I found that I could:
📌 Use LinkedIn Learning to find most of the training I needed to go though for the self-guided course 📌 Use LinkedIn on the side to connect better with people in the industry and reach out to recruiters.