Attention Is All You Need (To get Hired)
Overview
Are you worried about your next opportunity in the technical talent market? You are not alone.
Join us for a practical workshop on how technical talent can improve the job hunt today and make future job hunts easier.
The talent market is inefficient. Millions of developer hours are spent proving ability through LeetCode, credentials, applications, and interviews instead of creating value. At the same time, talent can exist anywhere while opportunity remains concentrated within relatively few companies, institutions, and networks.
This workshop will explore both sides of the problem: how to navigate the traditional job hunt more effectively, and how to create visible proof of value that helps you get noticed beyond the application process.
What you will learn
You will hear practical perspectives on:
Improving your job application strategy
Using data to approach the job hunt more effectively
Creating deliberate projects that open side doors into competitive roles
Building microproducts that demonstrate real value
Understanding product market fit and what industry leaders actually notice
Speakers
Mohammad draws from mentoring over 100 capstone students across leading STEM programs through Trilemma Foundation. He’ll open with practical job application strategy, then explore how technical talent can get noticed beyond applications by creating visible proof of value through microproducts.
Nik is a serial founder turned AI builder and community builder. He’ll demo a deliberate project built by one of his mentees that helped land a PM role at Waymo, showing what a successful “side door” into a competitive role can look like.
Ash is building Intern Insider, one of North America’s largest internship search platforms. He’ll share data backed insights from the platform on job applications and walk technical talent through how to approach the job hunt more effectively.
David is a former Microsoft VP and current Strategic Advisor for AI Transformation and Executive Strategy at KPMG Canada. Drawing on decades of product and technology leadership, he’ll discuss product market fit and what makes technical work stand out, giving builders an early look at how a Datathon judge and industry leader evaluates talent and ideas.
Put it into practice
This workshop is part of the Datathon Season co-hosted by Trilemma Foundation and Northeastern University.
The ideas discussed here are not meant to stay theoretical. Throughout the Datathon, participants will have the opportunity to apply them by building and demonstrating a data driven microproduct designed to create real value and get noticed.
Not yet registered for the Datathon? Apply now:
https://airtable.com/appZZI7zTz3xYJE0r/pagyHcGcNVQmgCtAV/form
About Northeastern University
Founded in 1898, Northeastern is a global research university and the recognized leader in experiential lifelong learning. Located in the heart of downtown, the Vancouver campus offers a wide range of master’s-level tech degrees, including pathway programs that allow students with non-STEM backgrounds to pursue a graduate degree in tech.