know AI two levels above what the room expects

You need the experience to get the job. You need the job to get the experience. Here is the way around that.

Three ways in. Two of them are free.

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Every room expects a certain amount from someone at your level. Know two levels past it and the room changes.

Out of school that makes hiring you obvious. In the job it is what gets you moved. And now that AI touches every role, it is how you stand out on the things that were never your job in the first place.

The problem is, how can you prepare for the ask before you have access to those rooms? The classic chicken and egg, how can you show real expertise before being given the chance? Impossible?

Here we can change that. Prep for certs against situations I actually hit in the field working with startups, midsize, enterprise clients. I show real strategy and design with real consequences. And I break down what these roles really demand, not what the job description claims.

You get the room before you are in the room.

**Chris Morancie.** AI product manager at Stride. Through my own companies I have built and led teams for Plaid, MX, Barclays and Manpower. Everything here comes off that work. Why learn this from me →

How you get to the next levels

Certification prep: The concept is knowing what a thing actually does. The certification only tests whether you remember it. To get to the next levels, you need to know what that looks like in real scenarios and how to apply it. You get that here.
Concepts and design: It's one thing to simply know the concepts, the next level is being able to understand and apply the concepts to real life scenarios. You will get that here. Plus, hidden concepts that will separate you from others in every room.
Building real AI systems and processes: Following content and reading will get you knowledge. But seeing real systems get built against that knowledge is different. Recognizing when it's OK to ditch what the books say because it doesn't match what the scenario needs. That's the part reading cannot give you.
Deep dive into AI-related jobs: We all know that what the job description says and what it really is, isn't the same. Next level is truly understanding what the job needs so you can know what two levels above means.

most of this you only see after somebody hires you