For young men who've finished a tech programme
You finished the training. Now get paid for it.
You learned to code, design or work with data. Then the certificate came, and nothing happened. In 6 live weeks with Gilead and a small pod, you'll turn what you know into a portfolio people trust, a profile people find, and a pitch that gets replies, so you can land your first job or paying client.
Sound familiar?
You don't need another course. You need a next step.
- I finished the programme three months ago. Now what?
- I've applied to 60 jobs. Zero replies.
- My portfolio is two tutorials and a to-do app.
- I don't know what to say to a client.
If you've thought any of these, you're not lazy and you're not behind. You were taught the skill. Nobody taught you the other half.
It isn't your skill. It's the half nobody taught you.
Thousands finish tech training every year. The ones who get paid first aren't always the most skilled. They're the ones who fixed these three things.
Your portfolio proves you can follow a tutorial.
Employers and clients have seen the same to-do app a thousand times. They hire people who show a real problem solved, for someone like them.
Nobody can find you.
Most jobs and gigs go to someone the hirer has already seen: a post, a profile, a name passed along. If you're invisible, you're not even in the race.
You're applying, not pitching.
Sending the same CV to 60 openings feels like work, but it's a lottery. A short, specific message to the right person beats a hundred applications.
Every month you wait, another class graduates with the same certificate, and the skills you paid for get a little rustier. And AI is raising the bar: it won't take your job, but someone who uses it well might. Every week of this cohort uses AI as your assistant, so that someone is you.
Six weeks from now.
Where you start, and where you'll be.
Day 1
- "I do a bit of everything"
- A few tutorial projects
- No one knows you exist
- Applying and hoping
- Nervous about calls
Week 6
- One clear sentence: what you do, for whom
- 2 or 3 real projects on your Damian profile
- A profile people find and follow
- 100+ messages sent, replies coming in
- A pitch you've practised out loud
Where this can lead.
The roles our graduates go after. Pick yours on day one, and the six weeks are built around it.
The six weeks.
One live session a week, one real task, and AI as your assistant all the way through. Every week ends with something finished.
- Week 1
Positioning
Pick your lane and say what you do in one sentence a stranger understands.
You leave with: your one-line pitch - Week 2
Portfolio
Turn tutorials into real projects that solve real problems for real kinds of businesses.
You leave with: a live Damian profile - Week 3
Visibility
A LinkedIn or X profile that works while you sleep, and posts that show your thinking.
You leave with: 5 posts about your work - Week 4
Outreach
Who to contact, where to find them, and short messages people actually answer.
You leave with: 100 messages sent - Week 5
Pitching
Discovery calls, pricing your work, and handling "no" without folding.
You leave with: a pitch you've rehearsed - Week 6
Delivering
Working with clients and teams, getting paid on time, and getting referred.
You leave with: your 90-day plan
Everything you get
One seat. Everything you need to go from certificate to paid work.
- 6 live, practical sessions with Gilead, recorded
- A pod of 5 to 8 and a pod lead who check on you every week
- A real task every week, reviewed, not just assigned
- Outreach, pitch and pricing scripts you can copy and adapt
- AI prompts that speed up your portfolio and outreach work
- A live Damian profile employers and clients can check
- A personal 90-day plan for after the cohort
- Your pod and the alumni group, long after week 6
How it runs.
Live every Saturday
Practical, hands on, recorded in case you miss one.
Your pod
Five to eight guys and a pod lead who notice when you go quiet.
Your dashboard
Progress, recordings, this week's task and your scoreboard.
Proof on Damian
A profile employers and clients can check, yours to keep.
Send 25 tailored messages and log every reply.
Who's teaching you
Learn it from someone who's done both halves.
Gilead Ogbonna has been teaching people tech since 2007, and getting paid for his own skills by clients in the UK, US and EU since 2016. He's trained NYSC corps members at orientation camps, PhD students at the University of Jos, and teams across Nigeria. He wrote The Online Course Creators Bible and is building Damian, a platform where people prove they can do the job.
- 2007First classroom
- 2016First international clients
- 4NYSC camp trainings
For parents and guardians
Don't let the training you paid for go to waste.
You invested in his skills. But a skill nobody pays for slowly turns into a certificate in a drawer. For ₦25,000, he gets six weeks of structure, accountability and older guidance at the exact moment it matters most, and you get to see the progress.
- Updates every two weeksAttendance, tasks done and progress, sent to you.
- Real accountabilityA small pod and a pod lead who notice when he goes quiet.
- Safe, group sessionsAll sessions are group sessions. Nothing happens in private chats.
- Proof you can seeHis Damian profile shows exactly what he built.
Prefer one-to-one
The Deep-Dive Session.
For when you need answers about you, not a group. In 90 private minutes, Gilead goes through your skills, portfolio, goals and what's been blocking you, then writes you a 90-day plan built around your situation. Two weeks later, a short check-in to make sure you're moving.
Questions.
Straight answers. Anything else, ask me.
Who is this for?
Young men, roughly 17 to 25, who have finished a tech programme (coding, design, data, product, cloud or digital marketing) and still haven't landed paid work. Bootcamp, 3MTT, school or self-taught all count.
I'm still a beginner. Should I join?
This is not a coding course. You should already have the basics of your skill. We teach the half that gets you paid: portfolio, visibility, outreach and pitching.
There are free programmes. Why pay ₦25,000?
Free programmes teach the skill, often to thousands at once. This is the step after: a small pod, a mentor who knows your name, weekly tasks someone actually checks, and a portfolio built around the role you want. ₦25,000 works out to about ₦4,200 a week.
I'm not good at selling myself.
Most people aren't, at first. You won't be asked to brag. You'll learn to show proof of your work and ask clearly, using scripts you practise in a safe group before you ever send one.
Can you guarantee me a job?
No one can honestly promise that, and you should be wary of anyone who does. What we promise is the work that gets people hired: a finished portfolio, a clear pitch, and at least 100 real messages sent to people who hire. Your pod makes sure you do it.
What do I need?
A laptop for the projects (a phone is fine for joining calls), steady data for one live session a week, and 5 to 7 hours a week for tasks.
When are the sessions?
One live session every Saturday morning (Nigeria time), recorded for anyone who misses it. Pod check-ins happen during the week at times your pod agrees.
What happens after the six weeks?
You keep your Damian profile, the recordings, the templates and your pod. Strong graduates are invited back as pod leads for the next group, which is real leadership experience for your CV.
I live outside Nigeria. Can I join?
Yes. Sessions are online. Message us and we'll send payment details in US dollars or pounds.
Can girls join?
This programme is built for young men. Leave your details with us and we'll tell you if a mixed group opens.
What if I'd rather have one-to-one help?
Request a Deep-Dive Session: 90 minutes with Gilead, a written 90-day plan and a follow-up check-in two weeks later, for ₦35,000. Send a request and Gilead replies the same day with times and payment details.
- Pick your option belowA seat, a sponsored seat, or a Deep-Dive request. Takes 2 minutes.
- Pay by bank transferUse your reference so we can match it. Deep-Dive requests pay only after Gilead confirms.
- Get your login the same dayPlus your pod, your first task, and the date of your first session.
Save your seat.
Join the waitlist.
Pay for yourself, pay for someone you believe in, or request a one-to-one Deep-Dive Session. Login details are sent as soon as payment is confirmed.
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