Zero to Hired: from a blank GitHub to an interview-ready portfolio in six months.
$10 launch price, first 50 buyers · Instant access · 7-day refund
The problem.
The gap
Most students ship five shallow demos and wonder why nobody replies. Every company building with AI asks the same question: how did you know it worked? A demo has no answer. The advice online is a pile of “10 project ideas” with no depth, no numbers, no plan, no idea which maps to which role.
One deep project with real numbers beats five demos. Zero to Hired gives you 2-3, chosen for your target role and built week by week, for free, plus the git history, writeups, and LinkedIn presence that let a recruiter verify your work in two minutes.
What's inside.
- Projects
16 production-grade projects
RAG + eval harnesses, FDE agents with approval gates, MLOps pipelines, streaming data, system-design builds, GitOps infra. Each with what to build, why it matters to hiring, a free stack, a week-by-week plan, the interview questions it prepares you for, and the resume bullets it produces.
Covers
- RAG
- Agents
- MLOps
- Infra
- Track
Pick-your-track guide
Target role → your exact 2-3 projects. Don't build all 16; build the right few, deep.
Covers
- FDE
- AI-ML
- Data
- Stack
The $0 stack
Groq/Gemini free tiers, Colab/Kaggle GPU, Oracle always-free ARM, Supabase. No GPU bills, no course fees.
Covers
- Groq
- Colab
- Oracle
- Supabase
- System
The operating system most guides skip
A git-history + commit-discipline ladder, a DevOps/networking depth map, and a LinkedIn playbook that reads as engineering, not marketing.
Covers
- git
- DevOps
- Companion
The companion[Core]
Clone-ready repo skeletons (README, design-doc, CI, CLAUDE.md), a 6-month progress tracker, a Resume Bullet Bank, and a buyers' Discord for feedback and accountability.
Covers
- Skeletons
- Tracker
- Discord
A look inside.
Sample pages
Why trust this.
Proof
The portfolio you’re reading this on was built exactly the way the guide teaches: role-targeted projects, case studies that make even private work credible, and on every project a number you can challenge me on. I ship in public: the projects on this site, and open-source tools like cohors (opens in new tab). No hustle, no exaggerated numbers, and the guide even tells you to use numbers you can defend for ten minutes, because a commenter’s one hard question undoes months of credibility.
Pricing.
Plans
| Feature | Lite Free | Core $15 $10 | Cohort soon |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 projects + the git-history section | Included | Included | Included |
| All 16 projects + interview prep + resume bank | Not included | Included | Included |
| Repo skeletons + progress tracker | Not included | Included | Included |
| Buyers' Discord + lifetime updates | Not included | Included | Included |
| Live cohort + office hours | Not included | Not included | Included |
Launch price $10 (33% off), first 50 buyers, then $15. Core buyers get the cohort at a discount when it opens, and everything in Core carries over.
FAQ.
What exactly do I get, and how?
A 52-page PDF plus the companion zip: clone-ready repo skeletons, the 6-month tracker, and the Resume Bullet Bank. Gumroad delivers everything instantly after checkout, and updates land in your library free.
Do I need money or a GPU?
No. Every project runs on free tiers. That's the whole point.
Solo, or do I need a partner?
Solo-first: the plans are written for one person. A Partner Bonus appendix covers the two-person review workflow if you find one.
Is this just a list of ideas?
No, it's a 6-month system: week-by-week plans, the git/LinkedIn operating manual, repo skeletons, and a tracker.
I'm not in the US / not a student.
It still works, and the playbook is about what to build and how to show it, which is universal. Price is shown in USD; your card network converts it automatically at checkout.
Is there a student discount?
Launch price is $10 (33% off), pre-applied at checkout for the first 50 buyers. After that it returns to $15.
Will it go stale?
Lifetime updates on Core. The stack and projects evolve with the market.
Guarantee.
7 days
7-day, no-questions-asked refund. If it doesn’t give you a clear plan you’re excited to start, email me and I’ll refund you. Or request it straight from your Gumroad receipt.
Stop shipping demos nobody reads. Build 2-3 projects that get you interviews.
$10 launch price, first 50 buyers · Instant access · 7-day refund