What is This?
Short Answer: An AI Guide.
Longer Answer: Everything I’ve learned about AI over the past year, organized into a single PDF so you can get up to speed & be competitive in your career & jobs.
Long Answer: For the better part of the last year, I’ve been diving deep into AI and artificial intelligence because it will drastically impact every industry & profession. Specifically, after my initial research, I realized that this would completely disrupt how you find, land & retain jobs as well as progress in your career. Once I realized this, I knew that I couldn’t leave our community empty-handed and unprepared.
Why Now?
I couldn’t continue to put out the typical content & resources because the world stopped being “normal” after ChatGPT went viral. Thus, I went to work understanding this technology on a deep level so I could come back to you with clear and practical answers on how to approach this world-changing shift. I’m not claiming to be an expert, but simply someone who had to learn this new skill from scratch and hopes to save you time & energy in your own efforts.
Within the “Overview” and “Frequently Asked Questions” sections of the AI guide, I’ve provided you with all the free job search & career resources in case you have not seen them before. They include a Resume Template, Interview Guide, Cover Letter Template, Job Search Tracker, & a Career Resource Database.
After learning the various large language models & AI services within the attached guide, you’ll be able to supercharge your career & job search by leveraging all of these free tools together!
What’s Next?
I will continue to provide you with the latest updates on what you need to know to stay ahead in your career, job search & the AI landscape. I will do my best to NOT abuse your email. I am very grateful for the ability to reach out to you directly so I can share all the knowledge & tools I have to help you succeed.
My only ask is that you share this with your friends, family & loved ones so they don’t get shocked by this massive disruption to their careers & jobs. Make sure you are sharing the link to the guide below or have them sign up for this newsletter otherwise they will NOT get notified of updates and potentially miss critical information that could have helped them.
The Road So Far
To understand what I’ve been up to and how we got here, check out the timeline of events below. I recognize you may have more questions. I’ve done a really poor job of explaining what’s been going on behind the scenes as I’m building this community for us, but I will try to be better about this going forward.
In the meantime, I hope the cliff notes below help you get a better sense of our journey up until now:
July 2019: First video helping professionals eat better 🥗
Sept 2020: Laid off from job during pandemic 😨
Oct 2020: First TikTok post 🐣
Nov 2020: Posting 5-7 times/day 🏃♂️
Dec 2020: First 1M+ view TikTok post 👶
Jan 2021: First 2M+ view TikTok post 😲
Feb 2021: First 3M+ view TikTok post 🤯
Mar - July 2021: Building to 1.5M community members across social media
— Helping thousands and thousands land job offers for FREE ✅
— Never charging for courses, coaching or masterclasses ✅
— Never took a sponsorship/ affiliate link to grab money from you ✅
Aug 2021: Expansion to multiple social media platforms 💪
Sept 2021: Bigger focus on YouTube, Instagram & LinkedIn content
— TikTok was constantly & improperly flagging my account ❌
— Inexplicable community guideline violations threatening account ❌
— Could get banned from reaching 95% of you ❌
Nov 2021: First YouTube video goes viral (currently: 21M+ views) ⭐
Dec 2021 - Apr 2022: Grew community across social media platforms
— YouTube - 700,000 members 🎥
— Instagram - 170,000 members 📷
— LinkedIn - 50,000 members 🤵
May 2022 - Sep 2022: Helped brands build out their social media
— Grew tens of thousands of followers each month 👨👨👧👧
— Acquired millions of views per month 📈
— Drove tens of thousands of visits for lead generation 🙌
Sep - Nov 2022: Started exploring AI to understand capabilities
— OpenAI’s ChatGPT blows up 😳
— Many AI companies now accelerated their product launches ⏰
— Dozens of tools getting released each day 🔍
Dec 2022 - Apr 2023: Began work with an AI startup to build its social media
— Saw “how the food was made” to learn underlying AI technology 🛠
— Could stay on top of the rapidly evolving AI landscape 🖼
— Identify high-quality AI tools & products from poor ones 🧠
May 2023 - Present: Continuing research of tools to build out AI Guide
— Testing each of the tools for practical tasks & jobs 💻
— Vetting which AI tools will be most important 🧰
— Organizing guide into tutorials & progressively advanced examples 🤓
Present - Future: Continue building free resources & sharing knowledge
— Helping brands & companies build out their AI capabilities 🏬
— Creating more content that covers AI use cases & tools 🤳
— Expand AI Guide and launch more resources 🥰
The best way you can make a difference is by sharing this knowledge with those you care about, especially if they want to stay up-to-date from someone who has NEVER monetized their 2 million community members. I’m so grateful for each and every one of you and I hope this AI Guide helps with your journey!
DAVID! I’ve missed you on Instagram!! Always grateful for your very helpful advice and freely sharing your wisdom and insight!! I wish you all the best and thank you for sharing your valuable content again!!!
Thank you David! Good to know and learn more about today's AI.