Build with AI.Prove you understand it.Deliver it for real.
The TechDojo Pilot Cohort is a 90-day, AI-native Product Engineering programme. You build with AI, then prove you understand, can collaborate on and can deliver what you build, including paid solutions for real small businesses. You graduate with a Professional Proof Record: evidence an employer or client can check, not a certificate.
AI lets you build more than you understand.
That's the problem. Employers and clients can't tell who actually understands what they shipped. We train you to understand, verify, collaborate on and deliver what you build, and to prove it.
Courses and certificates show you studied. A Proof Record shows working products, recorded defences, code history and client confirmations, with every claim labelled with who checked it.
For builders stuck before the first role or client.
- Graduates or near-graduates, usually 22 to 30
- You can already build something basic
- You're stuck before your first role or your first client
- You can give 30 hours a week for 90 days
- You have your own laptop and can budget for mobile data
Entry is a 30-minute task. There's no beginners' route in the Pilot Cohort. If you're starting from zero, join the 12-Week Academy waitlist.
We would rather be clear than impressive.
- It is a pilot of the TechDojo approach, with real tools, real teams and real businesses.
- It is assessed by people: you demonstrate, explain and defend your work.
- It is not an industry certification.
- It does not promise a job, an internship or any income. It produces evidence, not guarantees.
Evidence, not a certificate.
Two deployed products
Your own product and your team's product, live, tested and explained.
Two solutions in real use
Built for real small businesses, used in their daily work, with measured results.
Client confirmations
The businesses you build for confirm what you delivered and how it worked.
A Professional Proof Record
A public page showing what you can build and how you deliver, every claim labelled with who checked it.
Applications already sent
Up to 18 self-assigned take-homes, each one sent to a company you'd like to work with.
A share of client fees
Paid projects share their fees with the learners who build them. Earnings depend on real clients and are never guaranteed.
Three phases. One record of what you can do.
You learn by building, then build for real businesses, then turn the evidence into conversations with employers.
Learn to build, and to explain what you built.
Product discovery, frontend, full stack, mobile, AI features, testing and security. You build your own product, pitch it, join a team of about 7 and start a team build. Ends with Level 1: Can build.
Build for real businesses.
Real daily-workflow problems from small businesses, in partnership with a tech consulting agency. One individual solution and one team solution, each validated in real use for a week. Ends with Level 2: Has built for someone.
Turn your evidence into conversations.
One self-assigned take-home a day: research a company, build a small working prototype, publish a proof-of-work page and send it to them. Plus the Career Acceleration Pathway (CAP), a daily session in partnership with a career development company.
Graduation.
Your Proof Record is public, your solutions are in use, and your applications are already out.
Four projects. Two of them for real businesses.
Your own product
From week 2: full stack, mobile, sign-in, tested access rules. You pitch it on Pitch Day in week 4.
Your team's product
Teams of about 7 form at Pitch Day. One AI feature, tests, a security review, and a real pull-request and review history.
A solution for a small business
A daily-workflow problem, built in about a day, then a week of real use, measured against the business's own records.
A team solution for a small business
Two to three days of build, a week of real use, and an assessment by an outside reviewer.
Businesses pay for these solutions: half when the scope is approved, half when the agreed results are met. Learners earn a share: 30% of individual projects and 40% of team projects, split equally. Earnings depend on real clients and are never guaranteed.
Six weeks to Level 1.
Discover and define
Product discovery, UX and UI, web foundations and Git. You build a guided Learner Project Tracker: product definition, Figma prototype, web page, repository.
Frontend
React, Next.js and TypeScript basics: components, navigation, forms and state. You choose your own product, P1.
Full stack
A Supabase database, sign-in, access rules and testing, applied to P1 with real data and roles.
Mobile, Pitch Day and teams
Expo and React Native for P1. Pitch Day on Thursday, teams of about 7 on Friday, and your team build, P2, begins.
AI, testing and security
One AI feature behind sign-in, Playwright tests on P1 and P2, a security review, and a lesson on handling client data.
Ship and validate
Self-paced over the holidays: deploy P1 and P2, add analytics, get real user feedback, and record your Gate 6 defence.
Your time is your time.
30 hours a week, Monday to Friday. Learn, build and apply whenever suits you during the day. The only fixed time is the 9 pm stand-up, plus gate defences and client meetings as booked.
Learn
The week's assigned material: docs, guides and worked examples.
Build
The week's build focus, one project at a time.
Flex
Three short daily journals, a Friday no-AI drill, catch-up, then optional open source once the week's target is met.
Live stand-up
Every weekday, streamed live on TikTok. What you built, what broke, what's next.
Every weeknight at 9 pm, the build goes live.
The nightly stand-up
Part of the programme for everyone, streamed live on TikTok, with LinkedIn and YouTube too. Each builder shares progress, problems and next steps.
Open Q&A: bring a business problem
Optional and open to everyone. Small businesses bring real problems, which can become Phase 2 projects.
Demos in public
Release gates are shown live, with clips and recaps shared after the shows.
On camera with your agreement
We ask for your written consent before you appear on camera, and being featured in clips is your choice.
One stack, so learning compounds.
AI coding tools are included for the full 90 days, through TechDojo's own gateway, with a monthly usage allowance.
Explain it. Show it. Defend it.
At each gate you demonstrate your work and explain how it works. A product that runs isn't enough if you can't say why.
- Gates 1 to 5: scored out of 100. 70 meets the standard; below that you get a written support plan and carry on.
- Gate 6, Level 1 "Can build": working P1 and P2, a recorded explain-and-change defence, and a recorded break-and-fix on unfamiliar code.
- Level 2 "Has built for someone": real use, a measured result and client confirmation for your business solutions, plus a technical defence.
- Team projects are assessed by an outside reviewer.
How a gate is scored, out of 100
₦90,000. Pay once and the whole 90 days are covered.
₦90,000
One payment covers everything for the 90 days.
₦50,000 + ₦50,000
₦100,000 in total: the first by Mon 30 Nov, the second by Sun 20 Dec.
Locked in for you
The price is locked at ₦90,000 (it rises for the next cohort), you get first priority for paid client work, and your Proof Record carries a Pilot Cohort mark.
Details on WhatsApp
Once you're accepted, we send the payment details to you on WhatsApp and tell you the account name you'll see. We will never ask you to pay into any other account.
For comparison: a single ChatGPT Plus subscription costs about ₦31,500 a month in Nigeria, over ₦94,000 for three months. TechDojo includes the AI coding tools you'll build with for 90 days, plus training, real client projects and professional assessment, for ₦90,000.
From application to day one.
Applications are open now. Classes start Monday 16 November.
Apply
Answer a few questions below, by chat or by form.
Entry task
We send it on WhatsApp: build a page that saves a form entry, and explain it in a 2-minute voice note. You hear back within 24 hours.
You're in
Your learner ID, your setup guide, a short onboarding form and the payment details, all on WhatsApp.
Day one
Week 1 starts, and you join your first 9 pm stand-up.
Pay
In full, or your first instalment. Your place is confirmed once it's received.
A small group, taught closely.
15 to 20 learners, working in teams of about 7 from week 4.
Good to know.
Do I need to know how to code?
Yes, a little. You should already be able to build something basic; the 30-minute entry task checks this. If you're starting from zero, the 12-Week Academy is a better fit.
When do I pay?
By Monday 30 November, in full (₦90,000) or your first instalment (₦50,000). The second instalment is due Sunday 20 December. Classes start on 16 November, so you have a two-week grace period to pay. Your place is confirmed once payment is received.
How do I pay?
Once you're accepted, we send the payment details on WhatsApp and tell you the account name you'll see. We will never ask you to pay into any other account. If anything looks different, ask us first.
What if I decide not to continue?
If you decide not to continue before 30 November, nothing is owed. After you've paid, fees aren't refundable, but you can transfer once to the next cohort. If you're on instalments and withdraw before 20 December, you aren't charged the second instalment. If TechDojo cancels or postpones by more than two weeks, you get a full refund within 7 days.
How much time does it take?
About 30 hours a week, Monday to Friday, whenever suits you during the day. The fixed times are the 9 pm WAT stand-up on weekdays, plus gate defences and client meetings as booked.
Is it in person or online?
Fully online. You'll need your own laptop and a budget for mobile data.
Which AI tools do I get?
AI coding tools for the full 90 days through TechDojo's own gateway, with a monthly usage allowance. It isn't a ChatGPT or Claude subscription.
Will I appear on the live stand-ups?
The 9 pm stand-up is part of the programme and is streamed live. We ask for your written consent first, and being featured in clips is your choice.
What if I don't pass a gate?
Gates 1 to 5 aren't blocking: below the standard, you get a written support plan and carry on. Gate 6 (Level 1) has one re-defence by 6 January. If that doesn't pass, you move to the next cohort's Phase 2 at no extra cost.
Is a job guaranteed?
No. TechDojo doesn't promise a job, an internship or any income. It gives you evidence an employer or client can check, and applications already sent.
Apply for the Pilot Cohort.
It takes about 5 minutes. We reply on WhatsApp within 24 hours with your 30-minute entry task.
- Classes start Monday 16 November
- ₦90,000, or two instalments of ₦50,000
- Payment due by Monday 30 November
Starting from zero, or not ready for 30 hours a week? The 12-Week Academy has its own waitlist. Join the Academy waitlist →
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