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3 AI Skills to Land your Job in ... the Biotech Industry

Some people assume biotech is purely science: pipettes, gene sequences, clinical trials. In practice, the industry runs on physical infrastructure as demanding as any in manufacturing. A diagnostic device that detects a cancer marker with enough reliability to inform a treatment decision. A surgical instrument precise enough to operate where a millimeter is the margin between success and failure. A monitoring system that tracks a patient's vital signs continuously, without interruption, for weeks. These are tangible products in the most consequential sense: the stakes attached to their performance are measured in human outcomes. I spent more than 10 years working with the biotech industry as a supplier, managing it as a strategic key account across multiple market segments. I understand what biotech and medtech companies require from their partners and their people; I also know which skills are shifting fast right now because of AI. This Tuesday session covers the biotech industry: one of the most regulated, most innovation-driven, and most purposeful sectors in the global economy. We will discuss three specific AI skills that are changing what hiring managers expect, and how you can demonstrate them before you walk into an interview. If you want a career where the tangible product you help bring to market can directly improve someone's life, this session is for you.

Home for Ambition #6 — Weekly Live Show [4/22/2026] (Recording)

Home for Ambition is a weekly live show, by Leland, for people trying to stay ahead as work, learning, and opportunity keep changing. Each episode tackles a handful of timely, high-signal topics across AI, careers, education, and the future of work. We expect thoughtful debate, unique perspectives, and practical takeaways you can actually use. It is not a typical interview show or a generic news recap. It is a live roundtable built to help ambitious people make sense of what is changing, understand what matters, and leave with a sharper point of view on how to navigate what comes next.

Everyone can code: How to set up your Claude Code

After this session, you'll have Claude Code running and configured so you can start using AI to write, edit, and automate code without a traditional engineering background. We'll cover how to install and authenticate Claude Code from scratch, how to structure your first prompts to get working output, and how to set up a project folder that keeps your work organized and repeatable.

Important Techniques to Save Time on GRE Quant

If you are consistently running low on time in the quant section of the GRE and aren't sure how to fix it, I am here to help! In this session we will cover key techniques, important patterns to recognize, and what to memorize in advance so that you are saving precious time when you take the test.

Ace Your Consulting Case Interviews

After this session, you'll know how to structure your thinking under pressure, what separates a good case answer from a strong one, and how to handle the moments where candidates most often lose the interviewer. We'll cover the specific frameworks that hold up across McKinsey, BCG, and Bain formats, and how to communicate your reasoning in a way that signals real business intuition rather than rehearsed templates.

A Skill for Finding Skills

"/find-skills" will search the npx skills ecosystem to discover and install agent skills by keyword, then offers to install the best match. To install, run this in your terminal after downloading the file: unzip ~/Downloads/find-skills-skill.zip -d ~/.claude/skills/find-skills/

Build Your PE Recruiting Plan

After this session, you will know how to build a realistic, timeline-driven recruiting plan for private equity, including when to target firms, how to sequence outreach, and what milestones to hit before your first interviews. Most candidates underestimate how early the process starts and how much the structure of their plan shapes their outcomes.

Stop Firefighting: 4 Strategies to Reclaim Your Time and Scale Your Startup

In this session, you will walk away with a repeatable system for identifying which tasks only you can do versus what should be delegated or eliminated. You will learn how to build decision-making frameworks that prevent constant interruptions, and how to structure your week so that growth work stops getting crowded out by operational noise.

My AI Workflow

After this session, you will be able to map out a personal AI workflow that saves time on repetitive tasks and sharpens the quality of your work output. We will cover how to chain AI tools together for multi-step automation, how to build lightweight agents that handle routine decisions without your constant input, and how to identify which parts of your workflow are actually worth automating.

The Eisenhower Matrix Tracker by Leadershap

This matrix helps you prioritize work. Here is the google sheet link to the file so that you can use it for yourself: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/168LA44T7FjjGnUf9sD3LeSDgEnq8GsEN8cvVqBPe7zM/edit?usp=sharing

Land your Job or Study in ... Germany

Germany is not just beer, efficiency, and engineering heritage. It is one of the most accessible countries in the world right now for ambitious non-EU graduates and young professionals who want to build something serious. Over 600,000 skilled positions go unfilled every year. The government rewrote its immigration law in 2023 specifically to bring international talent in. Public universities charge close to nothing. Tech companies, global pharma, and the entire renewable energy sector are actively hiring people with your profile. This session cuts through the noise. We cover the study path and the direct job path, side by side: visa options, living costs, language reality, workplace culture, and what a competitive application actually looks like. Two real cases show how people with no German, applying from abroad, made it work. Germany rewards preparation and specificity. This Thursday, we provide both. New episodes in this series cover a different European country every Thursday.

GenAI Career Applications to Boost Your Trajectory

"The AI live demos were mind-blowing!" AI is changing how we work, but knowing how to use it to accelerate your career is a skill in itself. In my most popular 45-minute workshop, I share practical, real-world strategies for leveraging AI to boost productivity, strengthen your professional brand, and navigate career growth with intention. Drawing from my experience at Google and work with 1,300+ professionals, I break down applied AI use cases focusing on tools you can implement immediately. This session is built for professionals who want to work smarter, communicate with clarity, and bridge the gap between where they are today and the next level of their careers. It’s become my most in-demand and popular workshop across organizations and universities such as Georgia Tech, Northwestern, and the University of Washington. As you read above, attendees frequently describe the live AI demos as “mind-blowing,” with the majority saying that they'd try them out that same day.

Executive Resume Template | Landed Exec Roles at F500 Companies

My most sought out for 2-page resume template for executives, from senior director, VPs, and C-Suite professionals. Includes a polished PDF example of a strong resume plus an editable Word version with detailed comments explaining structure, formatting, and content decisions. Used by leaders at Google, Amazon, Netflix, GitLab, Deloitte, and more.

Cover Letter Template | Landed me a Role at Google

This is the exact cover letter template I’ve used for both my own applications and with clients. Includes a polished PDF example of a strong cover letter plus an editable Word version with detailed comments explaining structure, formatting, and content decisions.

Early Career Resume Template | Landed F500 Intern/Full-Time Roles

My go-to 1-page resume template for early-career professionals, including students and recent graduates. Includes a polished PDF example of a strong resume plus an editable Word version with detailed comments explaining structure, formatting, and content decisions.

Case Walkthrough with a Former Bain Interviewer: Mergers and Acquisitions

M&A cases are a core part of consulting interviews, but many candidates struggle to structure them clearly and communicate their thinking under pressure. This session is for candidates preparing for consulting interviews who want a better approach to tackling mergers and acquisitions cases. You’ll learn how to break down an M&A prompt, structure your analysis across synergies and risks, and walk through a case the way interviewers expect to see it.

AI in Product Interviews: What to Expect and How to Prep

Product management interviews are evolving fast, and AI-related questions are showing up in ways most candidates aren't prepared for. This session is for aspiring and practicing PMs who want to understand how to navigate product interviews at AI-first companies or answer AI-related prompts in traditional PM roles. You'll leave knowing how to frame your thinking around AI product decisions, how to approach metrics and trade-offs specific to AI features, and what strong versus weak answers actually look like in this context.

How to Stand Out in the Schwarzman Scholars Application

After this session, you will know how to position your leadership narrative for the Schwarzman Scholars rubric, structure your essays to reflect the program's focus on global impact and cross-cultural collaboration, and avoid the framing mistakes that consistently weaken otherwise strong applications. These are patterns that surface repeatedly when reviewing what separates admitted candidates from those who fall short.

Law School App Office Hours with a Former Stanford Admissions Officer [3/30/2026] (Recording)

Calling all law school applicants! Come join Office Hours to ask Indrani anything about the law school application process. She worked in the admissions office at Stanford Law School, and she is happy to provide best tips + tricks to help you be successful. She has helped hundreds of pre-law students attain their law school dreams and would love to help you as well!

OpenClaw 101: Learn the Basics of the Most Powerful Agent

AI agents are quickly becoming one of the most powerful ways to automate complex workflows, but many people aren’t sure where to start or how these systems actually work in practice. This session is designed for builders, operators, and curious professionals who want a practical introduction to OpenClaw and how agent frameworks are changing the way tasks get executed. You’ll learn the core concepts behind agent-based systems, how OpenClaw coordinates tools and actions, and what kinds of real-world problems these agents are best suited to solve. Join live to see how OpenClaw works in practice and ask questions about building or using agents in your own workflows. The speaker will draw on insights from working directly with teams adopting AI tools, including patterns that separate effective implementations from ones that struggle. If you’re interested in understanding how powerful agents actually operate and where they fit into modern AI workflows, attending live will give you a clear starting point.