Catalog / CAR-100
CAR-100Career Acceleration
Positioning, executive-grade materials, interview performance, and compensation strategy for senior technical professionals.
About this program
Senior technical careers stall on positioning, not capability. This program is a structured sprint on the career asset base: a positioning narrative that differentiates you, resume and portfolio materials written for executive and hiring-panel audiences, interview performance including architecture storytelling, and a grounded approach to compensation conversations and offer decisions.
Who this is for
- Senior engineers and architects preparing a move up or out
- Professionals re-entering the market after years heads-down
- Leaders repositioning from delivery roles toward strategy roles
What you will be able to do
- Articulate a positioning narrative that differentiates you in a senior market
- Produce executive-grade resume, profile, and portfolio materials
- Perform in interviews with structured architecture and leadership storytelling
- Negotiate compensation with preparation, ranges, and decision criteria
Program modules
Delivered over 4 weeks of live tutor-led sessions, applied work, and structured review.
Positioning and narrative
- Your professional thesis: what you are the answer to
- Evidence inventory: turning work history into proof
- Market mapping: roles, titles, and where you actually fit
- Personal positioning statement workshop
Executive-grade materials
- The senior resume: outcomes, scope, and judgment on paper
- Profile and portfolio: what reviewers look for at this level
- Architecture artifacts as career assets
- Referee and reference strategy
Interview performance
- Structured storytelling: situation, decision, outcome, learning
- Architecture interviews: thinking aloud with authority
- Leadership and behavioral rounds at senior level
- Handling gaps, pivots, and hard questions honestly
Compensation and offers
- Researching ranges and building your number
- Negotiation conversations: scripts and sequencing
- Evaluating offers: compensation, scope, and trajectory
- Capstone: mock interview panel with structured feedback
Hands-on components
- Materials workshops with structured instructor review
- Recorded mock interviews with individual feedback
- Compensation-scenario rehearsal with practical scripts
Ready to apply?
Apply any time. Admissions reviews your fit, confirms the next available cohort, and issues an invoice. Your seat is confirmed on payment.