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Join us live every Wednesday as School16 founders Vadim and Sergei Revzin interview Operations, Project Management, Sales, and Product Marketing experts as they share their experiences and advice for navigating a career in tech.

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Past Class Recordings

Get access to recordings of past seminars with experts from industry professionals in Operations, Project Management, Sales, and Product Marketing roles at major tech companies.

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How to Stand Out to Top Companies Like Google and Facebook
Vadim and Sergei Revzin
Founding Directors at School16
A workshop by former NYU professors, investors and Founders of the tech career school School16 In this workshop, Sergei and Vadim Revzin, who's company School16 has instructors and mentors from Facebook, Google, Spotify, Netflix and more talk about why most job applicants don't stand out, and strategies you can use to increase the chances of getting noticed by top employers. They also talk about specific techniques you can use in interviews based on what they know these companies look for, and how to get jobs in areas like Project Management, Customer Success, Digital Marketing and other business disciplines.
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How to Start Big Ideas That Can Impact Millions, Live Event with Tec de Monterrey University
Vadim and Sergei Revzin
How to Start Big Ideas That Can Impact Millions with Tec de Monterrey
Founding Directors at School16
In this event Sergei and Vadim Revzin, Co-Founders at School16 will tell their story of how they started off as finance degree graduates, and without any technology experience started their own software businesses and used that experience to become professors at NYU by 30 years old, Venture Capital investors managing millions of dollars in funding, and founders of their own Education Technology company that has attracted teachers from some of the best companies in the world, including Google, Facebook and more. They will talk about how to develop critical skills in Sales, Marketing and Product development and fundraising to be able to make your own business ideas real, and create leadership opportunities for yourself at a young age.
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How to Be a Top 1% Applicant Today
Vadim and Sergei Revzin
How To Instantly Be In The Top One Percent Of Applicants In Today’s Job Market
Founders at School16
The job market is rapidly shifting and while it takes the average person 6-12 months to land an opportunity in today’s competitive market, some candidates have figured out how to secure interviews and land opportunities within a month. In this event we’ll share exactly what successful candidates are doing differently today to quickly land into the top 1% of the job applicant pool, with a blueprint for how you can do it yourself.
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How to Interview for Customer Facing Roles In Tech
Tolu Lawal
How to Interview for Customer Facing Roles In Tech, with Tolulope Lawal - Customer Success at Google
Customer Success Manager
Tolulope Lawal is a Customer Success Manager at Google. He began his career in consulting but has spent the last few years in tech - he's worked various roles at Uber, Google, and Stripe. Tolu has also spent years building bridges for individuals interested in career changes. Through his work with Right Motives and School16, he has helped dozens of people transition into top tech companies (e.g., Google, Microsoft, Salesforce). In this seminar, Tolu shares insights about interviewing at top tech brands like Uber, Google, and Stripe, and what hiring managers look for when evaluating talent for customer facing roles. ‍
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Landing Your First Round Interview in Tech
Laura Holt
Landing Your First Round Interview in Tech
Career Outcomes Lead
This seminar, led by former recruiter and current career outcomes leader Laura Holt, covers the most up to date tactics for booking job interviews consistently.We breakdown exactly what it takes to rapidly secure interviews in tech today. You will learn: -How to create and communicate a strong and differentiated personal narrative-How to find hidden roles and opportunities that others aren’t seeing-How to connect with targeted individuals that can offer direct referrals into companiesThe opportunity search landscape is rapidly changing in 2023, and we will be sharing the best way for you to be competitive in this market
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Q&A With January Cohort Instructor: Dezbee McDaniel, Entrepreneur in Digital Health
Dezbee McDaniel
Get to Know School16's Instructor: Dezbee McDaniel, Entrepreneur in Digital Health
Co-Founder & CEO
Dezbee has been a career entrepreneur who believes in the importance of changing communities that you identify with. This led him to work on his current company CliniSpan Health, a software platform for People of Color and underserved groups to access clinical research. Dezbee is a Venture for America alum, 2018 Forbes Fellow and recognized by Rock Health as Top 50 in the Digital Health industry. He's excited to share his story with you! Curious how Dezbee broke into tech? Want to learn more about startups and no-code jobs in tech? Have questions about School16’s learning environment? Register below to get all of your questions answered during our Q&A on January 18th!
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Q&A With October Cohort Instructor: Samanee Mahbub, Product Marketing Manager
Samanee Mahbub
Q&A With October Cohort Instructor: Samanee Mahbub, Product Marketing Manager
Product Marketing at Lumos, Lead Instructor at School16
Samanee has a deep background in Product Marketing and has held roles across established tech giants like Zapier, Slack, and Crunchbase. She’s excited to share her story with you! Curious how Samanee broke into tech? Want to learn more about Product Marketing or other no-code jobs in tech? Have questions about School16’s learning environment? Register below to get all of your questions answered during our Q&A on October 18th!
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No-Code Career Paths in the Tech Industry
Chelsea Stallings
No-Code Career Paths in the Tech Industry
Senior Admissions Advisor
Thinking about making a career change into tech but don’t know where to start? Join us on Wednesday, February 8th @ 6pm ET as we break down no-code career paths! Have you ever wondered: • How can I break into tech if I don't know how to code? • Does my previous work experience have relevance to career paths in tech? • What is Customer Success, Project Management, and other no-code jobs? • Is it too late for me to join the tech industry? We’ll cover all those questions and more as we break down the job market outlook, no-code careers, and how you can accelerate your path to getting hired in tech!
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From Amazon To GameStop - How Akaash Shanker Got To Manage Over $1 Billion In P&L
Akaash Shanker
From Amazon To GameStop - How Akaash Shanker Got To Manage Over $1 Billion In P&L
Senior Merchant at GameStop
School16 presents a live seminar with Akaash Shanker, Senior Merchant at GameStop, with a discussion on how he was able to develop a career in retail tech, starting as a Merchandising Intern at Macy's. Akaash will discuss how he learned merchandising, buying, planning, and inventory management to eventually land a role at Amazon to help roll out their Amazon Fresh Stores project. Attendees will learn how to leverage consumer retail experience to land an opportunity in tech, and how to understand the retail tech interview process if you're transitioning careers.
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Info Session: 8 Week Concentration Courses in Product, Marketing, Project Management, and Customer Success
Vadim and Sergei Revzin
Info Session: 8 Week Concentration Courses in Product, Marketing, Project Management, and Customer Success
Founding Directors, School16
This is a Course Information Session conducted over Zoom with the Founding Directors of School16 to discuss career pathways into non-technical roles in tech, and how our concentration courses across Product Management, Customer Success, Digital Marketing, and Project Management are structured to drive career outcomes for our students looking to advance their careers in tech. Our team will be available to answer questions about our upcoming courses and admissions process.
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Breaking Into Project Management In Big Tech As A Contractor With Katrina Ryan of Meta
Katrina Ryan
Breaking Into Project Management In Big Tech As A Contractor
Global Project Manager
School16 presents a live seminar with Katrina Ryan, Global Project Manager Consultant at Meta. In this seminar, Katrina will share how her experience as a contractor across Product Marketing and Project Management roles at places like Amex and MasterCard helped her break into tech by securing a contract at one of the most recognizable consumer brands in the world.
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How a Journalism Major Segued an Adweek Internship into Roles at Google and Meta
Brittany Campbell
Strategic Audience Partnerships Lead @Meta (Facebook)
In this seminar, Brittany will discuss how she transitioned her career from advertising and media to working in big tech at places like Google and Facebook, and what it takes to leverage your customer facing experience in another industry to succeed in sales, account management, and business development roles in tech.
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How Generalists Thrive in Operations Roles: From Finance and Marketing to Product Ops at Shopify
Anita Tang
How Generalists Thrive in Operations Roles: From Finance and Marketing to Product Ops at Shopify
Product Operations Lead
School16 presents a live seminar with Anita Tang, Product Operations Lead at Shopify. In this seminar, Anita will share how her experience in different industries (from finance, marketing communications, to product) led her to her current role, what skills from those industries translated to her tech career, and how being a generalist has led to her success.
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How do Growth Marketers Create Engaging Content at Companies Like Snapchat and Pandora
Katie Weidmann
How do Growth Marketers Create Engaging Content at Companies Like Snapchat and Pandora
Growth Marketing Manager
School16 presents a live seminar with Katie Weidmann, Listener Growth Marketing Manager at Pandora. In this seminar, Katie will share how she went from interning at a publishing company and writing a thesis for her psychology degree to becoming a content leader at Snapchat and Pandora.
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How To Break Into Partnership Roles at Companies Like NBC, Viacom and Twitter
Jasmine Shockness
How To Break Into Partnership Roles at Companies Like NBC, Viacom and Twitter
Global Content Partnerships
School16 presents a live seminar with Jasmine Shockness, Content Business Development Manager at Twitter. In this seminar, Jasmine will discuss how her experience across multiple roles has led to her current role, what working at companies like NBC or Twitter is like, and what makes someone successful in a partnership role.
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From Entry Level at NYTimes to Head of Sales in Tech Within 5 Years
Peter Adams II
From Entry Level at NYTimes to Head of Sales in Tech Within 5 Years
Global Head of Sales
School16 presents a live seminar with Peter Adams II, the Global Head of Sales at Mozilla. In this seminar, Peter will discuss his entrepreneurial beginnings, navigating cross-industry career moves, and how he's been successful in sales.
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How to be Successful as a Product Manager at Tech Companies like Webex, IBM, and PulseSecure
Aishwarya Rao
How to be Successful as a Product Manager at Tech Companies like Webex, IBM, and PulseSecure
Product Manager at Webex
School16 presents a live seminar with Aishwarya Rao, Product Manager at Webex. Aishwarya builds features that help colleagues learn about one another and establish effective working relationships. In this seminar, Aishwarya will share how to be a high-performing Product leader in both big companies like IBM or Pulse Secure and start-ups like Akido Labs.
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From Business Development to Product Management at Facebook and TikTok
Chloe Shih
Product Lead
School16 presents a live seminar with Chloe Shih, who is a Product Lead at Tiktok building tools that combat bullying and harassment. In this seminar Chloe will discuss how she leveraged her background in partnership development and operations across growth stage and established tech startups to become a product leader at places like Facebook and TikTok.
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Breaking Into Partnership Development In Tech
Erin Kelly
Head of Partnerships
School16 presents a live seminar with Erin Kelly, Head of Partnerships at Transparent Financial Systems (previously at Crunchbase), a blockchain FinTech company. In this seminar, Erin will discuss how partnerships are managed and structured in tech, and the skills required to manage strategic partnership relationships with various stakeholders.
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How To Land a Customer Success Role if You Don't Come from Tech
Christina Wills Parra
Customer Success Manager
In this School16 event, we’ll be discussing Christina Wills Parra’s journey from journalism graduate to Fintech sales to her current role as a Customer Success Leader at LinkedIn.
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The Role of Customer Success In Big Tech
Michael Herman
Account Executive at Microsoft
In this School16 event, hear from Michael Herman as he shares his impressive journey from economics major to Microsoft consultant—straight out of college, with no experience or background in tech.
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Why Product Management Leaders Look For Operations Experts
Alexandra Woo
Senior Product Manager at Etsy
In this seminar, Alexandra discusses how to leverage experience in various operational functions to land opportunities in product management, regardless of industry.
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How to Stand Out For Product Marketing Roles in Tech
Sanjna Parulekar
Product Marketing Director at Salesforce
In this seminar, Sanjna discusses what differentiates product marketers from traditional marketers, and the skills that are required to succeed in this increasingly important role in tech.
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How to Learn Sales Even if You Have No Experience
Michael Furgason
Sales Readiness Leader at LinkedIn
In this seminar, Michael discusses how to rapidly acquire skills that drive revenue for technology organizations, and what it takes to grow into a leadership role in sales.

Featured Articles

School16 founders Vadim and Sergei Revzin regularly contribute to publications like Forbes—read their recent takes on trends in tech and entrepreneurship.

The Mentors Podcast

Join School16 founders Vadim and Sergei Revzin on the Mentors Podcast as they uncover the truth behind how people build things. Listen to recorded episodes below and tune in every Monday and Wednesday for new episodes.

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The evolution of a leader from field sales to president at a public company
Vadim & Sergei
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The Best Moments From 100 Episodes Of Our Show
Vadim & Sergei
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The Art And Science Of Being Happy With Nataly Kogan Of Happier – Part II
Vadim & Sergei
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The Art And Science Of Being Happy With Nataly Kogan Of Happier - Part I
Vadim & Sergei
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Teespring's Meteoric Rise And What Happened After They Raised $65 Million, with Evan Stites-Clayton
Vadim & Sergei
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SXSW EDU: From 0 To 8,000 Attendees, With Founder Ron Reed
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Stumbling Into Greatness
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Starting A Gaming Company While Getting A PhD In Neuroscience At NYU, With Wayne Mackey of Statespace – Part II
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Starting A Gaming Company While Getting A PhD In Neuroscience At NYU, With Wayne Mackey of Statespace - Part I
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Sales For Founders 101: Introduction
Vadim & Sergei
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Sales For Founders 101: Getting Meetings
Vadim & Sergei
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Sales For Founders 101: Closing The Deal
Vadim & Sergei
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Remembering Colin Kroll And How To Deal With The Struggles Of Entrepreneurship
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Reducing Plastic Waste By Dominating The Sustainable Paper Straw Market, With The Founders Of SeaStraws
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Public Speaking Techniques Used by Billionaires, Actors and Presidents
Vadim & Sergei
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Our First Assembly And Keeping The Attention Of 500 Eighth Graders
Vadim & Sergei
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Negotiating Salaries, Speeding Tickets and Used Cars
Vadim & Sergei
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Memorial Day And Our History With The Red Army
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LeVar Burton and Alicia Levi - From Reading Rainbow to Partnering With RIF
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Lessons Learned From Two Weeks Of Talking To Customers
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Jerry Seinfeld On Creativity And The Value Of Always Experimenting
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How Two Moms Bootstrapped A Children's Product To Millions, With The Co-CEOs of Slumberkins
Vadim & Sergei
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How To Win A Nobel Prize
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How To Use Your Existing Skills To Find Opportunities In A New Industry
Vadim & Sergei

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