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“I did everything I was supposed to. Hundreds of applications and AI bot interviews later, it is demoralizing. dearCC gave me a game plan and community to push through.”

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Meet our mentors

Nick MehtaCustomer Success
Jessica HymanChief Sustainability Officer, Atlassian
Will SentanceCEO, Codesmith
Colleen McCrearyChief People Officer. Confluent, Credit Karma
Nick MehtaCustomer Success
Jessica HymanChief Sustainability Officer, Atlassian
Will SentanceCEO, Codesmith
Colleen McCrearyChief People Officer. Confluent, Credit Karma
April UnderwoodFormer Chief Product Officer, Slack
Himanshu BawejaDistinguished Engineer, Meta
Dr. Fran BiselleSchool Principal
Josh RosenstrauchRVP Sales, Salesforce
April UnderwoodFormer Chief Product Officer, Slack
Himanshu BawejaDistinguished Engineer, Meta
Dr. Fran BiselleSchool Principal
Josh RosenstrauchRVP Sales, Salesforce
Katie StantonInvestor. Twitter, State Department
Michael MatlockChief Accounting Officer, Benchling
Angelica TsakiridisInternational Tax, EY
Karen ChenVP Global Cloud Sales, CSP, NVIDIA
Katie StantonInvestor. Twitter, State Department
Michael MatlockChief Accounting Officer, Benchling
Angelica TsakiridisInternational Tax, EY
Karen ChenVP Global Cloud Sales, CSP, NVIDIA
Pete GodboleCFO, Smartsheet
Tiffany ZhongCEO and Founder, noplace
Julien CapersGeneral Counsel
Pete GodboleCFO, Smartsheet
Tiffany ZhongCEO and Founder, noplace
Julien CapersGeneral Counsel

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Real stories, straight talk

Every job is an AI job: 71% of hiring managers would take AI skills over seniority.† AI is a big reason jobs are changing, and it’s also how you can build your own path.

I thought I did everything rightWe need human mentoring more than everSuddenly they've lost that support networkOriginally, there was a hard rule about no AI

† 2025 Work Trend Index.

Clara Shih, founder of the New Work Foundation

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Meet our advisory board

Samantha WenBerkeley '23
Olivia SallyYale '24
Felix LinFirst-gen · Berkeley '23
Jesus GarnicaSan Mateo CC '17 · SF State '19
Robby HillYale '25
Ryon Baldwin-WilliamsMichigan State '25
Ghael FobesSyracuse '22
Josh PradoSF State '22
Izabella HedjaziNevada, Reno '26
Kate LeafstrandMichigan '26