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offers online hands-on learning by doing programs to prepare career switchers for success in the tech industry. We provide all our learners with real-world experience through our Product Management Ideation Sprint and our cross-functional Co.Lab Bootcamp. Since 2020, we’ve graduated over 1500+ professionals across 60+ countries who have gone on to work at companies like Apple, Google, Amazon, Microsoft and many more fast-growing startups.
Mentorship with Co.Lab
We’re super excited to have you at Co.Lab as a mentor! By offering up your time, you’ll be inspiring, teaching, and guiding aspiring techies to successfully break into (and succeed within) the tech industry.
Hope you’re excited to get started and make a huge impact. ✨
About the Program
The Diverse Tech Talent Program: AI-Guided Web Development program will run from Tuesday, May 20th - Friday, July 11th, 2025
Student Experience
The Diverse Tech Talent Program: App Development has two tracks for Phase 1: Skills Training with Co.Lab, Track 1: No-Code Development and Track 2: AI-Guided Web Development
Track 1: No-Code Development will empower learners to gain foundational and industry-relevant knowledge of leveraging No-Code tools to build products, internal tools and prototypes.
Track 2: AI-Guided Web Development will empower learners to gain foundational and industry-relevant knowledge of leveraging AI tools to build web applications.
There is a mix of live, pre-scheduled classes, as well as online content they will take at their own pace.
DTTP Mentorship Responsibilities
👨🏫 Mentor Expectations
AI-Guided Web Dev Mentors: a background in software engineering or development Epathetic with supportive communication skills Replit experience (you’ll be reviewing student work on Replit) Experience with prompting and generating code Building experience with natural language Epathetic with supportive communication skills Replit experience (you’ll be reviewing student work on Replit) Experience with prompting and generating code Building experience with natural language We are currently looking for Product Managers with experience using some of the following No Code tools: Zapier / Make (Integromat) WhatsApp Business API / Twilio You do not need to have experience with all the tools, and if you have experience with other related No Code tools, please let us know!
🕛 Mentorship Time Commitment
The primary goal of the DTTP Mentor is to provide feedback to learners on their submissions each week through the program.
Here are some of the high-level list responsibilities:
Complete mentor onboarding with members of the Co.Lab team Post your announcement as a Co.Lab DTTP mentor using your mentor badge to your professional network (LinkedIn, Twitter) Review our program curriculum and be familiar with the learning material (to be shared during onboarding) Review all submission examples, tutorials, and course content to clearly understand the requirements for all submissions and the final project You’ll be assigned approximately 20-25 students to review their work and provide feedback where needed (mostly to determine if they are on track each week) Confirm if they have completed the weekly submission task Provide feedback and support if they have not completed or succeeded in that week’s submission task Complete all weekly reviews in a timely manner before the indicated deadline by Sunday evening every week Host a 60-minute Live Office Hours session each week at 7 pm ET with your mentee group (day of week to be determined)
🚨Important Dates for Mentors
Live Mentor Orientation: TBD - 7 pm EST Week 1: Monday, May 20 - Sunday, May 25
Week 1 Live Office Hours: Thursday at 7 pm EST or Saturday at 12 pm EST (60 minutes) (day of week TBD) Student submission: Saturday Asynchronous submission review: Sunday Mentor review due by Sunday by 11:59 pm EST
Week 2: Monday, May 26 - Sunday, June 1
Live Office Hours: Tuesday or Thursday at 7 pm EST or Saturday at 12 pm EST (60 minutes) (day of week TBD) Student submission: Saturday Asynchronous submission review: Sunday Mentor review due by Sunday by 11:59 pm EST
Week 3: Monday, June 1 - Sunday, June 8
Live Office Hours: Tuesday or Thursday at 7 pm EST or Saturday at 12 pm EST (60 minutes) (day of week TBD) Student submission: Saturday Asynchronous submission review: Sunday Mentor review due by Sunday by 11:59 pm EST
Week 4: Monday, June 9 - Sunday, June 15
Live Office Hours: Tuesday or Thursday at 7 pm EST or Saturday at 12 pm EST (60 minutes) (day of week TBD) Student submission: Saturday Asynchronous submission review: Sunday Mentor review due by Sunday by 11:59 pm EST
Week 5: Monday, June 16 - Sunday, June 22
Live Office Hours: Tuesday or Thursday at 7 pm EST or Saturday at 12 pm EST (60 minutes) (day of week TBD) Student submission: Saturday Asynchronous submission review: Sunday Mentor review due by Sunday by 11:59 pm EST
Week 6: Monday, June 23 - Sunday, June 29
Live Office Hours: Tuesday or Thursday at 7 pm EST or Saturday at 12 pm EST (60 minutes) (day of week TBD) Student submission: Saturday Asynchronous submission review: Sunday Mentor review due by Sunday by 11:59 pm EST
Week 7: Monday, June 30 - Friday, July 4
Live Office Hours: Tuesday or Thursday at 7 pm EST or Saturday at 12 pm EST (60 minutes) (day of week TBD) Students are testing and refining with users Mentors will be there to answer project-specific questions as they test and refine
Week 8: Monday, July 5 - Friday, July 11
Live Office Hours: Tuesday or Thursday at 7 pm EST or Saturday at 12 pm EST (60 minutes) (day of week TBD) Asynchronous submission review: Sunday [For any submission extensions] Mentor review due by Sunday by 11:59 pm EST Thursday, July 10th at 7 pm EST: Co.Lab Demo Day!
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App Development Mentorship Opportunity
