◆ Tek Innov8rs by ELEV8TEK

Become an Elite Tek Innov8r.

A 12-week intensive where coders and developers* train directly under senior engineers from Meta, top startups, and leading cybersecurity firms. Build real projects. Sharpen your resume. Become the developer everyone wants to hire.

*Foundational coding experience required (data structures minimum). Only 20 spots — application required to ensure fit.

Next Cohort: April 26 – July 15, 2026

3

Senior Dev Mentors

Engineers from Meta, enterprise security, and more — rotating through intensive 3-week sprints.

12

Weeks of Immersion

3 mentor sprints + community hackathons, weekend challenges, and resume workshops.

20

Spots Per Cohort

Application required — we review every applicant to make sure this is the right fit and won't waste your time.

◆ EARLY BIRD ENDS APRIL 15 ◆ COHORT KICKS OFF APRIL 22 ◆ ONLY 20 SPOTS — APPLICATION REQUIRED ◆ SAVE $1,000 WITH EARLY BIRD

The Program

Not Another Coding Bootcamp —
A Launchpad for Innov8rs.

In 12 weeks, you'll go beyond tutorials. Three senior dev mentors rotate through intensive 3-week sprints — each one downloading years of industry experience into hands-on sessions, real builds, and direct feedback. Between sprints, community challenges and hackathons sharpen your edge.

Sprint 1 — Weeks 1–3

Mentor-Led Deep Dive

Three weeks of expert sessions, hands-on builds, and direct feedback from a senior engineer. Each sprint covers a different domain — from AI to cloud to security.

◆ Community Week

Hackathon & Challenges

Weekend challenges, team hackathons, and resume workshops. Apply what you learned, build your portfolio, and sharpen the skills that make you hireable.

Sprint 2 — Weeks 5–7

New Mentor, New Domain

A fresh senior dev brings a completely different perspective and tech stack. Broaden your range and build another portfolio-worthy project.

◆ Community Week

Build & Showcase

Present your work to peers and mentors. Get feedback, iterate, and refine your projects into portfolio pieces that command attention.

Sprint 3 — Weeks 9–11

Final Mentor Sprint

Your third senior dev mentor takes you to the finish line. Capstone builds, advanced techniques, and the insider playbooks you won't find on YouTube.

◆ Final Week

Demo Day & Wrap-Up

Showcase your best work to the full mentor panel. Walk away with a polished portfolio, sharpened resume, and a network that opens doors.

WHY SENIOR DEVS ARE THE BEST TEACHERS IN TECH

The fastest path to elite is proximity.

Courses teach syntax. Bootcamps teach frameworks. But becoming an elite developer? That only happens when you're working alongside people who've already done it — absorbing the instincts, the decision-making, and the problem-solving mindset you can't get from a tutorial.

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10X Your Experience in Minutes

Hit a wall on a bug? Bring it to a senior engineer and download 10+ years of experience in 15 minutes. What takes you days of trial-and-error, they've solved a hundred times.

🔮

Tech Moves Too Fast for Textbooks

By the time a framework hits a tutorial, the industry has moved on. Senior devs are building with what's next — and apprenticing under them is the only way to stay ahead.

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More Is Caught Than Taught

How they debug. How they read a codebase. How they think through trade-offs. You can't teach these instincts in a lecture — you absorb them by working alongside someone who's lived it.

"It's not about what you know — it's about how you solve problems and the discernment to make the right technical decisions with the tools available today."

This is where coders become creators —
building the future, not just consuming it.

HOW IT WORKS

Built for real life.

📅

Live Sessions

Wednesday evenings & Sunday afternoons. Sessions are recorded so you never miss a beat, even if life gets in the way.

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Discord Community

Async feedback, peer support, and direct access to mentors between sessions. Your cohort becomes your crew.

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Build Real Projects

No toy apps. Each sprint produces portfolio-ready work with expert feedback — the kind that gets you hired or promoted.

YOUR MENTORS

Learn from those building the future.

Your mentors aren't just teachers — they're senior engineers and leaders from top tech companies who rotate in for intensive 3-week sprints.

Austen McDonald

Former Sr. Mobile Engineer & Hiring Manager, Meta

9+ years at Facebook/Meta. Hiring Committee Chair for iOS & Android. Conducted 1,000+ interviews. Coached 200+ engineers. PhD from Stanford. Author of Mastering Behavioral Interviews.

Kyler Johnson

Sr. Principal Software Engineer, Sophos

10 years delivering software from startup to enterprise scale. Specializes in .NET and JavaScript/TypeScript across the full stack. Currently building next-gen cybersecurity tools.

Mentor #3

Announcing soon — stay tuned.

Our third senior dev mentor is being finalized. Expect another industry leader with 10+ years building at scale with AWS & Google.

PREVIOUS COHORT MENTORS

Built on a legacy of real expertise.

Our past cohorts featured senior engineers from across the industry. The caliber never drops — every cohort brings leaders who've shipped at scale.

Karan Erry

Staff Engineer, Turo

Full-stack engineer building the platform powering the world's largest peer-to-peer car sharing marketplace. Deep expertise in scalable systems, microservices architecture, and production engineering at high-growth startups.

Dr. Daniel Xu

Applied Scientist, Amazon

PhD in Computer Science. Built distributed systems at Amazon scale. Research background in cloud computing and large-scale data processing. Bridges the gap between academic rigor and production-grade engineering.

Chad Beaulac

Senior Software Engineer, Varonis

Senior engineer at one of the leading data security and analytics platforms. Specializes in cybersecurity tooling, threat detection systems, and building secure software that protects enterprise data at scale.

Dr. Keith Trnka

ML Engineer — Healthcare & NLP

PhD with deep expertise in machine learning, natural language processing, and healthcare AI. Has built production ML systems across multiple industries. Specializes in making AI practical, ethical, and deployable.

WHAT YOU WALK AWAY WITH

Become an elite dev — fluent in AI, fearless innovating, and always in-demand.

Mastery across domains — AI, cloud, security, full-stack — you'll build real proficiency, not just awareness.
A portfolio that commands attention — real projects built under expert guidance, not tutorial clones.
A sharpened resume — community workshops designed to make your experience translate into interviews and offers.
A mentor network — direct relationships with senior engineers who open doors and write recommendations.
The ability to innovate under pressure — hackathons and challenges that simulate real-world execution speed.

◆ 12-Week Schedule

1–3

Sprint 1 — Mentor A

Deep dive, hands-on builds, feedback

Community Week

Hackathon & team challenges

5-7

Sprint 2 — Mentor B

New domain, new builds, new feedback

Community Week

Build showcase, peer reviews

9-11

Sprint 3 — Mentor C

Capstone builds, advanced techniques

Demo Day

Demo & resume workshop

Your Host

Dr. Emily Hill

Former CS professor. PhD in Software Engineering. Founder of ELEV8TEK. 50+ published research papers. Students placed at Amazon, Chase, and leading startups — even during record tech layoffs.

Emily built Tek Innov8rs because she saw the gap: coding bootcamps teach syntax, but they don't build innovators. This program connects driven developers with the senior engineers who shape the industry — and gives them the launchpad to join them.

INVESTMENT

Your launchpad. Your price.

Four ways in — all include the full 12-week experience, all mentors, and all community events.

Early Bird

$2,000

Save $1,000 — available through April 21 only.

Previous Students

$2,500

For TechJoy Academy students & ELEV8TEK Interns. No application needed.

General Admission

$3,000

Full access to the complete Tek Innov8rs experience. Application reviewed within 48 hours.

Full Year

$5,000

All 3 cohorts. 9 senior dev mentors. 36 weeks of immersion. One unforgettable year of growth.

All tiers include the same program access. Payment plans available — ask during enrollment.

APRIL 22 – JULY 15, 2026

Stop applying for jobs.

Become the dev they come looking for.

Apply to the next Tek Innov8rs cohort. Train with senior engineers from Meta, top startups, and enterprise security. Walk away with the skills, portfolio, and network that change everything.