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🏆 NEW: The Quarterly Top 3 — Your Shot at a Real Career Launch
Let's talk about what happens when you show up. Every quarter, the Top 3 Premium and VIP members on the all-time leaderboard earn a career package most people pay thousands for, and a shot at something money can't buy: a direct line into the industry. 🎯 What the Quarterly Top 3 receive: - A one-on-one career consultation with Dr. Scotland - A free professional resume review AND full rewrite - A professional reference from Dr. Scotland himself 🚀 And here's where it gets serious. To claim it, you'll pass a Cybersecurity, AI, and IT assessment — proof you didn't just climb the leaderboard, you learned the material. Score high enough, and you unlock the real prize: an opportunity for job placement through Dr. Scotland's hiring network. That's not a certificate to hang on your wall. That's someone with 20 years in the industry putting his name behind yours — and pointing you at people who are actually hiring. 📈 So how do you get there? Simple. You show up. Just 30 minutes a day in the Classroom. That's it. Thirty minutes to move up the leaderboard, thirty minutes to be ready when that assessment comes, thirty minutes compounding into the exact skills employers are searching for right now. The members who win this won't be the ones who binge for a weekend and vanish. They'll be the ones who put in the reps, day after day, while everyone else is "gonna start Monday." Your competition is reading this same post. The clock on this quarter is already running. ⏱️ 30 minutes. Every day. Starting today. Not Premium or VIP yet? That's your first move — the leaderboard only counts members who are in the game. Upgrade, open a course, and start climbing. 👇
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👋 Welcome to Cyber Skool — Start Here (read this first) I'm Dr. Foster A. Scotland — professor, 25+ years as a cybersecurity consultant, and your instructor here. This community exists for one reason: to get you from where you are now to a real career in tech. Glad you're in. This place exists to move you from "I want to break into tech" to "I have an offer" — across Cybersecurity, AI, and IT, because your next employer expects all three. Here's how it works. 👇 🆓 YOU'RE ON FREE — start today: - Introduce yourself in the Community feed - Open the Classroom and pick your first path — Cyber, AI, or IT - Rack up points and climb the leaderboard as you engage No background required. This is where you find out this is for you. ⭐ PREMIUM — $47/mo — when you're ready to actually move: - Weekly discussions with real answers, not a ticket queue - Hands-on labs to go past theory - The full structured path from beginner to job-ready 📚 And we're just getting started — 19 new courses are in the pipeline right now. Premium and VIP members get every one as it drops, at no extra cost. Lock in your rate before the library (and the price) grows. 👑 VIP — $97/mo — for the members chasing the offer: - Everything in Premium - Resume review and updates - Priority coaching - Direct access to the professor 💡 Perspective: a cybersecurity bootcamp averages $10,636. Public college runs $400+ per credit hour. VIP is $97 a month — the same career path, minus the debt. Start free. Level up when you're ready. Your next step is one tier away. 🚀
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How to Track Your Progress and Level Up
Watch the video, then click "Mark as done" A lot of you are watching the lesson videos and moving on to the next lesson. That is great. But your progress bar is not moving and you are not leveling up. Here is why. Skool does not auto-complete lessons when you watch the video. You have to manually click the "Mark as done" button. Where is the button? Open any lesson in the Classroom. Above the video player, you will see a button that says "Mark as done". Click it after you finish watching the video and reading the lesson content. What happens when you click it? - Your course progress bar moves (0% to 25% per lesson depending on the course) - You earn points toward your level - When you earn enough points, you level up (Level 1 to Level 2, etc.) Why this matters Right now, most of you are stuck at Level 1 with 1 point. That is the join bonus. You have not earned any lesson-completion points because the "Mark as done" button has not been clicked. Level 2 unlocks posting in the community feed. Level 7 unlocks DMs with other members. Higher levels unlock more courses. None of that happens until you start marking lessons as done. Quick steps 1. Go to the Classroom 2. Open a course (start with Cybersecurity Foundations if you have not yet) 3. Watch the video and read the lesson 4. Click "Mark as done" above the video 5. Move to the next lesson and repeat That is it. One click per lesson. Do that for all four lessons in a course and you will see your progress bar hit 100% and your points jump. Questions? Drop them in the comments below.
Monday Mission: What Are You Working On This Week?
Good morning to the Cyber Skool family! Before the week gets busy, take one minute to set your intention. What are you working on this week across your Cybersecurity, AI, or IT learning? Here is your mission for the week: Pick ONE course or lesson to finish by Friday. Just one. That is the whole task. Break it into small pieces, show up for 30 minutes a day, and let it compound. Tell us below: what are you tackling? Name it out loud so this community can hold you to it. Then come back on Friday and share your win in the Wins and Intros thread. Starting now.
Which Certifications matter for a first Job?
Which certification are you currently studying for, or which one are you considering next? What's holding you back from starting? Share your plan and let the community help you stay accountable. The certification that I'm currently eyeballing is the CCNA. Obtaining this certification will help me build a deeper understanding of how networks operate and communicate. Right now, my plan is to focus on getting settled into graduate school first. I start Kennesaw State University's FinTech master's program soon, so I want to give myself the first couple of weeks to establish a good rhythm and make sure I can balance coursework, work, and study time effectively. The goal is to obtain the certification by November and move on to the next. What's holding me back right now isn't a lack of motivation. It's more about making sure I have a realistic study plan that I can commit to long term.
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