The Job Hackers

Jobhackers is a generous community of rich talent eager to share their experience and teaching with you to build job skills so that you can update your skills for today's marketplace. Other important events include interview workshops, resume reviews,... Read More case study discussions on Fridays and bimonthly happy hours to keep connected with alumni.

One of the most exciting experiences I’ve ever done. Truly appreciate Larry, Jim, Edward and all the cohorts from my set. Very informative, detailed and a wealth of resources to guide you on your job search and professional development. I highly recommend... Read More Job Hackers’ Agile MBA course and will be taking it again.

The program is far wider and deeper than classic Agile & Scrum knowledge offered to get certified and start the career. The most valuable is genuine practical questions from real world that Larry covers every single class! He also pays much attention... Read More to educate the students in many overlapping spheres such as neuroplasticity, psychology, sociology, economy (including real sector), business and so on. It gives an incredible perspective to get ready to work, not only to earn a Scrum master certificate. I appreciate the Job Hackers generosity and willingness to share truly valuable, practical, high relevant knowledge for free! I'm so thankful for the opportunity to learn from great professionals!

This is the best Agile training that I've seen so far. You'll be able to apply it right away where you work on in your daily life. The presentation is simple and easy to follow and you'll not have any problem passing any of the scrum or product owner... Read More certifications out there.

What I loved about this course was it provided well beyond what I would have expected for a Scrum Master & Agile intro course. Larry, Jim and Edward provided insight well into the importance of why a company needs to use this approach. Going into the... Read More issues of capacity / workload, employee morale, cost to delay, understanding technical debt and much much more. I walked away with so much useful insight and have been able to utilize so much of what he taught. Larry is a great speaker, engaging and clearly has great knowledge of this. I would highly recommend taking this course. Thank you so much for hosting this class and providing this great resource for so many people.

I have to share my outstanding experience with The Job Hackers which continues to this day. Through this organization I have achieved a discounted Certified Scrum Master Certification, five job leads, over 20 new contacts in LinkedIn and a great-great... Read More class with our buddy Larry and his crew. Everyday I can view job opportunities, join real interview exercises with companies like Neon, Google and Facebook as well as have my Resume reviewed for free by true experts. The Job Hackers has been and will continue to be a staple for me and I will in turn give back when ever I am needed.

I highly recommend the Agile MBA to people new to Agile and Scrum, as well as seasoned professionals. Larry Apke and his team lead an inspiring 6 week class that covers the principles of Agile software development, Scrum, Test Driven Development (TDD),... Read More Behavior Driven Development (BDD), calculating technical debt, product development flow and more. The team uses many real life examples to help illustrate concepts. Also included are important lessons about leading, coaching, and mentoring knowledge workers and teams. There is a weekly study group and meet-ups where students can review and practice what they have learned.

I really enjoyed this agile MBA class and learnt a lot from it. It teaches you the ins and outs of agile so that you can effectively lead your organization. Larry Apke who is the founder and also instructor is very engaging with his method of teaching... Read More which also involves real life experiences. I highly recommend this class to anyone involved in defining, developing products.

Pros. Excellent presenters, slide decks, and recommended book readings in the syllabus. The main presenter, Larry Apke, is a gifted speaker and teacher. Jim Schibler does a great job of the separate group discussions which are optional but I recommend... Read More them for the case studies. The course is free (but they do ask for either donations or volunteer time). All sessions are recorded and can be downloaded. Likewise, the slide decks are available to download. Cons. If you're in the San Francisco Bay Area, to attend live the course meets at 7:30 in the morning. Yikes!

Very well organized, MBA level class on Scrum specifically and Agile in general. Great content and instruction. Excellent combination of twice a week class instruction and once a week engaging group work on real life examples, gives complete picture of... Read More agile and it's application in work environments.