CourseCareers Mission: Launch Careers Faster & Debt-Free

At CourseCareers, we are on a mission to unlock all of human potential through affordable, high-quality education and access to opportunities.

We're providing a direct alternative to expensive multi-year college programs, reducing the cost of starting a career by over 100x. No more will people be forced into debt to be able to live a successful life.

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Our Founding

Hey, I’m Troy. Back in 2017, I had just graduated high school and was trying to figure out what my next move in life was going to be. I always knew that I wanted to work in sales and the technology industry seemed like the perfect place to start. The only problem was deciding whether or not I had to go through 4 years of expensive college to get a degree that wasn't even related to sales.

I decided that there had to be a better way, so I chose to use online education to teach myself technology sales and discovered a much better way to start a career without spending huge amounts of time or money. At age 18, with no family connections, I was able to land a tech sales internship, get promoted to a sales development rep, and even work my way up to an account executive selling 6 figure deals by the age of 19.

At age 19, I had saved up a substantial amount of money and didn't have any debt, which allowed me to start CourseCareers to replace the college system and change the way people start careers.

By age 24, we built the largest online education company in the college alternative space, changing the way people start careers and increasing the bar for entry-level talent that companies rely upon.

We're only getting started. We won't stop until every person in the world can unlock their true potential.

The Lean Career

I wrote a book called The Lean Career which gives students a guide on how they can start their careers in the modern world at a fraction of the time and cost of going to college. It teaches why people currently use the college model, it’s inherent inefficiencies, and how to use a much more efficient model built for today’s economy.

If you’re looking for an alternative to college, but not sure where to start, then definitely checkout The Lean Career. I’ve had students tell me it was a lifesaver for giving them the confidence to start their career without relying on college.

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We help students start amazing careers and we want to help you too!

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I broke into technology sales at 19 instead of going to college. I was working as a Starbucks barista when I found out about the CourseCareers program. I'm now one of the youngest reps working at my company making about $60,000/yr working from home.

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Nyla Alexander

19 Year Old Starbucks Barista to $60k Remote Tech Career
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I was working as a middle janitor for the past two years after dropping out of college. I had no idea what I wanted to do for a career at the time, but I knew I wanted to ahead in life and work in a remote position. That's when I found out about the CourseCareers program and fell in love with tech sales. I'm now working as a fully remote technology sales rep on track to make around $80k this year and have plans to travel across the US in an RV with my girlfriend.

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Ben Hicock

College Drop-Out Janitor to $80k Tech Sales Rep
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CourseCareers was one of the best decisions of my life. I was able to finish the course within 2 weeks, and before I could even apply to any companies, my dream company reached out to me and set up an interview! They offered me over $100k starting in a fully remote position, and I didn't even have a degree or previous professional experience! Anyone thinking about breaking into tech sales should enroll in CourseCareers.

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Dela Pittman

Sales Development Rep
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I felt like I was wasting my money on college, not learning anything that would actually be valuable for landing a job, so I dropped out and was working at Target. After going through CourseCareers, I had more interviews than I knew what to do with and quickly landed a $70k+ job with one of their partner companies.

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Josh Hudler

Sales Development Rep
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After graduating college, I wanted a high-paying career path in tech and got referred to CourseCareers. Once I finished, I only applied to 10 companies and got immediately got 5 interviews. Less than 2 weeks later, I took a great position at a company CourseCareers is partnered with

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Dominique Viard

Voice Actor to $65k Tech Sales Career Path
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I was wasting away in a comfortably numb manufacturing job when I came across CourseCareers and decided to make a change. I had the drive, but CourseCareers gave me all the tools and information needed to change my life. A few months later, my lack of degree and experience mattered not because I ended up with two job offers. I am currently in a very fulfilling technology sales role with an OTE of nearly $60,000 in my first year in Indiana. I never imagined myself being able to do this. I cannot recommend CourseCareers enough!

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Kyle Mcguire

No Degree – Manufacturing Plant Worker to $60k+ Technology Sales Rep
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Enrolling in CourseCareers was by far the best educational decision I have made. I wish I would have come across something like CourseCareers straight out of high school instead of wasting my time at a 4 year College and getting into massive debt. I finished the program within 2 months, going through the program on a part-time basis. Two weeks after completing the program, I landed a fully remote job with $65K OTE(On Target Earnings), double what I was making at the customer service job I was working at when I enrolled in the program!!!

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Hitesh Garach

Customer Service Rep to $65k Technology Sales Rep
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CourseCareers in-depth training really helped develop my sales skills. I had no college degree, no corporate sales experience, and was very limited with everything sales-related, but with CourseCareers help, I was able to land a job in technology sales making over $60,000.

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Abdul Nguza

20 Year Old Retail Worker to $60k+ Technology Sales Rep