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LeadDev advice piece on what matters for new software engineers now that AI has changed which coding skills are valued.
Why I recommend it: One author's opinion. The claim that most coding skills are "nearly worthless" is deliberately provocative.
A Forbes Business Development Council column (Sept 15, 2026) arguing that the habit of continuous learning matters more for AI-era careers than any single technical skill.
Why I recommend it: Forbes Councils columns are written by paying council members, not Forbes journalists, so treat this as one practitioner's opinion. Forbes may limit free articles per month.
Verizon's free programme with 200+ online AI courses, hands-on tool practice and shareable certificates.
Why I recommend it: Free. Run by a company, so some lessons feature tools it partners with.
A community board where people post and vote on Claude skills, prompts, tools and links, sorted by industry.
Why I recommend it: Anyone can post, so quality varies. Test a prompt yourself before you rely on it.
Free guided 'missions' that walk you through building a small, real AI project in under an hour — an assistant, an app or site, a data analysis, a design, an image or video piece, or a research task. Missions are grouped by career (AI for Teaching, AI in Marketing, AI in Sales, Entrepreneurship) and built with partner tools including OpenAI, Google, Figma, Notion, Replit, Vercel, Gamma, Clay, Slack and Lovable. You finish with a working project, and completed projects are shown on your Handshake profile so employers see the work rather than a resume line. Free to get started with a Handshake account.
Why I recommend it: This is the fastest honest answer to 'I have no AI experience on my resume' — an hour gets you something you actually built and can talk about in an interview. Three caveats worth saying out loud: Handshake says free to get started rather than free forever, so check the current terms on the page; the partner tools each have their own free limits, which is where a cost can appear; and a one-hour mission is a starting point, not evidence of depth, so be ready to explain what you would do differently with more time.
Five-step walkthrough from Innovating with AI on creating a reusable Claude Skill so an assistant writes and works in your voice.
Why I recommend it: Details: build one skill around a task you repeat weekly — cover letters, client recaps, outreach — and you will feel the payoff immediately.
