No technical background? This is how you get one.
An 8-week, no-prerequisite on-ramp for people who want a technical AI career but don't yet have the background our Tech Role tracks assume. You leave with programming, data and AI-tool foundations, a working portfolio project, and a straight recommendation on which track — Software Engineer, QA, DevOps, or a Business AI specialism — fits you next.
Eight modules from zero to your first technical portfolio piece.
Computer, Web & Git Foundations
5hrsThe command line, how the web actually works, version control with Git and GitHub — the baseline every technical role assumes you already have.
Python Foundations for AI Work
8hrsProgramming fundamentals from zero — variables, logic, functions, working with files and data — taught through small AI-flavoured exercises, not abstract theory.
Everyday AI Fluency
6hrsPrompting ChatGPT and Claude properly, understanding model capabilities and limits, and using AI tools to accelerate your own learning from here on.
Data Literacy: Spreadsheets to SQL
6hrsReading and shaping data confidently — spreadsheet fundamentals, then just enough SQL to query a real database.
No-Code Automation & Agent Concepts
6hrsBuilding your first automations in Make/Zapier and understanding agent concepts — goals, tools, guardrails — before going deeper in a technical track.
How AI Products Are Actually Built
5hrsAPIs, what an LLM call actually does, and a plain-English map of RAG, agents and the vocabulary you'll hear in any AI engineering conversation.
Choosing Your Track & Building a Portfolio
5hrsAn honest look at Software Engineer, QA, DevOps and Business AI specialist paths — which fits your strengths — plus building the portfolio piece you'll show next.
Capstone: Ship a Small AI-Powered Project
7hrsBuild and present one working AI-powered mini-project end to end, then sit a placement conversation to map your next step.
Where you can land
Foundations tier of any Tech Role track (Software Engineer, QA, DevOps), or a Business AI specialist path — the placement conversation maps this to your capstone and interests.
Honest, not hyped
No job-placement guarantees or inflated promises — a real skills assessment, a real project, and a direct recommendation.
Taught with the same standard
Delivered by the same HYVE instructors who teach the Tech Role tracks, so the on-ramp actually prepares you for what comes next.