THE BITC MANIFESTO

The Game Changed. Here’s How to Win It.

THE LIE YOU WERE TOLD

“Just learn to code and you’ll get hired.”
“Skills matter more than degrees now.”
“Bootcamps are the new college.”

The truth: 81% of employers claim they hire for skills. But when they actually hire, 699 out of 700 picks still go to degree holders.

Why? Not because degrees prove competence. Because volume broke the system.

One remote job posting gets 3,000 applications. HR can’t evaluate skill at that scale. So they filter by degrees—the crude shortcut that cuts 3,000 down to 50.

You’re not being rejected because you lack skills. You’re being filtered out before anyone sees them.

THE MARKET BIFURCATION

Tech split into two worlds:

World 1: AI Builders
PhDs, elite MS degrees, prestigious institutions. Building LLMs, doing research, making $400K. This is the 1%.

World 2: AI Integrators & Operators
Building with AI, not building AI. Cloud engineers, DevOps, MLOps, cybersecurity, domain experts who apply AI to real problems. This is the 99%—and it’s exploding.

The middle collapsed. Generic junior developers with a bootcamp certificate and no proof of work are drowning in competition.

THE REAL OPPORTUNITY

Stop trying to out-credential Stanford PhDs.

The money is in being the domain expert who can deploy AI:

  • Accountant who automates workflows with Claude
  • Nurse who builds patient intake tools
  • Project manager who implements supply chain optimization
  • Paralegal who creates legal research systems

These “Centaur” roles (domain expertise + AI capability) are massively underserved and growing faster than pure engineering.

WHAT ACTUALLY WORKS (2025 REALITY)

Single credentials are dead. Credential stacking is the new standard:

  1. Formal credential → Gets past ATS filters
  2. Technical certifications → Proves you can do the work (AWS, Security+, Kubernetes)
  3. Deployed portfolio → Shows you actually ship
  4. Domain expertise → Makes you valuable instead of replaceable

Plus: One human advocate beats 1,000 cold applications. Referrals are 3-5x more effective than resume spam.

WHY BITC EXISTS

Because the system is broken, but you still have to navigate it.

We don’t sell you false hope. We give you the actual playbook:

✅ Legitimate accredited degree for <$2K → Gets past filters without debt
✅ Shield Strategy → 12-18 months to bachelor’s via maximum transfer credits
✅ Cert stacking guidance → Technical proof employers actually respect
✅ Portfolio-first approach → Build deployed work that gets interviews
✅ AI Integrator positioning → Target the roles that are actually hiring

WHO THIS IS FOR

  • First-gen students who can’t afford $100K in debt
  • Career changers with jobs and families who need speed + affordability
  • Domain experts (accountants, nurses, admins) who want to become AI-capable
  • Bootcamp survivors who got certified but can’t get interviews
  • Anyone stuck behind the paper ceiling who has skills but lacks the filter-passing credential

WHAT WE’RE NOT

❌ Another bootcamp promising “zero to engineer in 12 weeks”
❌ A diploma mill selling worthless paper
❌ A degree-worship cult pretending credentials = competence
❌ A get-rich-quick scheme

We’re a pragmatic pathway built by someone who actually did it—and generated >$10M in revenue to prove it works.

THE BOTTOM LINE

The skills-first revolution is real for AI Integrators and Operators.

But you still need to get past the filters.

BITC shows you how to do both:

  • Affordably (no debt trap)
  • Legitimately (real accreditation)
  • Strategically (stack credentials that matter)
  • Quickly (12-18 months, not 4+ years)

YOUR CHOICE

Option 1: Keep applying to jobs online, hoping this time will be different. (Spoiler: 3,000 other people just hit “Easy Apply” too.)

Option 2: Get the credential that passes filters + build the proof that gets offers.

Merit beats pedigree. But first, you have to get in the room.

Welcome to BITC University.
Let’s build your receipts.