OpsCode

the movement · 18 to 25s and career changers

A career school never gave you.

Train on the real tools. Get certified by building real systems for real businesses. Walk out with a profile that proves what you can do, because you actually did it.

no experience needed · earned, not bought · AU + NZ

builders / profilepublic
RK

Riley K.

OaC Builder · certified19 · no CV · real builds

shipped builds

customer onboarding system · trades businessplaced build

quote follow-up workflow · runs dailyplaced build

own client HQ · livepersonal

proof of work

3 real systems

Every build verified by the business it was shipped to.

the certificate is proof of work

the finished profile is the product · yours, earned

why this exists

The market moved. School didn't.

You did what you were told: study, graduate, apply. Now recent graduates are more unemployed than the workforce they joined, the entry-level jobs people learned on are the first ones AI swallowed, and a CV written by AI proves nothing to anybody.

What counts now is proof: purpose, agency and real systems you can point to and say, I built that. So we don't hand out certificates. We make builders, and we make them prove it.

5.6%

unemployment for recent US graduates, above the whole workforce for the first time in over a decade (NY Fed, 2026)

42%

of recent US graduates are in jobs that never needed the degree (NY Fed, 2026)

1 in 4

Australian graduates is not in full-time work six months after finishing (QILT Graduate Outcomes Survey, 2025)

-65%

new graduate hiring at major tech companies since 2019 (SignalFire State of Tech Talent, 2026)

the journey

Six stages. All real.

No lecture halls, no multiple choice. Every stage happens on real tools and real businesses, and every stage leaves you with something you keep.

01

Train, four weeks live

The academy, properly: Claude Code, the terminal, VS Code, GitHub. Then Self as Code, where you work out who you are, what you stand for and where you're going.

02

Certify by shipping

The credential is earned by building a real thing for a real business. Never by exam. The certificate is proof of work.

03

Get on the map

We build your professional presence with you, LinkedIn included. First title: AI Builder. Your work becomes your story, and your story becomes an identity a CV can't fake.

04

Get placed

We place you into a hand-picked real business to build a real system, free for them. A real project, real stakes, real reps. They risk nothing.

05

Prove it in public

The build works and the story goes out as content you can showcase. One build gives you a portfolio piece, a personal brand, a happy business and proof the next business can check.

06

Get paid to build

Certified builders with shipped work get pushed real, paid building work. The loop closes, and your career runs on evidence.

the credential

Certificates you can't cram for.

The same OAC ladder every OpsCode cohort climbs. Each level is a working system you shipped, verified by the business that uses it. That's why the credential means something.

See the academy
OAC-1Foundations

Claude Code running, first real query on your business

OAC-2Builder

The brain built, one tool running without you

OAC-3Architect

Agent loops, your own apps, your own client HQ

OAC-4Revenue

A system that makes money, documented end to end

for businesses

Host a builder.

The biggest predictor of an operational change actually sticking is having a champion inside the business. We train the champion and place them with you.

A certified builder joins your business and builds a real system with you: an onboarding flow, a follow-up workflow, a dashboard your team actually uses. The first build costs you nothing but the time to say yes.

And because everything is version-controlled, the knowledge lives in the system, not the person. If your builder moves on, the work doesn't leave with them.

skills you take with you

What this adds to you.

the tools

Claude Codethe terminalVS CodeGitHub

the builder stack

CLAUDE.mdcontext coresagent loopsthe owner-light loop

the career

Self as Codeyour public profilevibe-coded appsreal client work

start here

Intakes are small, on purpose.

Book 30 minutes with our team. Tell us where you are, no experience needed, and we'll tell you honestly whether the program fits and when the next intake opens.

  • Certified by shipping, never by exam
  • A real portfolio: systems businesses actually use
  • A public profile that proves it, built as you go
  • A path to paid building work
  • If it's not for you, we'll say so on the call