AI workshop · Jersey CityOffice work is changing again — this time it's AI. Get ahead of it in one Sunday morning.
In person in Jersey City, for office professionals who tried ChatGPT once, weren't impressed, and don't want to be the last to figure this out.
Taught by Abhimanyu Gupta — Director of Engineering at IEEE, 20 years building in Manhattan.$275 · 12 seats · full refund up to 48 hours before.
Every few decades, the tools of office work change. This is one of those times.
The PC did it. Email and spreadsheets did it. Each time, the people who picked up the new tool early didn't become technical — they just got faster and more useful, while the ones who waited spent years catching up. AI is that shift, and it's happening now.
You can feel it. It comes up in every meeting. A colleague a few years younger is suddenly quicker at the parts that used to take everyone the same amount of time. You've tried ChatGPT once or twice, come away underwhelmed, and quietly wondered whether you're already behind.
You're not behind. Your first try just didn't show you the real thing.
That underwhelming result wasn't you. It's what happens when you use these tools like a search engine — one question, one answer, done. Almost nobody tells you the difference, so almost everybody stops there and concludes it's overhyped.
Used the other way — with your actual context, your real documents, and a couple of back-and-forth moves — the same tools draft the email, summarize the 40-page report, and take over the recurring task you dread. It's a skill, not a talent. This workshop is where you pick it up, on your own work, in one morning.
Who this is for — and who it isn't
This is for you if
- You work in an office — ops, finance, marketing, admin — and you can feel AI starting to change the job.
- You've poked at ChatGPT and came away underwhelmed.
- You'd rather learn it in a room, on your own work, than from a YouTube playlist.
This isn't for you if
- You're an engineer who already uses these tools daily.
- You want a certificate more than a working skill.
- You're looking for a lecture on where AI is headed — this is hands-on, on your tasks.
What you'll actually do, hour by hour
Four hours. Every hour ends on your own real work — not a demo, not a slide.
Hour 1Why your first try fell flat
The reason "I asked it and it was generic" happens — and the fix. We set up Claude and Gemini together and run your first real prompt on a task you brought.
Hour 2The patterns that actually work
Context, examples, iteration — the handful of moves that separate useful output from generic. You'll rewrite real work: an email, a report, a document you've been putting off.
Hour 3Put it to work on your job
We build one repeatable workflow for a recurring task you own — the kind of thing that used to eat an afternoon — so it keeps paying off long after today.
Hour 4Knowing when it's wrong
The judgment that matters most: catching confident-but-wrong output before it costs you. You leave with a setup that still works on Monday.
What you leave with
- Working prompts saved to your own account, for tasks you actually do.
- One repeatable workflow for a recurring part of your job.
- The judgment to tell when the output is wrong — and what to do about it.
- Claude and Gemini set up and running on your own machine.
$275 · 12 seats · full refund up to 48 hours before.
Who's teaching this
I'm Abhimanyu Gupta. I've spent about 20 years building software in Manhattan, in a wide range of roles, and I'm currently Director of Engineering at IEEE. I run this workshop because teaching is the part of the work I'd do for free.
I'm not here to sell you on AI. I use Claude and Gemini in real work — to ship apps, client websites, and automation workflows that quietly handle work that used to eat an afternoon — and I'll show you how, on your own tasks, at a pace built for someone whose actual job isn't this.
Same commute as you. Same skepticism you're bringing, a couple of years earlier.
$275 · 12 seats · full refund up to 48 hours before.
The details
Fair questions
Can't I learn this free on YouTube?
You can learn about it. The difference here is four hours on your own real work, with someone to correct you in the moment — which is the part videos can't do, and the reason it sticks.
I'm not technical. Will I keep up?
Yes. Nobody in the room is an engineer, nobody gets put on the spot, and the whole thing is built for people whose job isn't software.
My employer already offers AI training.
Most of it is generic and hands-off. This is a small room, in person, working on your tasks — closer to a coaching session than a course.
Won't this be obsolete in six months?
The specific buttons change; the way of working with these tools doesn't. You're learning judgment and a method, not a set of shortcuts that expire.
12 seatsReserve your seat
Leave your name and I'll email you to confirm the seat and sort out payment. No charge today — the class is $275, and the seat's held once we've talked.