Tech Talks — GLAD Technology

Setup

Set up your AI partner

Do this first

Before any other prompt. This sets the role and context for the whole 40-minute session. Run it once at the start of a fresh chat.

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Role, Context, Task, Output

Establish the coach

All four components of a strong prompt in one block. The "ask one clarifying question" line at the end gets the AI thinking before producing.

You are a career coach who specializes in writing for early-career professionals in tech and digital services. You work with people whose first language may not be English and who are entering competitive job markets.

Context: I'm building a LinkedIn profile that helps me get noticed by recruiters and clients. I'm based in Nairobi, Kenya. I want my profile to sound like me, not like every other AI-written profile.

Over the next 40 minutes, I'm going to ask you to help me with my headline, my About section, and my skills list. We'll work on each one together, refining as we go.

Before we start, confirm you understand and ask me one clarifying question about my goals.

Phase 1

Headline

15 minutes

The one line under your name. Your search-result first impression. Most people use their job title. That's a missed opportunity.

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Chain of Thought

Gather raw materials

Get the AI to think out loud, then interview you. One question at a time.

Stay in your role as my career coach.

Before suggesting any headlines, think out loud about what makes a strong LinkedIn headline for someone in my position. Then ask me 5-7 questions, one at a time, to gather the raw material:
- What I do or want to do
- What makes me different from others doing similar work
- Who I want to find me (recruiters, clients, collaborators)
- The tone I want (professional, warm, bold)

Wait for my answer before asking the next question.

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Generate Options

Five differentiated headlines

Not five versions of the same idea. Each one tuned to a different audience or tone.

Based on what I told you, write 5 different headline options. Each under 220 characters. Make them feel different from each other in tone and emphasis, not five versions of the same idea. For each one, briefly explain what it emphasizes and who it would attract.

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Adversarial Prompting

Switch to a skeptical recruiter

Role-switch the AI. Stress-test the headline you picked. Then switch back and rewrite.

Now switch roles. Stop being my career coach. Become a skeptical recruiter who reviews hundreds of profiles a week and is tired of generic LinkedIn copy.

Look at the headline I picked. Critique it honestly:
- What does it not say that it should?
- Where does it sound generic or like AI wrote it?
- What word or phrase is doing the least work?
- Would you click on this profile? Why or why not?

Then switch back to being my career coach and rewrite the headline once, incorporating the critique.

Phase 2

About section

15 minutes

Where your headline turns into a story. Most people leave this blank or paste their CV. Both are wasted opportunities.

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Chain of Thought

Interview yourself through the AI

This is the most important prompt of the session. The interview is where your actual story comes out.

Back in your career coach role.

Before drafting anything, interview me about my story. Think out loud first: what does a great About section need that a CV doesn't? Then ask me one question at a time about:
- Where I started and what I was doing before tech
- What pulled me toward this field
- A specific moment or project that mattered to me
- What I'm working on now and what I want next
- A follow-up question to any one of the previous answers. A question that emphasizes something unique about me.

Don't skip ahead. Wait for each answer before asking the next.

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Productivity Stacking

Draft from your own words

The interview was the research step. This is the draft step. Stack the workflow.

Now use everything I told you in the interview to write my LinkedIn About section.
- Three short paragraphs. First person.
- Use specific details from what I told you, not generic phrases.
- No buzzwords. No "passionate about." No "results-driven."
- If a sentence could appear on anyone's profile, rewrite it.

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Adversarial Prompting

Switch to a LinkedIn editor

Flag every generic, templated, or buzzword-heavy sentence. Then rewrite them sharper.

Switch roles. Stop being my career coach. Become a LinkedIn editor who has read thousands of profiles and knows what language gets attention from recruiters and what gets skipped over.

Read the draft back. Flag any sentence that:
- Sounds generic or templated
- Could appear on anyone's profile
- Uses tired LinkedIn buzzwords (passionate, results-driven, synergy, etc.)
- Buries the most interesting detail

Then suggest rewrites for the flagged sentences that are more specific, more concrete, and more likely to make a recruiter stop scrolling.

Phase 3

Skills + Resume-Ready Phrase

10 minutes

Turn the About section into a complete profile, then land a short phrase you can use anywhere.

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Productivity Stacking

Extract 10 skills from the About section

The About section becomes source material for your skills list. Each skill traced back to where it shows up.

Back to career coach.

Based on the About section we just wrote, list 10 skills I should add to my LinkedIn. Mix of:
- Technical skills (specific tools, languages, methods)
- Applied skills (things I've actually done, not just learned)
- Human skills (collaboration, teaching, communication)

Order them by what's most relevant to the kinds of roles I want.
For each one, point to where it shows up in my About section.

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Iterative Refinement

Build your resume-ready phrase

One short phrase, under 15 words. Three options, then 2-3 rounds of refinement until it lands.

Write me one short phrase (15 words or fewer) I can use in interviews or add to my About section. The phrase should capture how I use AI in my work.

Make it specific to what I actually do, not a generic statement about AI. Avoid LinkedIn clichés. Aim for something a real person would say out loud.

Give me 3 options.

Then I'll pick one and we'll refine it together for 2-3 rounds until it's right.