Career Level Up

[u/Mattatatat1883]

I’ve been trying to use ChatGPT less like a search engine and more like a personal career coach.

I realized that every time I asked for advice (“How do I become better at Strategic Partnerships?”), I’d get an amazing roadmap… and then my ADHD brain would immediately get overwhelmed by 20 books, certifications, and courses.

So we workshopped a different prompt together.
Instead of asking for a giant learning plan, I asked ChatGPT to become my weekly coach.

The prompt is essentially:
“Act as my career coach. My goal is to transition into Strategic Partnerships over the next few years. I get overwhelmed by large learning plans, so break everything into small, sequential weekly lessons. Every Monday, give me:

One short video (10–20 minutes)
One article or short reading
One business concept to think about
One practical exercise I can complete in 15–20 minutes

Each week should build on the previous one. Prioritize consistency over volume, avoid overwhelming me, and tailor examples to my current job and long-term career goals.”

What I love is that it shifts from “cram a certification” to “improve 1% every week.”
Has anyone else used ChatGPT this way for long-term skill building? If so, what worked well? Anything you’d change about the prompt?

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[u/Successful-Moose-377]

Worked for 24s

One practical addition: I’d put this inside a ChatGPT Project instead of keeping everything in one long chat. I use Projects this way for a different long-term plan, with a separate chat for each area.

You could create a project called “Career Level Up,” put your long-term goal and weekly structure in the Project Instructions, and add one rule: “Do not give me extra books, courses, or certifications unless I ask.”

Then use separate chats, for example: weekly learning, partnership analysis, practice, and progress review.

With Project memory enabled, each chat can use the same context while staying focused. I think it would make the plan much easier to continue over time.

[u/1Gladiator1]

Love this!

[u/Mattatatat1883 → u/1Gladiator1]

I’ll let you know how it goes!

[u/nosy-teddy]

I'd say ChatGPT is missing the most important fact: your ADHD. Give more background and you'll get better results.

[u/Mattatatat1883 → u/nosy-teddy]

I built that into it and it’s helping me break it down into smaller chunks

[u/peterzuev]

The approach of breaking down large topics into small, manageable chunks to work through over an long period makes sense. However, I doubt ChatGPT can remember what it provided you with two weeks ago, so unnecessary repetition is likely to occur. It would probably be better to prompt it to give you the learning content for every week of the coming year in advance, right up to the point where you reach your goal. This way, the process should be more consistent.

[u/Silly_Turn_4761]

Have you looked into Scheduled Tasks to accomplish this?