Market Opportunity
'Prompt Engineer' is a new job category paying $100k–300k. Professionals want recognized credentials. A comprehensive prompt engineering certification program — with rigorous assessment — positions graduates for these roles and commands premium pricing.
The Idea
Create 'Certified Prompt Engineer' program. 8-week curriculum: prompt anatomy and techniques, chain-of-thought and advanced methods, prompt system design, testing and evaluation, domain-specific prompting (legal, medical, technical), ethics and safety, and capstone project. Rigorous certification exam. Price $999–1,999.
Key to Success
- CERTIFICATION must be meaningful — rigorous exam, proctored, with real prompt engineering challenges
- Capstone project: design a complete prompt system for a real business use case — this becomes their portfolio piece
- Partner with companies hiring prompt engineers — certification + job pipeline = powerful value proposition
AI Tools to Leverage: ChatGPT, Claude, Notion, Zoom, Teachable