This morning I ran a 200-person free online AI lecture. So happy.
450+ signups, attendance around 45%. But landing on Mother’s Day midday and still hitting that, Zoom data showing average seat-time over 75%, FAQ running so long I answered for an extra half hour—that alone made me happy.
It reminded me of about 10 years ago.
Back then in a physical classroom near Daan Station, a room would hold 100 real people. I’d stand up front and teach GMAT for more than four hours straight. Students sat from 10am to 2:30pm, one break in the middle, I’d sip water and keep going.
That kind of energy seems to have come back, this time online.
It’s just that the topic isn’t GMAT anymore. It’s AI. It’s how to use Claude Code to actually change the working life of a knowledge worker with no programming background.
Why I’m this happy
Not because of the 200 attendees. Not because of the 75% seat-time.
It’s because of those 30 minutes of FAQ.
Normally after a demo and a few case studies, FAQ is empty—everyone gives a quick thumbs-up and leaves. But today’s FAQ kept coming. Salespeople, PMs, marketers, researchers, designers, accountants, engineers, cram-school owners—every profession showing up to ask.
They were all asking the same thing:
Has AI already changed the workplace? Am I ready?
Each profession had its own concrete version. Salespeople: “will clients bypass me and use AI to quote prices?” PMs: “will my PRDs get replaced?” Accountants: “are accounting firms about to shut down?” Designers: “is my portfolio still worth anything?”
But underneath, the same anxiety.
What I can give beyond a demo
In the past six months I’ve shot 30-something Claude Code tutorial videos. Slowly a new feeling has emerged:
Tools change. The thinking doesn’t.
There’s a craft to “running your mouth.” What I really want to share isn’t “which key to press” or “which command to type.” It’s the logic of directing—decomposing tasks, planning validation, allocating responsibilities, managing risk.
These things aren’t different from what I taught in the GMAT classroom 10 years ago. GMAT teaches “how to make optimal decisions within a time limit and limited resources.” Claude Code teaches the same thing. The tool just changed from a pencil to Sonnet 4.6.
What’s next
Time to push harder. Share things seriously. Help more people join the Agentic AI circle.
Turns out I really do love teaching.
Thank you to everyone who came today. And thank you to the folks who registered but couldn’t make it because of a Mother’s Day lunch—the fact that you registered already tells me there’s a market for this topic.
I’ll keep running these.