The most direct route to the highest-paid careers in IT & cybersecurity.
A full year of live instruction, 1:1 mentorship from 20-year industry veterans, adaptive learning technology, and a growing hiring pipeline of partner companies. Not a course — a career placement system.
All earlier cohorts sold out. Places are limited to 30 per instructor to protect mentorship quality.
Our graduates land roles across
Candidate-sourcing & hiring partners 500 in our network
“In our network” = organisations with an agreement to source recruits through Derry Training.
Partner names shown here are anonymised for public view to protect commercial relationships. Verified members see our real hiring partners once signed in.
Our curriculum prepares you for certifications from
A proven 3-step learning system
You are what you do — not what you feel about it
It’s tempting to buy a course and feel like “a developer now”. Feeling it changes nothing; doing the work changes everything. So we measure you by what you produce — cards cleared, quizzes passed, a capstone shipped — not by how motivated you say you are. Identity follows action, never the reverse.
The principle: an image you maintain is not a skill you have. We build the skill; the identity takes care of itself.
Career tracks selected by one criterion: earning power
We only teach the roles at the top of the market — ranked by entry-level salary, median salary and maximum earning potential. Every track: at least one live class per week, priced at 5–10% of the junior salary it leads to.
AI & Machine Learning EngineerFlagship
Production ML, LLM applications and MLOps. The single highest-paid entry point in technology.
Cloud Security Architect
Secure AWS and Azure estates at architectural level — where cloud meets security, salaries peak.
AI Security EngineerNew
Secure the AI systems every company is racing to deploy — the scarcest skill set at the intersection of the two best-paid fields in tech.
Cloud Solutions ArchitectNew
Design the systems everyone else builds on. The highest-leverage generalist role in cloud computing.
DevOps & Site Reliability Engineer
Kubernetes, infrastructure-as-code and reliability engineering for systems that cannot go down.
Penetration Tester & Offensive SecurityHigh demand
Legal, professional offensive security: red-team methodology, exploitation, reporting.
Data Engineer
Pipelines, warehousing and streaming at scale — the engine room behind every AI initiative.
Data ScientistNew
Statistics, machine learning and the storytelling that turns analysis into decisions executives pay for.
Cybersecurity Engineer
Threat detection, SIEM engineering and cloud defence — the broadest gateway to a six-figure security career.
Agile & Project ManagementNew
Lead delivery of the products every technical team ships — Scrum, stakeholder management and the delivery discipline that turns engineering effort into shipped outcomes.
Start smaller
Try a low-cost Foundations Sprint (credited toward tuition), or subscribe to the Learning Centre month-to-month.
Foundations Sprint
A short, mentor-guided introduction to your field — the real fundamentals, the tools, and whether this career is for you. Low risk, high signal.
- Live-recorded lessons + hands-on labs in the Learning Centre
- A taste of the six-segment class method and spaced repetition
- A clear verdict on your best full track
- Your $249.99 is credited toward your Full Course tuition if you move on
All-Access — the Learning Centre, monthly
Full access to the Learning Centre — spaced-repetition review, weekly quizzes, practice labs and the AI tutor. Ideal before you commit, and for graduates who want to stay sharp.
Why a subscription and not a one-off? Because tech doesn't hold still — and neither does this app. Your fee pays for a product that keeps working for you every month:
- It's updated constantly. New modules, fresh quiz questions and labs are added as tools and the job market move — a static course you bought once is out of date within a year.
- Spaced repetition only works while you keep showing up. The scheduler resurfaces material exactly when you'd forget it; ongoing access is what turns short-term cramming into skills that last.
- The whole gamified engine — streaks, XP, spaced review — stays live to keep you consistent.
- Server costs are ongoing (labs, the AI tutor, hosting), so the pricing is honest: a small monthly fee, cancel anytime, rather than a big one-off that we couldn't keep improving.
- Graduates: keep your skills current long after you finish, for less than the cost of one coffee a week.
Which tech career fits you — and how soon could you earn?
Answer eight quick questions. Get your matched track, your % fit, and a realistic earning timeline — then share your result.
Take the career match quiz →The whole platform already exists
Not a syllabus and a waiting list — the full teaching platform is built and running today. Here’s the shape of what you’d step into.
See the platform in action
These are real screens from the learning platform — the product exists and runs today, before you enrol.
What a year with Derry Training buys
Weekly live classes
Live expert instruction every week — not recordings. Small cohorts, real questions, real answers.
Adaptive learning platform
Proprietary, custom-built Custom-built software that adapts each module to how you learn, with integrated spaced-repetition scheduling so nothing you learn is forgotten.
1:1 mentorship
A focused 30-minute session every week, all year, with a personal mentor who has 10+ years at top companies and universities.
Full materials provided
Every lab environment, dataset, licence and study resource included in tuition. Nothing extra to buy.
Certification & interview prep
Structured preparation for the certifications employers filter on, plus mock interviews with industry veterans.
The hiring funnel
Direct introductions through our developed hiring pipeline of partner companies, with career support until you sign.
Graduate with a Skills Passport, not just a certificate
A certificate says you attended. A Derry Skills Passport proves what you can actually do — and lets an employer confirm it in seconds, on your terms.
- Signed, not claimed. Each passport carries a cryptographically signed credential (Ed25519) an employer can verify at our public verification page — the signature cannot be forged without our private key, so they needn't take your word, or ours.
- Evidence-backed. It's built from server-verified mastery and passed labs — real work, not a grade you assigned yourself.
- Yours to share, on consent. Nothing is exposed by default. You issue a scoped, time-limited grant to a named employer, and you can see who looked and revoke it any time.
- Always current. A passport is freshness-checked against recent recall, so it reflects your ability now — not a test you passed and forgot.
Women-Only cohorts, every track
Identical curriculum, identical mentors, identical hiring pipeline — delivered in a cohort of exclusively female students. Choose the standard or Women-Only cohort at application; the price is the same.
Bespoke corporate training
We design and deliver private programmes for teams — security upskilling, cloud migration capability, AI readiness. Scope, cohort size and pricing are agreed individually for every engagement.
Team of three or more: 10% off every seat, invoiced once, one progress report for the whole team.
The expensive option is usually doing nothing
Every month in a role that underpays you has a price. Move the sliders to see what waiting really costs.
See the full, honest comparison vs MOOCs, self-teaching and other bootcamps →
Hesitating? Try the 5-minute worst-case planning exercise →
Test your judgement: the 2-minute calibration game →
Financing built for serious applicants
Cohort intakes in October and April, with more being added as we grow — plus shorter Foundations Sprints and an All-Access monthly membership. Open to applicants worldwide · live classes on Central Standard Time (CST, UTC−6) · minimum age 16 · All prices in US Dollars (USD); all payments are taken in USD.
Pay Upfront
10% off- Single payment before your cohort begins
- Largest overall saving on every track
- Priority choice of mentor and class schedule
- 14-day money-back guarantee
Deposit + Weekly
50% deposit- 50% to secure your place
- Balance in equal weekly payments until paid
- Start learning immediately
- 14-day guarantee (deposit non-refundable)
Employer Sponsorship
$0 out of pocket- Full tuition invoiced to your employer upfront
- Ready-made business case for your manager
- Progress reporting included
- We handle all paperwork
Software built for one purpose: getting you hired
An engine that learns how you learn
Our proprietary, custom-built adaptive platform adjusts every module to your individual pace and weak points. Integrated spaced-repetition scheduling means week-3 fundamentals are still sharp in your final-phase interviews. No off-the-shelf LMS does this, because no off-the-shelf LMS was built by the people teaching you.
Independent. No venture capital.
Derry Training has taken no VC funding — ever. We answer to students, not investors, so profits go back into the platform, the mentors and the hiring funnel instead of into quarterly targets. That independence is why our standards don't bend when growth would be easier.
Every enrolment is still covered by our 14-day money-back guarantee (less deposit) and the 6-month job guarantee — full terms at enrolment.
Get 1% better at a lot of small things
The idea is simple: improve hundreds of tiny things by 1% each and the compounded gain is huge. You won’t transform in a day — you’ll compound. See what small, consistent gains do over a year.
better after a year of compounding
- Clear your reviews before anything else
- One extra worked example
- Sleep 20 minutes earlier before class
- Ask one question in every session
- Re-attempt one thing you got wrong
- Teach one concept back to someone
Where a year with us actually leads
Salary figures are US market data (BLS). These are entry-level — the same roles climb to a $120k–$145k+ median with experience.
Career support doesn't stop at graduation — we work with you until the contract is signed.
Applications for October 2026 are open — for now
Apply any time this month, but places are capped at 30 per instructor and reviewed in the order they arrive — when they're gone, the next intake is 2027.
Early applicants who enrol before the deadline lock this year's pricing.
Secure Your 10-Minute CallHow employable are you right now?
Get a readiness score and the single most useful next step — no score is a rejection, it's a map.
How employable am I? — 60-second check
Rate each 0–4. You'll get a readiness score and the single most useful next step. No score is a rejection — it's a map.
How much more could I earn?
It starts with ten minutes
Fill in the form, choose a slot, and an advisor calls you. We'll tell you honestly whether a track fits — including when the answer is no.
Book your 10-minute admissions call
No pitch, no obligation. Ten minutes with an advisor to confirm whether a track fits you — and whether you fit the cohort.