AI won’t replace you, but someone using it will
You’ll make more impact in your career by using AI to its full potential. Not doing so will limit your professional growth - not just at THM, but anywhere you work.
Think back to when you last missed out on something. Perhaps it was buying concert tickets, a sale, limited edition drops, or investing in BTC. Do not read on until you’ve done the above. Keep that feeling with you as you read this post.
The rise in AI has already changed how everyone works. With today’s modern tools, one person has the capability of an entire team. I’ve seen landing pages that once took 3 hours to code built in just 5 minutes, better SEO advice (and results) from ChatGPT than a $21k marketing agency engagement, and fully fledged AI prototypes showcasing a new product experience (TTX) created in minutes by designers.
We can now do 10x more, with 10x less, 10x faster. However, this means that what was considered good 6 months ago, is not good today. If you don’t adapt you’ll fall behind whilst others race ahead and 10x themselves - we don’t want you miss out on this revolutionary shift that sweeping through every company.
Innovation just means making something better and is the outcome of everyone’s 50 year working life. You spend >40 hours a week working - 2080 hours a year and 124,000 in a lifetime. But what for? At its core it’s to create some new value for the world we live in. With AI, you’re able to get significantly more out of those 40 hours, increasing your impact.
TryHackMe’s mission is to make the world more digitally secure by training millions in cyber. Without platforms like us, cybercrime would be uncontrollable. Yet today, over 200 billion attacks hit daily - from state-level warfare to healthcare chaos. What we do is important, and you play a big part in it. AI amplifies what we’re capable of, lets us move faster, get more high-value work done, and accelerates our mission. Our mission hasn’t changed but how we work towards it has.
We must learn to use AI. This isn’t a small tweak to how you work, and it goes far beyond asking ChatGPT for writing help. It means breaking decade-old habits - the biggest being starting from scratch without AI. Let AI perform deep market research, or generate 10 brainstorm ideas in minutes, then use your expertise to refine. Using AI well is a skill built through constant practice - not by reading newsletters or watching videos, but by experimenting, playing, and learning first-hand.
Whats written here is not aspirational, but are new expectations that come with being a world-class team. I’ve been blown away with what some of you have been able to accomplish, and I promise you’ll be shocked with what you are now able to do.
What we now expect
Using AI effectively is now a fundamental expectation of everyone at TryHackMe. This isn’t optional - it’s the new standard. Use it to automate repetitive, time-consuming, low-value tasks first so you can focus on what actually moves the needle. Learn how to apply AI to your day-to-day work and deliver faster, smarter, and at a higher standard.
AI usage will be part of performance reviews. We’ll be looking at how AI has improved the speed, quality, and creativity of your work. Using it effectively means it’s helped you deliver faster, raise standards, or find better solutions that make a real impact. Simply using AI for the sake of it won’t count. If you’re not using it effectively, and your colleagues are, it will be immediately obvious.
Prompt engineering is a skill as important as reading. The way you research, work and learn has changed. Everyone must learn how to interact and get the most out of LLMs through well crafted prompts.
Learn and share. Everyone has budget to try the latest cutting-edge AI tools. No person or department is exempt. Go and find the most knowledgeable people on your team who can help you become familiar with the latest and greatest in AI. Be proactive in sharing what works, and what doesn’t, within your department and in #ai-hub (such as prompts you’ve developed, tools that work, how you’ve changed working, or AI use cases).
Interactive demos are now the default. With AI, you can go from text to working prototype within minutes. If you’re scoping a new feature, proposing a design, or outlining a flow - build it, don’t describe it. Use AI tools to create real, testable versions of your ideas. This is how we work now.
AI before more headcount and resourcing. Before asking for more headcount or resources, show why AI can’t get you there first. If an autonomous AI agent was already on your team, what would this area look like? This question often sparks interesting discussions/projects.
Everyone must change. No exceptions. This applies to us all. Including me and the entire leadership team.
We’re going through one of the biggest technological changes the world has ever seen, and we must adapt. Change can sound daunting, but if you don’t embrace it, you’ll get left behind. Don’t miss your chance to 10x yourself. If you’re thinking “that’s not possible,” you’re about to be surprised by what’s now achievable, and your peers will quickly outpace you.
AI is your capability amplifier - get significantly more from your work and career. Its paramount you learn how to use and get the most from these AI tools; you need to spend time practicing every week. Before you take on a task yourself, give ChatGPT (or similar tool) the first try. Treat it like you’ve just hired an intelligent assistant, one that works 24/7, and is your digital teammate.
