Claude Code Mastery: Developer Productivity to Agentic Engineering
Claude Code has overtaken GitHub Copilot as the most-used AI coding tool, and Anthropic secured its position with the SpaceX Colossus One partnership (300 MW, ~220K GPU equivalents) and doubled Claude Code rate limits. This 2-day intensive takes participants from beginner to expert. Day 1 covers the full productivity toolkit: installation, CLAUDE.md project setup, effective prompting (extended thinking, multi-file edits), slash commands, and IDE integrations. Day 2 moves into advanced territory: building custom MCP servers, the Claude Agent SDK (with memory beta), hook-based CI/CD automation, and designing agentic engineering pipelines that orchestrate complex development tasks autonomously.
For developers at all Claude Code experience levels. Day 1 is beginner-friendly (extends the ccode half-day with more depth). Day 2 is intermediate-to-advanced. Participants need an active Claude account.
About Brent Laster
Hi, I'm Brent Laster - a global trainer and book author, experienced corporate technology developer and leader, and founder and president of Tech Skills Transformations LLC. I've been working with and presenting at NFJS events for many years now and it is always exciting and interesting.
Through my decades in programming and management,I've always tried to make time to learn and develop both technical and leadership skills and share them with others Regardless of the topic or technology, my belief is that there is no substitute for the excitement and sense of potential that come from providing others with the knowledge they need to help them accomplish their goals.
In my spare time, I hang out with my wife Anne-Marie, 4 children and 2 small dogs in Cary, North Carolina where I design and conduct trainings and write books. You can find me on LinkedIn (linkedin.com/in/brentlaster), Twitter (@brentclaster) or through my company's website at www.getskillsnow.com.
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