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title: "Capstone, your first portfolio piece — StudioMeyer Academy"
description: "A concrete task you can solve within Level 1. The output sits in your folder and looks professional."
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You worked through the six lessons of Level 1. Time to build something concrete that you can show. Career-changers always get asked "what have you actually done", here's your first answer.

## The task

Pick a small topic from your life or your former job. Examples:

- A colleague had a question about Excel formulas, you spent three hours googling.
- You're organizing a private event and need a schedule.
- You're applying for a job and need a letter for a specific position.
- You're planning a trip and want a route with budget.

Solve the problem **fully with the help of ChatGPT or Claude**. Not "AI helped me", but "AI was my work tool for this task".

## What you should produce

Two files:

1. **The result** (PDF, Word, spreadsheet, whatever you need). Not raw AI output, but reworked by you.

2. **A short making-of** (one A4 page, Markdown or Word). With:

    - Which problem it was.
    - Which prompts you used (the most important 2-4).
    - Where you spotted hallucinations or bad outputs and what you did.
    - What worked best.
    - What you'd do differently next time.

The making-of is the actual skill proof. Anyone can use AI. But describing how you used it critically, that's the difference between layman-clicking and professional work.

## Length

Two pages total. Not more.

## What's strong, what's weak

**Strong:**

- Concrete prompts quoted with reasoning.
- One spot where the model was clearly wrong and you corrected it.
- A paragraph where you took a decision against the AI recommendation.
- The output is good enough to be used in real life.

**Weak:**

- "AI did everything for me, awesome."
- No visible prompts, only results.
- No mention of errors or hallucinations.
- Generic topic without personal angle.

## Where this piece belongs

Folder `portfolio/level-1-capstone/`. The capstones from Level 2 and 3 go in there too.

When you later activate the talent pool, you link this folder on your public profile under `/u/your-slug`. Companies looking for operators see your capstones first.

## Time frame

60 to 90 minutes total. If it takes longer, the task is too big.

## Wrap-up

When done, take the [Level 1 checkpoint](https://studiomeyer.academy/checkpoint/1). If you pass, you're ready for Level 2.

You can read everything freely. An account keeps your progress saved.

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