Issue 159 – August 12, 2023

Bootcamp goals

Hey there,

It’s Robin from CFD Engine & I’m looking for some feedback (& maybe some bookings) 😉

I’m about to launch a new offer & I thought I’d run it past you first.

I try not to pitch in these emails, so I hope you’ll forgive it this time around 🙏

What’s the big idea?

I’m borrowing an idea from the gym & launching four new “bootcamps” –high-impact, short-duration, affordable coaching programmes– one for meshing, one for post-pro, one for automation & one for AWS (my strong suits).

Each one includes…

4-weeks of one-on-one coaching, laser-focussed on one of the topics (meshing, post-pro, automation or running on AWS).

They’re entirely remote, all done via Discord, & include:

  • twice-weekly meetings;
  • daily check-ins;
  • private chat for async discussion;
  • private GitHub repos for sharing & tracking case files;
  • live editing, debugging & case development in VS Code;

We start out establishing where you’re at? What you want to achieve? What resources you have? And what you’ve already tried?

Background info to help set the objectives for our four-week sprint.

There’s no curriculum, depending on the focus, we could cover…

For Meshing

Things like…tool selection, geometry prep, defeaturing, CAD export, snappyHexMesh recipe development, mesh checking/troubleshooting & fixing, automation & prep for solution.

For Post-pro

Things like…migrating to ParaView, function object selection, exporting from OpenFOAM, remote interactive post-pro, automation, animation, image & data processing.

For Automation

Things like…command-line scripting, using third-party APIs (Slack notifications, Dropbox upload, command-line emails & image hosting, for example), version control & archiving, plus job & data management.

For AWS

Things like…instance choice, storage strategy, cost-optimisation, data transfer & tweaking your local process to make it much easier to run in the cloud.

How much?

They’re aimed at CFD professionals (with some OpenFOAM familiarity) who want a bespoke, time-bound support package to take them beyond the tutorials, & level-up their meshing/post-pro/automation or AWS game.

I’m going to list the bootcamps at $500 each (initially) & we’ll see where we go from there 🤞

What do you reckon?

That’s the skeleton of the offer – 4-weeks of one-to-one coaching on either meshing, post-pro, automation or running on AWS for $500.

I’ve still got time to tweak my messaging (or rebuild the offer completely) before I launch it in September, so I’m hoping you might give me some feedback 🙏

Any questions? (they’ll help me write better sales copy)

Any feedback? (it’ll help me make a better offer)

I’d welcome anything you’d care to share.

Hit reply, pen me a note & let me have it 🪖

Obviously, if you fancy booking a bootcamp, you can email me about that too 😊

Until next week, stay safe,

Robin