You're Probably Wondering...

Yes — AI can generate scripts from plain English. That's real. But the accountability of owning the code lies with you, and without the right architecture, you cannot control the code it produces. Code that's not understood can't be managed. An AI-generated test suite can look complete and be dangerously incomplete. Someone has to read it. Someone has to question it. Someone has to own it. In an interview, it's not your ability to prompt that's assessed, but your sound knowledge and your ability to steer AI in the right direction and catch it when it gets things wrong — that is what we will equip you with.

The mentorship is structured around your working week with weekend sessions only. Practice between sessions focuses on specific actions that genuinely advance your progress rather than busy work. Proper AI tool usage also reduces implementation time. You won't need to abandon your current employment during the 6 weeks.

That depends on what you're trying to do. If you're moving to a new employer, the stack here covers what appears on virtually every Australian automation job description right now. If you're looking to transition into automation at your current company, the more important question is whether you'll be able to pick up their specific tools once you have the fundamentals — and the answer is yes. Automation concepts transfer across frameworks and languages: the architecture, the patterns, the CI/CD thinking, the API testing approach. Once you can write real automation code and genuinely understand what you're doing, your company's specific tool becomes a weeks-long learning task, not a months-long one. That's exactly what this mentorship prepares you for — a repeatable approach for picking up any new technology fast. I am happy to discuss your specific situation.

We picked Python because it's the easiest language to learn and gives you a genuinely strong foundation to build on as you grow. It also transfers well: Python aligns closely with Java and C#, and programming fundamentals transfer across languages. Once you understand programming in Python, Java and C# become a syntax change and not a learning problem. All of what we have learnt will still be relevant.

Passive watching doesn't build lasting skills. This mentorship emphasises real code work with live expert review addressing your specific challenges. Unlike other institutions, this is not a 2-3 day session that is mostly theoretical. We take the time to ensure you build the skills you need. The first two weeks are designed to demonstrate visible progress fast — a personal roadmap, genuine code, professional feedback, and measurable project advancement. Within weeks, you'll know whether this approach is working.

This is an investment in yourself — in a career that can pay off many times over across its lifetime. Measured against what it can do for your earning potential and job prospects, the mentorship is an absolute steal for the value it delivers.

Every seat has been taken. Groups are capped at four so that nobody is invisible, so there were never many places, and the demand for live, hands-on mentoring took them quickly. Dates for the next cohort are being set now. Join the waitlist and you'll be told the moment they are — seats are offered in waitlist order, and if a current mentee defers, that place is offered down the waitlist before it goes anywhere else.

$3,999 AUD for the full six-week mentorship. You start with $500 toward your first two weeks, and the remaining $3,499 is due only after those two weeks are done — so you see what the mentorship actually delivers before you commit the balance. If it isn't for you at that point, the $500 comes back in full. Everything is included at that price: all 48 hours of live mentoring, the portfolio projects, and the resume and interview preparation. See the pricing page for the full breakdown. (Pricing is set at Hanura Next's discretion and may change for future cohorts.)

Yes — just not right now. The fit call is a free 30-minute conversation, not a sales pitch: where you are in your career, what you're trying to build, and whether the mentorship actually fits your situation. Booking is paused while the current cohort is full, because there is nothing to book a place in. It reopens with the next cohort, and waitlist members are invited to book first. In the meantime, ask anything at all at support@hanuranext.com and you'll get a straight answer.

The mentorship front-loads support, roadmap development, feedback, and project materials before requiring full commitment. Most programs collect money first and deliver later. I deliver first, prove the value, and let the result make the decision obvious. The readiness benchmark exists because accountability is measured by what graduates can actually do.

You don't need a programming background. The first two weeks are deliberately designed to lower the learning curve: mentoring starts from QA reasoning, introduces syntax contextually, leverages AI appropriately, and provides feedback before confusion becomes discouragement. Your existing testing instincts are the foundation.

Sessions are recorded — missing one doesn't mean falling behind. For significant circumstances, deferral to the next cohort preserves your progress without extra expense. Progress doesn't reset; you continue from where you left off. Deposits are fully refundable within the first two weeks if major changes occur.