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How a College Dropout Used Military Discipline to Land a Slack Job (Working Smarter, Not Harder)

By Onaolapo Adeyemi

July 9, 2025 | Idea in Itself Productivity Case Study

Jeremiah Peoples spent 84-hour weeks in an Iraqi war zone as a military intelligence analyst. Yet his breakthrough into a 6-figure Slack engineering job wasn’t fueled by more work—but by three ruthless productivity principles anyone can replicate.

No degree. No bootcamp debt. Just strategy.

*”I studied 3 hours nightly after 12-hour shifts. But the secret wasn’t the hours—it was* eliminating everything that didn’t build my future.”
– Jeremiah Peoples

3 Productivity Tactics to Work Less, Earn More (Stolen from Jeremiah’s Playbook)

✅ 1. The “Warzone Filter” for Skill-Building

While deployed, Jeremiah had two options after work:

  • Scroll through social media/work out

  • Code for 3 hours
    His choice? Only activities with compounding returns.

Your Move: Audit your daily “low-value” time (commuting, Netflix, chores). Replace one 60-minute block with a high-leverage skill.

“In 6 months, you’ll have 180 hours of mastery—enough to change careers.”

✅ 2. Mentorship as a Force Multiplier

Jeremiah’s mentors did the heavy lifting:

  • Curated only relevant coding concepts

  • Explained complex topics in minutes (saving 100+ hours of solo study)

  • Connected him to hidden opportunities

Your Move: Stop learning alone. [Join our free mentor-match database]—filter vetted experts in tech, finance, or marketing.

✅ 3. Automate Opportunity with “Passive Portfolio”

Jeremiah’s YouTube channel documented his coding journey. When he left the military:

  • He tweeted one 90-second “open to work” video

  • It went viral → Google, Amazon, Slack pursued HIM

  • Zero job applications. Zero interviews.

Your Move: Build in public. Share 1 win/week (LinkedIn, blog, TikTok). Attract opportunities while you sleep.

The Productivity Payoff

Traditional Path Jeremiah’s Leveraged Path
4-year degree ($100k+ debt)              $15 online courses
500+ job applications            1 viral tweet
“Grind culture” mindset           Systems creating passive opportunity

 

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“Productivity isn’t about effort—it’s about designing systems where 1 hour of work generates 100 hours of results.” – Jeremiah Peoples

 

“Like our ‘Content Leverage’ framework? Jeremiah deployed it perfectly”).

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