Hi, I'm TK

I built the playbook I wish someone had handed me in 2021.

Rejected from every university in South Africa, then I built my own way in. Now I make sure other students don't have to figure it out alone.

TK, founder of FlyQuest

"TK's feedback on my CV changed how I present myself completely. Within two weeks I landed three interviews."

Mogau Sehlapelo

Seen and heard at

TEDx
University of Pretoria
Elevate Africa
Golden Key
Eduvos
LinkedIn

Before FlyQuest

Before I helped anyone else, I was the one locked out.

In 2021, I applied to every university I could in South Africa. I got rejected by all of them.

No plan B. No one to call. Just a decision that had already been made for me, and a system that didn't owe me an explanation.

I pivoted to a private institution and threw myself into software engineering. I graduated with 19 module distinctions. I became a software engineer at Eduvos, the same institution that gave me a chance when the public system couldn't.

I didn't walk through a door. I learned how to build one.

The Realization

The difference was never talent. It was access to the playbook.

I shared what I was going through on LinkedIn. Not because I had it figured out, but because I was still in it. And the responses kept coming, hundreds of them, all telling some version of the same story.

Different names, same story. Talented people, doing the work, getting nowhere. Not because they weren't good enough. Because nobody had ever shown them how the system actually works.

That gap is what FlyQuest exists to close.

The Proof

BSc IT Software Engineering·TEDx Speaker·Elevate Africa Top 25 Speaker 2025·Golden Key Member·Prev. Student Representative Council·in15,000+ LinkedIn Community·Founder at 22
TK graduating with his BSc in IT Software Engineering

With content that has reached 125 000+ people, with 533 000+ impressions and engagement globally.

Track Record

1

Mentorship

Mentored students who've gone on to be accepted into honours programmes at UP, UWC, UCT, UJ, and Wits.

2

Coaching

Coached young professionals into roles at companies including FNB, Amazon, Standard Bank, and Investec, many of them their first job.

3

Speaking

Delivered a dozen speaking engagements as of 2026, including TEDx, Elevate Africa, Eduvos, UP, GuildSA, and Network In Your City.

TK, founder of FlyQuest

How We Work

1

Clarity before applications

You don't send another CV out until you know what story it's actually telling.

2

Tools before talk

Templates, structure, and a plan come first. Motivation runs out. A system doesn't.

3

Real results over motivation

We care about the interview you land, not how inspired you felt on the way there.

4

Nobody navigates alone

I didn't have someone in my corner. That's the whole reason FlyQuest exists.

Here's how we can help

Just getting started?

The Playbooks

TK balancing his favourite career and mindset books

Free tools to get your CV, LinkedIn, and applications in shape. Start here if you're doing the work but not seeing results yet.

  • CV Playbook
  • ATS Playbook
  • LinkedIn Playbook
Get the free Playbooks

Ready to be taken seriously?

The Pathways

TK working on a client's pathway plan

One on one support, the kind we wish someone had given us. Three levels, one honest conversation about which you actually need.

  • Application Pathway
  • Progression Pathway
  • The Career Pathways
See how the Pathways work

Want this for your students or your team?

Speaking and Workshops

TK with a full lecture hall of students after a talk

TEDx talks, campus sessions, and hands on workshops that give your students or team the same playbook, live.

  • Keynotes
  • Campus sessions
  • Hands-on workshops
Book TK to speak

From TK

I know what it feels like to be told no by every system you trusted.

I know the version of you that keeps applying anyway, that keeps showing up, that starts to wonder if maybe the problem is you. It isn't. It never was.

FlyQuest is the playbook I didn't have. The tools, the honesty, and the person in your corner that the system never gave me. I built it so that nobody else has to figure this out completely alone.

This is bigger than me now, and I want it to stay that way. But it starts with one honest conversation, whenever you're ready to have it.

Let's build, TK