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AI Engineer Path
A practical path from your starting point to a useful AI application and a focused job search.
Your starting point
A path that meets you where you are.
Your first useful step
Start CS50P Functions, Variables. Type a small function, change it, and explain the result.
Start my path240–360 hours of focused practice. Planning estimates, not a deadline or a job guarantee. Free study materials; optional services may have costs.
This week, make these four things happen
- 1Watch and practice basic Python
- 2Build a small file-reading script
- 3Save a README and your first Git change
- 4Explain one bug you fixed
- 1Python, SQL + software basics136–200 hrs
The foundations diagnostic, with working code and explanations.
- 2One LLM feature12–18 hrs
A schema-validated endpoint, 10 examples and a baseline.
- 3Retrieval + evaluation24–36 hrs
Traceable answers, a held-out set and a failure analysis.
- 4Deployment + tool workflow16–24 hrs
A runnable app, bounded tools and recovery from an outage.
- 5One domain capstone40–60 hrs
User feedback, a demo, a reproducible result and a case study.
- 6Interview + application cycle12–22 hrs
Targeted resume, practice interviews and a weekly search log.
The curriculum
Your guide, step by step.
Pick one starting-point guide, then work through the shared foundations, projects and job-search plan.
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