Transform Software Engineers into AI Engineers

A comprehensive learning initiative featuring curated resources, hands-on milestones, and live mentorship sessions to help you master AI engineering skills.

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Learning Milestones

Follow our structured learning path to master AI engineering concepts and tools through hands-on practice and expert guidance.

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Cohort #1 • Post #1

Explore AI Coding Tools (Bolt, Replit, Cursor, WindSurf)

Get hands-on experience with the most powerful AI-powered development tools available today.

Learning Steps:

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Watch or read "An Opinionated Guide on the Best AI Coding Tools in 2025"

Learn about the current landscape of AI coding tools and their capabilities.

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Build a prototype with Bolt

Read the blog post about Bolt.new and create your own prototype. Reply to the original post with your prototype link.

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Create a full stack app with Replit

Watch the developer experience video and build your own full-stack application.

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Install Cursor on your machine

Watch the tutorial and implement the Momentum Chrome extension following the blog post guide.

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Install WindSurf Editor on your machine

Watch the demonstration video and implement the bike shop app on your local machine.

Live AMA Session

Wednesday, June 4 at 9:30 am PST

Bring your questions, discuss progress, and connect with peers.

Published: 5/31/2024 View Details
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Cohort #1 • Post #2

Prompt Engineering, RAG, Evaluation Frameworks

Master the fundamentals of prompt engineering, retrieval-augmented generation, and evaluation methodologies.

Learning Steps:

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Prompt Engineering

Read and/or watch the videos on "The Prompt Report Parts 1 and 2" from Oxen.ai and read OpenAI's guidelines for text generation and prompting.

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Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG)

Read LangChain's overview on RAG, implement their tutorial on building a search engine over a PDF document, and read Cameron Wolfe's practitioner's guide.

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Evaluation

Read about RAG evaluation metrics and learn about RAGAS framework for automated evaluation of RAG systems.

Live AMA Session

Wednesday, July 16 at 9:30 am PST

Please reply below or DM me to get the Zoom link to the live AMA session. Bring your questions, discuss progress and connect with peers.

Published: 6/30/2024 View Details
New milestones published regularly

About AI Engineer Academy

A structured learning initiative designed to bridge the gap between traditional software engineering and AI engineering through practical, hands-on experience.

Curated Learning Path

Each milestone contains carefully selected resources including blog posts, videos, tutorials, and research papers to ensure comprehensive learning.

Hands-On Experience

Build real projects and prototypes using cutting-edge AI tools like Bolt, Cursor, Replit, and more to gain practical experience.

Community Learning

Join live AMA sessions to discuss progress, ask questions, and connect with fellow engineers on the same learning journey.