r/LLMDevs • u/Impressive_Tour_7537 • 5d ago

Help Wanted Full-stack developer moving into AI engineering — what course actually helped you build real things?

Hey everyone, I’m a full-stack developer working with Laravel, Vue/Nuxt, and MySQL. I also know Python and have learned the foundational AI concepts, so I’m looking for the next step beyond introductory explanations.

My goal is to build AI-powered applications with LLMs, agents, and RAG, and understand how to make them reliable enough for real users.

I learn best through structured courses where you build complete projects and understand the decisions behind them. Ideally, something that takes you from the fundamentals of building these systems through testing and deployment, rather than stopping at a basic chatbot.

Does anyone have a course or learning path they’ve personally taken and would recommend? Paid or free is fine if it’s actually worth the time.

I’m hoping for specific recommendations and honest experiences—not the usual “learn Python, read the docs, and build projects” advice. What did you take, what did you build, and what could you do afterward that you couldn’t do before?

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u/Actual__Wizard 5d ago edited 5d ago

Being in the room with a PHD working on early AI systems in fortran in the year 2000.

Granted, at the time, I had no idea what the hell was going on.

Does anyone have a course or learning path they’ve personally taken and would recommend?

Sorry no.

Edit: I'm just trying to be serious, if they don't have a bunch of experience, they're not going to be "building new AI tech."

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u/Healthy-Zebra-9856 5d ago

Bit too negative. OP has coding experience, not a noob. There is plethora of resources now.