Stage 11 week
Understanding AI Tools
- What LLMs are and are not
- Major tools: Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini
- Strengths and limitations
- Hallucinations and fact-checking
AI for Work & Productivity
Use AI as a thinking partner that makes you sharper, not dependent.
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Overview
AI tools are now part of every professional workflow. This track teaches you to use them intelligently, as tools that amplify your thinking, not replace it. It applies to every other track in this hub.
Who is this for?
- ✓ Students starting from zero who want structure
- ✓ Self-taught learners who need a clear path
- ✓ Career switchers ready to commit consistently
What can you build?
- AI-assisted workflows
- Custom prompt libraries
- Automated research pipelines
- AI-augmented development setups
Jobs you can get
AI-Augmented DeveloperPrompt EngineerAI Product ManagerLLM Application Developer
Salary range: This track amplifies every other track's salary potential
Roadmap
Follow each stage in order. Mark stages complete as you finish them.
- Stage 22 to 3 weeks
Prompt Engineering
- Zero-shot prompting
- Few-shot prompting
- Chain-of-thought
- System prompts and roles
- Iterating and refining
- Stage 3Ongoing
AI for Your Field
- AI for developers (Copilot, Cursor)
- AI for designers (Midjourney, Figma AI)
- AI for analysts (Code Interpreter)
- AI for writers (Claude)
- Stage 41 to 2 weeks
AI Ethics & Verification
- Understanding hallucinations
- Fact-checking AI output
- Privacy and data concerns
- Thinking before prompting
Resources
Intro to Large Language Models
FREEAndrej Karpathy's definitive video explanation of how LLMs work. Watch this first.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjkBMFhNj_g
Prompt Engineering Guide
FREEThe most comprehensive free prompt engineering reference. All major techniques covered.
www.promptingguide.ai
Learn Prompting
FREEFree interactive course on prompt engineering from basics to advanced.
learnprompting.org
DeepLearning.AI Short Courses
FREEFree short courses from Andrew Ng on prompt engineering, LangChain, and AI apps.
www.deeplearning.ai/short-courses
Neural Networks, 3Blue1Brown
FREEVisual, intuitive explanation of how neural networks learn. Beautiful and clear.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aircAruvnKk
fast.ai Practical Data Ethics
FREEThink critically about AI, bias, fairness, safety, and ethics.
ethics.fast.ai
Projects
beginner
#01
Personal Prompt Library
Build a personal library of 20+ tested prompts for your specific workflow and field.
intermediate
#01
AI Research Report
Research a topic using AI tools, verify every claim independently, produce a report.
advanced
#01
AI-Integrated App
Build an application that calls an LLM API as a core feature.
AI Guide
What AI helps with
- ✓ Everything in this track, AI teaches you to use AI
What AI cannot replace
- ✗ This is the one track where the entire point is learning AI tools
Recommended Tools
Claude
Long-form reasoning, code, writing, analysis
ChatGPT
General purpose, code interpreter, images
Perplexity AI
Research with citations and live web access
GitHub Copilot
In-editor code completion
Cursor
Full AI code editor for serious development
v0.dev
AI UI component generation from text
Sample Prompts
Act as a senior software engineer reviewing my code. Look for: bugs, security issues, performance problems, and style issues. Be specific about what to fix and why. Code: [paste]I need to learn [specific concept]. Explain it in simple terms first, then with a concrete example, then tell me the most common misconceptions beginners have about it.Career Path
AI-Augmented DeveloperPrompt EngineerAI Product ManagerLLM Application Developer
This track amplifies every other track's salary potential
The professionals thriving with AI use it to go deeper, not shallower. Use AI to understand things faster, then push further on your own. That combination is unbeatable.