Restarting from zero is hard, but you're never truly starting from scratch again because you are now starting with the lessons your last failure gave you. Period.
AI is moving so fast that the expensive workshop you buy today can become outdated tomorrow. So before spending money, start with the best free resources you can find on the internet.
20 things to know before calling yourself a Software Engineer in the AI era:
- Understand Git
- Master one programming language
- Write clean code
- Debug without relying on AI
- Understand APIs
- Work with databases
- Design basic systems
- Write tests
- Use GitHub
- Understand Docker
- Deploy an application
- Work with cloud services
- Understand CI/CD
- Read documentation
- Use AI coding tools effectively
- Review AI-generated code
- Understand authentication and security
- Build with LLM APIs
- Debug AI-powered applications
- Ship real software
AI can write the code.
You still need to understand what you're shipping.
@sridharfyi Tbh we aren't stuck on positioning, we are stuck because few of our clients are delaying our payments and that blocked our ceiling. Otherwise it's all good Sridhar.