Small Start

Karan vishwakarma — Tue, 07 Jul 2026 17:01:54 +0000

Week 1 Update

During the first week, I focused on researching AI agents and finding the right learning resources. My goal was to build a strong foundation by understanding core concepts such as:

Large Language Models (LLMs)
Agentic AI
Context
Tokens
Other fundamental AI concepts

At the same time, I wanted to follow a practical learning approach by building projects that progress from beginner to advanced levels while covering a wide range of real-world applications.

Initially, I considered pursuing certifications, such as Microsoft's Agentic AI certifications. However, I know that long, theory-heavy courses are difficult for me to stay committed to, and I didn't want to risk purchasing something I might not complete.

Instead, I decided to start with a highly recommended Udemy course by Ed Donner on LLM Engineering. So far, it has been an excellent choice. The explanations are clear, the concepts are easy to grasp, and the course emphasizes hands-on learning. I have now progressed into Week 2 of the course.

What I've Learned So Far

Understanding frontier models such as Grok, GPT, Claude Sonnet, and DeepSeek.
Differences between open-source and closed-source language models.
The benefits and limitations of using LLMs.
Built a website summarizer using a Gemma model running locally with Ollama and Selenium.
Currently learning about Transformers and how modern LLMs work under the hood.

Next Steps

Continue progressing through the LLM Engineering course.
Gain a deeper understanding of Transformers.
Build more hands-on AI agent projects with increasing complexity.
Start experimenting with more advanced agentic workflows.

Goal : Become an AI Engineer

Karan vishwakarma — Fri, 26 Jun 2026 07:27:52 +0000

Hi I am Karan Vishwakarma, Fresh CSE graduate of 2022 - 26 Batch. Well, my engineering journey was not quite successful.
I started learning development in my 3rd year, since it was easy to start with and could get me an internship. I learned web development from Udemy, thanks for that. It helped me to get into startup as Frontend developer.

Yes, Currently I am frontend developer. The job is quite well, building frontend pages, managing the old frontend modules, optimization, improve the core web vitals, etc. However, I have realized that most of the frontend is now just a few prompt work, AI tools such as CC, Cursor, etc. have almost covered the frontend. Companies have also realized the same.

Switching as fresher in frontend is almost impossible. My current pay is also below the market standards thanks to war crisis and AI.
Thus, I have decided that I would devote my time and effort to become an AI engineer since I have great interest in working with AI models, understand the real world data and applying them to solve real world issues. I mean AI is everywhere, I could literally not bound myself to just building websites or apps, I could use my skills into any field where AI is required.

Thus, I am starting to post my journey in here on this platform. I will be consistent and post about my journey. Thanks for reading my post, which me good luck and have a good day. Please provide your opinions or suggestions if any, I would genuinely appreciate that.

DEV Community: Karan vishwakarma

Small Start

Week 1 Update

What I've Learned So Far

Next Steps

Goal : Become an AI Engineer