🚀 Prompt Engineering Learning Timeline
🔹 Day 1–3: Basics
- What prompts are
- Zero-shot vs few-shot prompts
- Simple instructions & formatting
👉 Enough to improve everyday AI responses
🔹 Day 4–7: Practical Use
- Role-based prompting (e.g. “Act as a senior developer”)
- Chain-of-thought prompts
- Fixing bad outputs
👉 You can now use AI effectively for work
🔹 Day 8–14: Advanced Skills
- Prompt optimization
- Context management
- Structured outputs (JSON, tables, code)
👉 You’re ahead of 80% of users
🔹 Day 15–30: Expert Level
- System prompts
- Prompt templates
- AI workflows for coding, marketing, data, content
👉 You can build AI-powered solutions
💡 Truth Most People Miss
Prompt Engineering is not about memorizing prompts
It’s about:Clear thinking
Asking better questions
Iterating fast
“AI is only as smart as the prompt you give it.”
📈 Why Devs Should Learn It NOW
- Saves hours of coding & debugging
- Boosts productivity by 2–5x
- Becoming a must-have skill in 2026
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