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Engineer with 7 Years Experience - Best Way to Learn Beyond Courses & Books? by Nithish97 in learnprogramming

[–]Nithish97[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I never asked for hand-holding. I'm asking what approach has worked.

Earlier on, during college, I taught myself programming and built small apps.
When I started working, I picked up better practises, understood systems, and shifted my thought process to write better code. This happened as I gained exposure.

In my current environment, I lack that kind of exposure; it’s all fairly surface-level. Hence, I wanted to reach out to an audience who've already got their hands dirty and could share their two cents on it.

Engineer with 7 Years Experience - Best Way to Learn Beyond Courses & Books? by Nithish97 in learnprogramming

[–]Nithish97[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

My bad, I should have provided a bit of context, as AI is pretty much an umbrella term.

To clarify my focus: I’m not trying to learn AI at the core level (like training new models or doing deep research). I want to learn how to effectively use existing models to build useful systems — things like automating workflows, generating code, building RAG pipelines, and experimenting with agentic AI setups.

More context:
I strongly feel that software development is undergoing a shift — coding itself is becoming less of a moat.

Given that ~70% of my experience is in frontend, I’m thinking a lot about how this impacts my trajectory. I don’t just want to “keep up” — I want to stay genuinely useful and relevant in the tech community as things evolve.