@ParamSiddh: There are 2 career paths in AI: 1. The API Caller: Knows how to use an API. (Low leverage, first to be automated, $100k…
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A tweet distinguishes two AI career paths—API Caller vs. Architect—and recommends Stanford's free CS336 course for those wanting to become architects.
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There are 2 career paths in AI:
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The API Caller: Knows how to use an API. (Low leverage, first to be automated, $100k salary).
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The Architect: Knows how to build the API. (High leverage, builds the tools, $500k+ salary).
Bootcamps teach you only to be an API Caller.
This free 17-video Stanford course trains you to be an Architect.
It’s CS336: Language Modeling from Scratch.
The syllabus is pure signal, no noise:
Data Collection & Curation (Lec 13-14) Building Transformers & MoE (Lec 3-4) Making it fast (Lec 5-8: GPUs, Kernels, Parallelism) Making it work (Lec 10: Inference) Making it smart (Lec 15-17: Alignment & RL)
Choose your path.
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