GAP: APPLIED AI, CODE

Cloud engineer to FDE

Quick answer

Cloud engineers know the platform. Add day-to-day application code and LLM systems to build on it.

You already have

✓ Cloud platforms
✓ Networking
✓ Cost control

Your gap

→ Python stage 1
→ LLM APIs stage 4
→ RAG stage 4

Roadmap stages to focus on

Programming foundations

FOCUS

Data and APIs

Skim or skip

Cloud and deployment

Skim or skip

Applied AI

FOCUS

Customer discovery

Skim or skip

Ship a deployment

Skim or skip

Courses that cover the gap

AI Forward Deployed Engineer Program · Scaler₹3,99,000 →Advanced Certificate in AI Forward Deployed Engineering · IIT Delhi CEP₹1,65,000 →Forward Deployed Engineer Course · School of Core AI₹65,000 →FDE Master Programme · Isha Training Solutions₹9,900 →

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