If you’re trying to learn AI automation, stop hoarding courses and start doing this instead
If you’re trying to learn AI automation, stop hoarding courses and start doing this instead Been teaching myself AI automation for the past 2 years..here's what actually helped me improve (and not just feel like I was learning while doing nothing). 1. Start by solving your own workflow problems For me, it was content overload. I read a lot ...blogs, papers, Twitter threads .... but never had time to actually process it all. So I built a personal research assistant in Make.com: Scrapes an article Sends it to GPT-4 Drops a smart summary into Google Sheets Now, when I see something interesting, I just throw the URL in and get a clean summary. It started as a test. It’s now part of my daily workflow. Start with what slows you down. Don’t build random clones just because a tutorial says so. 2. Only follow builders, not talking heads Most content is noise. These few actually helped me: Liam Ottley → teaches how to build/sell automation systems Nick Saraev → great technical breakdowns (n8n, Make) Greg Kamradt → teaches RAG, AI agents, production flows Aravind the AI Guy → AI tools for solopreneurs every week Andy lo- helped to learn complex workflows in easiest way... Rule: Watch → pause → apply. Don’t binge watch. Build while watching. 3. Use communities like search engines Most of my breakthroughs came from Discords, Reddit, or Skool threads. When I’m stuck, I search the exact error or use case in these: r/PromptEngineering, r/aiagents, r/n8n Discords: Learn AI Together, AI Agency Alliance Skool: AI Automation Agency Hub, Maker School, andynocode etc.. Chances are your question has already been answered. 4. Only take a course if you’re gonna build with it Courses I liked: 🧠 If you’re new to AI: IBM’s Prompt Engineering on edX DeepLearning’s Prompt Engineering for Devs Andrew Ng’s AI for Everyone 🛠 If you want to build: LangChain apps (any course is fine) CS50’s AI with Python Greg Kamradt’s RAG + agent builds 💼 If you're launching services: