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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:
JK Molina’s AI Solopreneur
Taimur’s Automation Academy
Pick one, build while you learn, don’t collect them like Pokemon.
5. Share your builds
Posting even rough versions of my projects got me feedback and leads. Doesn’t have to be perfect — just solve something real.
The only way I’ve gotten better:
→ Build
→ Break
→ Fix
→ Post
→ Repeat
That’s it. Everything else is bonus.
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If you’re trying to learn AI automation, stop hoarding courses and start doing this instead
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