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Start Date
Mar 30, 2026
End Date
May 1, 2026
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OverviewLessonsCredentials

What You'll Learn

  • 5 industry leading guest speaker sessions
  • OpenClaw setup and class by Carly Taylor
  • Dev Tools setup by Kevin Naughton
  • A capstone project that will get you noticed

Prerequisites

  • Basic Python knowledge

Program Structure

1

Kickoff

Lessons
AI Engineering Bootcamp Kick off
Claude Code Onboarding
4m
Langchain Starter Repo Setup
3m
2

Week 1: Building functional AI agents using LangChain

4 Lessons•3h 24m
3 Assignments
Lessons
Building functional AI agents using LangChain Day1 Lecture
50m
Building functional AI agents using LangChain Day1 Lab
51m
Building functional AI agents using LangChain Day2 Lecture
39m
Building functional AI agents using LangChain Day2 Lab
63m
Assignments
MCP Middleware Assignment
Context Overflow Agent Assignment
Infinite Research Agent Assignment
3

Week 2: Optimize your dev workflow with Claude Code and Codex

4 Lessons•3h 40m
1 Assignment
Lessons
Optimize your dev workflow with Claude Code and Codex Day1 Lecture
48m
Optimize your dev workflow with Claude Code and Codex Day1 Lab
58m
Optimize your dev workflow with Claude Code and Codex Day2 Lecture
50m
Optimize your dev workflow with Claude Code and Codex Day2 Lab
62m
Assignments
Claude Code Homework
4

Week 3: OpenClaw and Automating business processes

4 Lessons•3h 32m
1 Assignment
Lessons
OpenClaw and Automating business processes Day1 Lecture
32m
OpenClaw and Automating business processes Day1 Lab
71m
OpenClaw and Automating business processes Day2 Lecture
30m
OpenClaw and Automating business processes Day2 Lab
78m
Assignments
Inefficient OpenClaw Agent
5

Week 4: OpenClaw Safeguards & Measuring business value for AI Agents

4 Lessons•2h 35m
1 Assignment
Lessons
OpenClaw Safeguards & Measuring business value for AI Agents Day1 Lecture
41m
OpenClaw Safeguards & Measuring business value for AI Agents Day1 Lab
49m
OpenClaw Safeguards & Measuring business value for AI Agents Day2 Lecture
47m
OpenClaw Safeguards & Measuring business value for AI Agents Day2 Lab
17m
Assignments
Adding Guardrails to Openclaw Agents
6

Week 5: End-to-End AI Applications

4 Lessons•3h 12m
Lessons
End-to-End AI Applications Day1 Lecture
36m
End-to-End AI Applications Day1 Lab
58m
End-to-End AI Applications Day2 Lecture
43m
End-to-End AI Applications Day2 Lab
55m
7

Capstone

2 Assignments
Assignments
Capstone Proposal Assignment
Capstone Submission
8

Tech Talks

5 Lessons•5h 1m
Lessons
Tech Talk - Li
57m
Tech Talk - Brian
72m
Tech Talk - Sai
60m
Tech Talk - Vaishali
49m
Tech Talk - Shwetha
61m
9

Q&A with Zach

5 Lessons•4h 22m
Lessons
Q&A with Zach 1
54m
Q&A with Zach 2
50m
Q&A with Zach 3
44m
Q&A with Zach 4
55m
Q&A with Zach 5
56m
10

TA Office hours

8 Lessons•7h 0m
Lessons
TA Office hours 1
46m
TA Office hours 2
102m
TA Office hours 3
50m
TA Office hours 4
54m
TA Office hours 5
57m
TA Office hours 6
58m
TA Office hours 7
49m
TA Office hours 8
11

Book Club

5 Lessons•4h 28m
Lessons
Book Club 1
54m
Book Club 2
59m
Book Club 3
52m
Book Club 4
51m
Book Club 5
50m

Other Included Cohorts

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FullStackExpert

12

Fullstack Bootcamp Orientation

Lessons
Full Stack Bootcamp Orientation
31m
13

Web Dev Fundamentals

7 Lessons•5h 4m
Lessons
Introduction to IDEs
16m
Structure of a Program
17m
Intro to HTML & CSS
54m
HTML & CSS LAB
99m
Intro to Javascript
26m
Advanced JavaScript Concepts
60m
Javascript lab part 2
29m
14

Intermediate Frontend Development

2 Lessons•3h 44m
Lessons
Introduction to ReactJS
124m
Advanced ReactJS and Tailwind
100m
15

Fundamentals of Backend Development

2 Lessons•4h 2m
Lessons
Introduction to databases and relational SQL
114m
Data Modeling and intro to backend
127m
16

Intermediate Backend Development

2 Lessons•4h 2m
Lessons
Intro to NodeJS & Express and event driven programming
132m
Connecting the database to the service
109m
17

Advanced Backend Development

5 Lessons•4h 41m
Lessons
Authentication and Advanced techniques
63m
Lab 1
46m
Event driven microservices
68m
Monitoring, scaling, experimenting
53m
week-5-Lab 2
48m
18

Advanced Frontend Development

5 Lessons•4h 48m
Lessons
Nextjs Introduction
47m
Week 6 lab part 1
62m
Advanced NextJS Features
66m
Week 6 lab part 2
57m
Docker Vercel and Optimization
54m

AI Engineering Boot Camp Starting on July 7th, 2025

Master all the most important technical AI engineering concepts like RAG, Graph RAG, prompt engineering and more!

12

Prompt Engineering

5 Lessons•3h 52m
1 Assignment
Lessons
Day 1 Lecture: Prompt Engineering Theory
55m
Day 1 Lab: Auto Prompt Optimization with dspy
59m
Day 2 Lecture: Optimizing Dev Workflows with Cursor and Windsurf
39m
Day 2 Lab: Vibe Coding Full Stack application in 45 minutes
77m
Supplemental Session on Auto-prompt Optimization
Assignments
Prompt Engineering Assignment
13

Understanding RAG

4 Lessons•3h 53m
1 Assignment
Lessons
Day 1 Lecture: RAG Fundamentals and types of RAG
44m
Day 1 Lab: Vectorizing Inputs into Milvus
80m
Day 2 Lecture: RAG Tradeoffs
35m
Day 2 Lab: Integrating RAG into your full stack app
73m
Assignments
Understanding RAG Basics Assignment
14

Advanced RAG and Agentic AI

4 Lessons•2h 56m
1 Assignment
Lessons
Day 1 Lecture: Graph RAG vs Vector RAG
38m
Day 1 Lab: Building Graph RAG in production
54m
Day 2 Lecture: Types of Agents (reflection, plan-and-execute, rewoo)
30m
Day 2 Lab: Enhancing RAG with Agentic AI
52m
Assignments
Building a Graph RAG assignment
15

MLOps

5 Lessons•2h 31m
1 Assignment
Lessons
Day 1 Lecture: Trusting your workflows (evaluation metrics and guardrails)
27m
Day 1 Lab: Setting up CI/CD for an AI application
48m
Day 2 Lecture: Understanding LLM Reasoning traceability
34m
Day 2 Lab: Tracing LLM reasoning with LangChain + LangSmith
42m
Supplemental lab session on GuardrailsAI
Assignments
Creating Evaluation Criteria assignment
16

Building end-to-end AI Application

4 Lessons•3h 20m
3 Assignments
Lessons
Day 1 Lecture: Leveraging MCP and tools to integrate effectively
31m
Day 1 Lab: Using MCP to build more powerful agents
65m
Day 2 Lecture: How to link your AI agent to value
37m
Day 2 Lab: Building an asynchronous vs synchronous agent
67m
Assignments
Submit your Capstone Project Proposal
Submit your Capstone Project (Copy)
Submit your Capstone Project
17

Tech Talks July 2025

5 Lessons•2h 54m
Lessons
Tech Talk - Li
57m
Tech Talk - Conor
61m
Tech Talk - Vikram
56m
Tech Talk - Ryan
Tech Talk - Chip
18

Career Dev Sessions

3 Lessons•1h 20m
Lessons
Career Dev Session 2
37m
Test Lesson
Career Dev Session 4
43m
19

Book Club

4 Lessons•1h 56m
Lessons
Book Club 1
61m
Book Club 2
54m
Book Club 3
Book Club 4
LinkedInExpert logo

LinkedInExpert

Find your niche, build your brand, and become a LinkedIn creator who makes money!

12

Career Development

17 Lessons•9h 59m
Lessons
LinkedIn like a pro
37m
Test Lesson
LinkedIn Like Pro!
48m
Career Dev Session 4 (2025-08-07)
43m
Career Development - LinkedIn Optimization
66m
Build a Resume
35m
Career Dev Session 1 - Win with soft skills!
35m
LinkedIn like a Pro
36m
Career Dev Session 2 - LinkedIn like a Pro!
46m
Career Dev Session 3
Win with Soft Skills
45m
Career Dev Session 4 (2025-10-09)
Career Dev Session 5
Career Development - Resume Review
53m
Career Development - Interview Help
56m
Career Development - Data Modeling Interview
49m
Career Development - Strategic Networking
43m
13

Making Content on LinkedIn

6 Lessons•6h 6m
Lessons
How to write non-boring content by Carly Taylor
43m
Monetizing Part 1: Brands & Coaching by Stephanie Nuesi
63m
Monetizing Part 3: Products & Funnels by Zach Wilson
72m
Build community, not content by Zach Wilson
47m
Your story matters and how to tell it by Stephanie Nuesi
76m
Monetizing Part 2: Sponsorship by Carly Taylor
63m

AI Engineering Boot Camp starting October 20th, 2025

Master all the most important technical AI engineering concepts like RAG, Graph RAG, prompt engineering and more!

12

Week 0: Application Setup

Lessons
AI Application Setup
21m
13

Week 1: Prompt Engineering + Basic RAG

4 Lessons•3h 29m
1 Assignment
Lessons
Prompt Engineering Day 1 Lecture
41m
Prompt Engineering Day1 Lab
61m
Prompt Engineering + Basic RAG Day 2 Lecture
45m
Prompt Engineering + Basic RAG Day 2 Lab
61m
Assignments
Prompt Engineering
14

Week 2: RAG optimizations + Reranking

4 Lessons•3h 45m
1 Assignment
Lessons
RAG optimisation + Reranking Day 1 Lecture
48m
RAG optimisation + Reranking Day 1 Lab
65m
RAG optimisation + Reranking Day 2 Lecture
33m
RAG optimisation + Reranking Day 2 Lab
78m
Assignments
Metadata Filtering Assignment
15

Week 3: MCP and Agentic AI

4 Lessons•3h 21m
1 Assignment
Lessons
MCP and Agentic AI Day 1 Lecture
29m
MCP and Agentic AI Day 1 Lab
73m
MCP and Agentic AI Day 2 Lecture
42m
MCP and Agentic AI Day 2 Lab
55m
Assignments
Capstone Architecture Feedback
16

Week 4: MLOPs and Guardrails

4 Lessons•3h 20m
1 Assignment
Lessons
MLOPs and Guardrails Day 1 Lecture
35m
MLOPs and Guardrails Day 1 Lab
61m
MLOPs and Guardrails Day 2 Lecture
26m
MLOPs and Guardrails Day 2 Lab
76m
Assignments
Guardrails and evaluation criteria
17

Week 5: End-to-End AI Applications

4 Lessons•3h 20m
1 Assignment
Lessons
End-to-End AI Applications Day 1 Lecture
36m
End-to-End AI Applications Day 1 Lab
64m
End-to-End AI Applications Day 2 Lecture
50m
End-to-End AI Applications Day 2 Lab
49m
Assignments
Submit your Captsone
18

Tech Talks

5 Lessons•4h 43m
Lessons
Tech Talk with Xinran Waibel
60m
Tech Talk - 2
46m
Tech Talk with Ryan
59m
Tech Talk with Carly
59m
Tech Talk with Li
57m
19

Q&A with Zach

5 Lessons•4h 30m
Lessons
Q&A with Zach Week 1
59m
Q&A with Zach Week 2
53m
Q&A with Zach Week 3
53m
Q&A with Zach Week 4
55m
Q&A with Zach Week 5
49m
20

TA Office hours

9 Lessons•2h 48m
Lessons
TA Office Hour
63m
TA Office Hour 1
46m
TA Office Hour 2
57m
TA Office Hour 3
TA Office Hour 4
TA Office Hour 5
TA Office Hour 6
TA Office Hour 7
TA Office Hour 8
21

Career Dev Sessions

5 Lessons•1h 22m
Lessons
Career Dev Session 1 - Win with soft skills!
35m
Career Dev Session 2 - LinkedIn like a Pro!
46m
Career Dev Session 3
Career Dev Session 4
Career Dev Session 5
22

Book Club

5 Lessons•2h 9m
Lessons
Book Club 1
20m
Book Club 2
19m
Book Club 3
40m
Book Club 4
48m
Book Club 5

Data Engineer Interview Skills

The first live boot camp offered by Zach Wilson in Spring 2023.

12

Interview Skills

13 Lessons•5h 53m
Lessons
SQL
30m
Data Structures and Algorithms Interview
29m
Data Modeling Interview
20m
Behavioral Interview
32m
Product Sense Interview
41m
The SQL Interview
34m
The Data Modeling Interview
21m
The Data Architecture Interview
35m
The Data Structures and Algorithms Interview
24m
The Behavioral Interview
25m
Live SQL Training January 25th, Window Functions and Common Table Expressions
Live SQL Training January 15th
Scala Dataset vs Dataframe API [Dec 15, 2023]
56m
13

AI and LLM

4 Lessons•2h 25m
Lessons
LLM-Driven Data Engineering Day 1 Lab
25m
LLM-Driven Data Engineering Day 1 Lecture
60m
LLM-Driven Data Engineering Day 2 Lab
39m
LLM-Driven Data Engineering Day 2 Lecture
20m