{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Scrimba Podcast","title":"Tangible Benefits: Why AI Is Here to Stay and How New Developers Can Find the Right Balance, with Sam Julien from Writer","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/767d97f6\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2693,"description":"Meet Sam Julien 🇺🇸! Sam is a director of Developer Relations at Writer, a teacher, and the author of Getting Started in Developer Relations. He loves helping people level up their developer advocacy or web development jobs. Recently, he became interested in AI engineering. And in this episode, you'll find out why you should, too!\nSam will teach you how to differentiate passing fads from the tech that's here to stay, how to stay future-proof, and why it's still important to learn the basics. AI as a tool has changed the scale at which we can make stuff - and that's the biggest reason to get acquainted with it. Sam and Alex discuss the current state of the job market in the realm of AI engineering, whether AI will make developers obsolete, as well as the novel use cases and key applications of large language models. Sam also shares how he broke into the field! You'll also learn more about Writer - their LLMs are available on Hugging Face!\n🔗 Connect with Sam\n👨‍💼 Linkedin\n🌐 Website\n🐦 Twitter\n⏰ Timestamps\nHow Sam Julien got into AI engineering (01:34)\nWhat convinced Sam that AI was here to stay? (03:56)\nSam was strategic about pursuing AI engineering (05:55)\nThe spectrum of career opportunities in AI engineering (07:23)\nMachine learning is not the only thing you can work on! (09:19)\nThe current state of the job market: there's a significant discrepancy between how people perceive AI engineering and how things are actually going\nBreak (14:02)\nWhat is Writer (15:01)\nWriter's own AI models - also available on Hugging Face (17:03)\nAre there opportunities for front-end developers in this space? (18:28)\nHow to learn AI engineering? (23:19)\nUsing models to teach you how to use models (25:18)\nDid Sam use AI to get a job in AI engineering? (27:48)\nQuick-fire questions: favorite podcasts, music, and people to follow (28:49)\nDo you need an ML certificate? (31:06)\nNovel uses and core applications of AI and LLMs (31:58)\nShould a new developer focus on AI? (35:33)\nHow to stay...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/3qNz-AxOjZ6Oiowf_zRLRsZeOxv5p7FYbB0-kA5vS6A/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzE1Njg5LzE3MDE4/MDIzOTYtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}