Building Your Network

80% of jobs come through connections

🔑 Key Concepts

Communities — AI Discord servers, Slack groups, local meetups. Find where your people gather.
Speaking — 10-minute lightning talks at meetups. Speaking positions you as an expert.
Help others — Answer questions, review code, mentor juniors. Generosity builds reputation.
Conferences — 1-2 per year. NeurIPS (research), AI Engineer World's Fair (practical), local meetups (networking).

💡 Practice: Try implementing each concept yourself before moving on. Reading about RAG and building RAG are very different things.