917: 8 Steps to Becoming an AI Engineer, with Kirill Eremenko

917: 8 Steps to Becoming an AI Engineer, with Kirill Eremenko

Author: Jon Krohn August 26, 2025 Duration: 1:15:33
Founder of SuperDataScience, Kirill Eremenko, talks to Jon Krohn about how he found the best tools and approaches to help launch his 8-week AI engineering bootcamp. He breaks down the topics participants cover each week, and he also shares his tips with listeners who might want to start their own tech bootcamp or sign up for SuperDataScience’s September 2025 cohort. This episode is brought to you by the Dell AI Factory with NVIDIA and by ODSC, the Open Data Science Conference Additional materials: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.superdatascience.com/917⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Email natalie@superdatascience.com for sponsorship information. In this episode you will learn: (10:58) Weeks 1-4 of the SuperDataScience bootcamp             (37:52) How to use AI to drive the bottom line in business                    (47:50) Weeks 5-8 of the SuperDataScience bootcamp (54:50) How to convert LLMs to agents (1:09:33) Jon’s feedback on the SuperDataSciencebootcamp    

Hosted by Dr. Jon Krohn, Super Data Science: ML & AI Podcast with Jon Krohn is a deep and accessible exploration of how artificial intelligence and machine learning are reshaping our world. Each episode features conversations with leading researchers, engineers, and entrepreneurs from both academia and industry, breaking down complex ideas into something tangible and relevant. You'll hear firsthand about emerging techniques, practical applications, and the evolving landscape of data-driven careers. The sheer volume of data in our world is growing at a staggering rate, and this podcast serves as a guide to understanding that expansion and finding your place within it. Rather than offering abstract theory, these discussions focus on real-world impact, from cutting-edge algorithms to the human stories behind major breakthroughs. Tune in for a thoughtful, nuanced look at the tools and trends that are defining the future, all through the lens of experts who are building that future every day. Whether you're actively working in the field or simply curious about the forces driving technological change, this podcast provides a consistent source of insight and inspiration, demystifying the science that is quietly transforming every aspect of our lives.
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974: When Will The AI Bubble Burst? How Bad Will It Be? [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 13:56
In this week’s Five-Minute Friday, Jon Krohn holds the AI bubble up to the light. He points to the deep greyzone found in AI startups like Cluely that are established on dubious ideas (Cluely’s tagline was “cheat on ever…
973: AI Systems Performance Engineering, with Chris Fregly [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:12:10
No one should be manually writing code in 2026, thinks Chris Fregly, Jon Krohn’s guest on this week’s episode. In this interview about Chris’ latest book, AI Systems Performance Engineering, he explains why it’s so impor…
972: In Case You Missed It in February 2026 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 26:44
Jon Krohn recaps the month of February in this episode of In Case You Missed It. Across four interviews with Will Falcon (Episode 965), Tom Griffiths (Episode 969), Antje Barth (Episode 963), and Praveen Murugesan (Episo…
970: The “100x Engineer”: How to Be One, But Should You? [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 14:37
Working with code-gen models and Claude Code: In this Five-Minute Friday, Jon Krohn addresses how AI superstars like Andrej Karpathy are using AI agents in their coding work, the outlook for code-gen in 2026, and how you…
968: Is AI Automating Away All Coding Jobs? [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 14:56
Now that AI agents can develop new apps from product development to delivery, do AI developers have reason to worry about their careers? Podcast host Jon Krohn addresses the stark predictions that AI could “eliminate hal…
967: AI for the Physical World, with Samsara's Praveen Murugesan [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 55:10
VP of Engineering at Samsara Praveen Murugesan talks to Jon Krohn about processing 20 trillion data points covering 90 billion miles across private and public sectors, how the company helps truckers who operate long hour…