Speed of learning times quality of execution times timing - that formula tracks. I skipped ahead to building an autonomous agent before having all the fundamentals. Broke a lot of things.
But breaking things in production taught more than any roadmap. My agent started as a simple script runner. Now it handles 30+ skills, overnight automation, and self-improving memory. None of that came from following phases.
I'd add phase 0: build something real with AI before studying how it works. The learning compounds faster when you have skin in the game.
Speed of learning times quality of execution times timing - that formula tracks. I skipped ahead to building an autonomous agent before having all the fundamentals. Broke a lot of things.
But breaking things in production taught more than any roadmap. My agent started as a simple script runner. Now it handles 30+ skills, overnight automation, and self-improving memory. None of that came from following phases.
I'd add phase 0: build something real with AI before studying how it works. The learning compounds faster when you have skin in the game.
https://thoughts.jock.pl/p/my-ai-agent-works-night-shifts-builds