GENAI‑ASSOC rewards candidates who can connect the full chain: data prep → embeddings → retrieval → prompting → evaluation → deployment.
30-Day Intensive Plan (10–12 hrs/week)
| Week |
Focus |
What to do |
| 1 |
RAG foundations |
Chunking, embeddings, retrieval basics; build a tiny end-to-end pipeline. |
| 2 |
Vector search + indexing |
Index strategy, filters/metadata, relevance tuning; drill failure modes. |
| 3 |
Evaluation |
Quality metrics, human-in-the-loop patterns, regression testing and prompts. |
| 4 |
Production patterns |
Cost controls, monitoring, governance; mixed sets and remediation. |
60-Day Balanced Plan (6–8 hrs/week)
| Weeks |
Focus |
| 1–2 |
RAG foundations |
| 3–4 |
Vector search + indexing |
| 5–6 |
Evaluation + iteration |
| 7–8 |
Deployment + governance + mixed runs |
90-Day Part-Time Plan (3–5 hrs/week)
| Month |
Focus |
| 1 |
Data/embeddings/retrieval |
| 2 |
Evaluation and tuning |
| 3 |
Production patterns and practice |