[ AI ENGINEER ]with Johannes Hayer

Let AI do everything?
You'll understand nothing.

People who understand AI will be in demand — because it's hard. I teach the concepts behind it.

Johannes Hayer, The AI Engineer — portrait

6+ Years Industry Experience · AWS & Azure Certified · Fullstack AI Engineer

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[ The shift ]

AI is a powerful tool.

Used right, it multiplies you. Used wrong, it replaces the part of you that companies actually pay for.

Two directions

Outsource everything

  • Think less yourself
  • Question less
  • Understand less

Obsolete. You stop delivering value.

Understand and question

  • Grasp the concepts
  • Think critically
  • Use tools on purpose

More in demand than ever.

Understand instead of outsource — start with free Basic membership.

[ The flywheel ]

How?

Five assets that build understanding.

You don't win by using less AI. You win by understanding more. Each asset pulls you from prompting to engineering — and they reinforce each other.

The AI Engineer

From dependency to depth.

Courses & Blog

Concepts, not hacks

Learn why systems work — so you can explain what you built in any interview.

Starter Kits

Real boilerplates

Build production systems yourself — not demos you prompted into existence.

Community

Direct access

Gold includes a monthly live call — bring one concrete question about what you are building.

AI-in-a-Shell

Your AI tutor

AI that teaches and challenges you — instead of doing the thinking for you.

Knowledge Graph

Your second brain

Connect concepts across everything you learn — so understanding compounds.

[ Who guides you ]

6 years in industry. Then I made the transformation myself.

I was afraid of becoming obsolete — so I went from Cloud Architect to AI Engineer. I show you exactly what matters and what's actually in demand.

Today I have a well-paid AI engineer job — but only because I built and understood new things on the side of my day job. I want to help you do the same.

Engineers get paid to solve problems. How are you going to do that if you don't understand the concepts?

Concepts learned — not outsourced

Johannes Hayer, The AI Engineer — portrait

AWS

AI Practitioner

Early Adopter · 2025

Microsoft

Azure AI Fundamentals

2024

Hugging Face

AI Agents Fundamentals

2025

AWS

Solutions Architect

2022

AWS

Developer Associate

2022

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See how I teach — for free.

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