Looking to get back into Individual Contributor role. I have experience with Java and full-stack dev .. Have learnt the basics of AIML..
Looking for a learning plan/showcase project to learn and demonstrate practical ML Engineering skills
Another way to approach this -- start with a friend who you want to build with and you could learn from. Once you have alignment that you're doing something in AI/ML, you should be open to any project. The learning will happen while you work with your friend/colleague.
About side projects in general: [Masterclass] How To Build And Grow Tech Products To 500k+ Users For Free
Thanks ... I was looking for some resources to plan and build side projects.. The masterclass will be helpful.
For a learning roadmap, I recommend this: "How to build depth as a machine learning engineer?"
Zooming out, I don't think there's such a thing as a 100% concrete "roadmap" for something as complex as an entire technical domain. The much more actionable advice is to take on AI/ML IC tasks within your current company. In your scenario, there's 2 things you need to do:
Here's a similar thread you should check out too: "How to transition from back-end development to distributed systems?"
Thanks..