# I'm a Fresh AI/ML Grad in the Worst Job Market. Here's My Bet.

Let's be real — the job market is rough right now, especially for freshers in tech. And I'm right in the middle of it.

I'm Gauresh Tambe, a fresh CSE (AI/ML) grad trying to carve out my space in AI Engineering. This blog is me building in public — the learning, the projects, the dead ends, and hopefully some wins.

## **What I've already built**

I'm not starting from zero. I built Docsy — an npm package that lets you spin up a RAG-powered Q&A bot on GitHub markdown files with proper citations. It's in alpha at [docsy.live](http://docsy.live) with docs at [docs.docsy.live](http://docs.docsy.live). It's on hold right now but it's real, shipped.

My frontend stack is Next.js + TypeScript and I'm comfortable there.

## **So why Python now?**

Simple math. Python AI engineering job postings outnumber TypeScript ones by roughly 10x. And TypeScript AI roles mostly want senior SDE experience — freshers can't compete there yet. I learned that the hard way.

So the pivot: Python for AI backend and infrastructure, Next.js stays for frontend. The goal is AI Engineering — building production-ready, efficient, cost-effective AI systems. Not just demos.

## **My take on "roadmaps"**

Everyone's selling the "only roadmap you'll ever need." Most of them overcomplicate it.

My roadmap: build projects. Then build more projects.

Yes I'm currently learning Python fundamentals and LLM architecture first — but that's not the roadmap, that's just prerequisite work. You need to understand what you're building with before you build something production-ready. Once the foundation is there, everything becomes projects.

## **Why this blog**

I'm an overthinker who chases shiny things. This blog is my accountability system. I'll document what I'm learning, what I'm building, and what's actually working — so future-me (and maybe you) can follow the thread.

I post daily on X too — follow along if you're on the same grind.

Let's build.