AI Engineer Adds Side-Projects To Résumé
Georgian Tutuianu, an AI engineer at HubSpot, explains how he transitioned from software engineering by featuring a single deep personal AI project on his résumé during hiring. He automated code documentation with LLMs, used the project to demonstrate technical depth in take-home and manager interviews, and recommends hands-on projects like vector search to quickly gain practical AI experience.
Key Points
- 1Uses résumé side-project to demonstrate practical AI experience during interviews, focusing on one deep, relevant project
- 2Leverages LLMs to automate documentation, showing technical depth and practical tooling skills employers value now
- 3Advises building hands-on projects like vector search to cut hype and be immediately productive in AI roles
Scoring Rationale
Practical, directly actionable career advice with verified source, offset by single-source anecdotal scope and limited generalizability.
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