Generative AI moved from novelty to job requirement in barely two years. The roles that pay the biggest premium now ask for hands-on experience with LLM fine-tuning, RAG (retrieval-augmented generation) systems, vector databases, LangChain/LlamaIndex, and increasingly multi-agent frameworks like CrewAI and LangGraph — skills that simply didn't exist in courses written before late 2025.
"Prompt engineering" alone is no longer a standalone career; it's one skill inside a broader GenAI engineering stack. The guides here compare courses on whether they teach the full applied stack and get you to deployed, demoable projects — versus surface-level "learn to prompt ChatGPT" content that won't survive a technical interview.
We cover free foundations from Microsoft and Google, premium brand programs, and mentor-led options so you can build real GenAI projects regardless of budget.
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ShiftToTech Academy
VerifiedDelhi NCR (Online)
Mentor-led GenAI track — RAG, LLMs and MLOps with deployable projects.
Microsoft & Google / DeepLearning.AI
Online
Best free foundations in GenAI for beginners.
Scaler / upGrad
Online
Premium brand credentials with structured GenAI modules.
NextGen Coder
Online
Affordable Python + GenAI starter for freshers.