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From hand-built study systems to an AI-powered pipeline.

Four certs proved the methodology by hand. Seven more cert prep guides in production scale it with an AI-enabled content pipeline.

Pathways
1 + Cert prep
Lessons
55
Earned
7 certs

Pathways

Structured progressions. Micro-courses in sequence.

In design

Pathway · 6 micro-courses · 55 lessons

Getting Ready for AI

A 5-micro-course on-ramp for non-technical adults

Computer basics → security & privacy → AI benchmarking literacy → tool options → making real outcomes. Hands off to the cert paths.

  1. 1.Digital Foundations
  2. 2.AI Fluency Foundations
  3. 3.Sensitive Data + AI-Safe Behaviors
  4. 4.Working AI Fluency in Practice
  5. 5.Benchmarking + Business Process Mapping
  6. 6.Your AI Initiative Playbook
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Certification prep

The pipeline, validated against industry exams.

Prep built via an AI-enabled content pipeline. Each guide is the primary study tool, supplemented with official sources where coverage is incomplete, and validated by sitting the exam.

In prep

Financial Engineering · L0–L1 · Foundations

Your Money, Your Paycheck

Self-managed retirement, from the ground up

Financial fluency for someone taking over their own retirement money: read your statement, understand what you own and what it costs, set your paycheck, and hold your nerve through a downturn. The L0–L1 foundation of the financial-engineering pathway.

Level
Foundation
Time
~9 hr
Modules
1
Open prepMorningstar State of Retirement Income
In prep

AWS · AIF-C01 · Target Jun 2026

AWS AI Practitioner

AIF-C01 prep guide

Foundation-model concepts, Bedrock, responsible AI, and prompt patterns: the on-ramp cert for the AWS AI lane.

Level
Foundation
Time
~6 hr
Modules
5
Open prepAWS exam page
Planned

Microsoft · AI-900 · Target Jul 2026

Microsoft Azure AI Fundamentals

AI-900 prep guide

Azure AI services, responsible AI principles, and generative AI basics: Microsoft's entry credential in the BakedIn foundational tier.

Level
Foundation
Time
~8 hr
Modules
5
Open prepMicrosoft Learn
Planned

Google Cloud · Gen AI Leader · Target Q4 2026

Google Cloud Generative AI Leader

Gen AI Leader cert track

Generative AI strategy on Google Cloud, covering Vertex AI, Gemini, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), and governance for BakedIn's Gemini-routed video pipeline.

Level
Foundation
Time
~20 hr
Modules
5
Open prepGoogle Cloud certification
Planned

GitHub · Actions · Target Jul 2026

GitHub Actions

Actions certification prep guide

CI/CD with Actions, from workflow design and secrets to matrix builds: the deployment layer for shipping AI systems to production.

Level
Foundation
Time
~10 hr
Modules
5
Open prepGitHub certifications
Planned

GitHub · Copilot · Target Aug 2026

GitHub Copilot Certification

Copilot certification prep guide

Copilot fundamentals, prompt patterns for code, and agent-mode workflows: the foundational AI-in-developer-tools credential.

Level
Foundation
Time
~10 hr
Modules
5
Open prepGitHub certifications
Live

NVIDIA · NCA-GENL · Live now

NVIDIA Generative AI LLM Associate

NCA-GENL cert track

Large language model (LLM) architectures, training, alignment, and inference economics: first step on the BakedIn NVIDIA instructor path.

Level
Associate
Time
~30 hr
Modules
6
Open prepNVIDIA certification
Planned

NVIDIA · NCA-GENM · Target Aug 2026

NVIDIA Generative AI Multimodal

NCA-GENM cert track

Multimodal model design, evaluation, and deployment, extending BakedIn's NVIDIA instructor coverage to vision and audio.

Level
Associate
Time
~30 hr
Modules
6
Open prepNVIDIA certification
Planned

NVIDIA · NCP-AAI · Target Oct 2026

NVIDIA Agentic AI Professional

NCP-AAI cert track

Agent architecture, multi-agent orchestration, RAG, observability, and safety: the professional-tier credential for instructor coverage of agentic workflows.

Level
Professional
Time
~37 hr
Modules
7
Open prepNVIDIA certification
Planned

NVIDIA · NCP-GENL · Target Nov 2026

NVIDIA Generative AI LLM Professional

NCP-GENL cert track

Production LLM systems, from retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) at scale to parallelism and inference optimization, completing the NVIDIA LLM instructor track.

Level
Professional
Time
~27 hr
Modules
7
Open prepNVIDIA certification
Planned

AWS · AIP-C01 · Target Q4 2026

AWS Certified Generative AI Developer - Professional

AIP-C01 cert track

Foundation models, vector stores, RAG, agentic AI, and governance on AWS: the cert closest to BakedIn's actual production stack.

Level
Professional
Time
~80 hr
Modules
5
Open prepAWS exam page

Earned credentials

The methodology, proven by hand.

Each of these was earned with theory-first study systems I built manually, before an AI-enabled content pipeline was a thing I could lean on. The methodology proves out. AI is what now scales it across the cert prep guides above.

  • (ISC)² · CISSP

    Certified Information Systems Security Professional

    Earned · 2024

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  • ISACA · CISM

    Certified Information Security Manager

    Earned · 2024

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  • ISACA · CISA

    Certified Information Systems Auditor

    Earned · 2024

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  • ISACA · CRISC

    Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control

    Earned · 2024

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  • AWS · AWS CP

    AWS Cloud Practitioner (CLF-C02)

    Earned · 2024

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  • CompTIA · Security+

    CompTIA Security+ (SY0-701)

    Earned · 2023

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  • CompTIA · Network+

    CompTIA Network+ (N10-008)

    Earned · 2023

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