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These hosts refuse the plain checker and are not re-fetched with a disguised client. Every Reddit thread is cross-referenced against the research captures of 2026-11-04 (title, date, score as captured); every other URL carries a manual record of when and how it was verified. Methods: fetch-tool 1, research-capture 54.
| URL | Method | Evidence | Cited in |
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| https://gordicaleksa.medium.com/how-i-got-a-job-at-deepmind-as-a-research-engineer-without-a-machine-learning-degree-1a45f2a781de | research-capture | research-capture on 2026-11-04: Opened in a browser during the vetting research on 2026-11-04 and recorded as the primary source for Aleksa Gordic in research/self_taught_ai_experts_reddit_vetted.json (vetting.status 'verified'); Medium returns HTTP 403 to both the plain checker and the fetch tool on 2026-11-05, so the page was not re-read today. | ADVANCED-TRACK.md, appendix/stories.md, modules/12-internal-move-and-public-work.md, modules/16-track-c-research.md, path-a-foundations/A6-get-in-the-door.md |
| https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49768826 | fetch-tool | fetch-tool on 2026-11-05: Read with the sanctioned fetch tool: title 'Ask HN: How do you interview devs in a post-AI world?', posted about 45 days before 2026-11-05; discussion of AI-allowed take-homes, explain-your-solution rounds and work trials, which is what Module 13 cites. The plain checker gets HTTP 419 (rate limit). | modules/13-interviews-2026.md |
| https://openai.com/index/chatgpt-study-mode/ | research-capture | research-capture on 2026-11-05: Fetched by the research agent on 2026-11-05 and recorded in research/practical_tips_beginner_2026-11-05.md item 16 (Study mode launched 2025-07-29, free tier included); openai.com returns HTTP 403 to the plain checker and the fetch tool, so the page was not re-read by this script. | appendix/how-to-study.md |
| https://www.reddit.com/r/AI_Agents/comments/1ta1cye/ | research-capture | thread 1ta1cye captured in research/ai_expert_path_2026.json on 2026-11-04: "10 things I'd tell anyone starting to build AI agents in production", posted 2026-05-11, score 9 | modules/09-agents-and-context.md, path-a-foundations/A5-ai-engineering.md |
| https://www.reddit.com/r/AI_Agents/comments/1xee1sh/ | research-capture | thread 1xee1sh captured in research/ai_expert_path_2026.json on 2026-11-04: 'A year away from agent work: how would you rebuild current depth in ag', posted 2026-10-24, score 2 | ADVANCED-TRACK.md |
| https://www.reddit.com/r/CUDA/comments/1t5txel/comment/oker8gc/ | research-capture | thread 1t5txel captured in research/ai_expert_path_2026.json on 2026-11-04: 'Building a career in AI infrastructure and inference engineering ,what', posted 2026-05-06, score 70 | ADVANCED-TRACK.md |
| https://www.reddit.com/r/CUDA/comments/1uwlc0r/comment/oxk528y/ | research-capture | thread 1uwlc0r captured in research/ai_expert_path_2026.json on 2026-11-04: 'Where would you get started with CUDA in 2026?', posted 2026-07-14, score 41 | ADVANCED-TRACK.md, modules/15-track-b-infra.md |
| https://www.reddit.com/r/CUDA/comments/1uwlc0r/comment/oxlicdi/ | research-capture | thread 1uwlc0r captured in research/ai_expert_path_2026.json on 2026-11-04: 'Where would you get started with CUDA in 2026?', posted 2026-07-14, score 41 | path-a-foundations/A7-choose-a-track.md |
| https://www.reddit.com/r/CUDA/comments/1vtngli/ | research-capture | thread 1vtngli captured in research/ai_expert_path_2026.json on 2026-11-04: 'What kind of projects actually stand out for GPU / compiler roles in 2', posted 2026-08-20, score 41 | ADVANCED-TRACK.md |
| https://www.reddit.com/r/ExperiencedDevs/comments/1wql3g2/comment/pc51suc/ | research-capture | thread 1wql3g2 captured in research/ai_expert_path_2026.json on 2026-11-04: 'Interviewed candidates for “AI engineer” roles this week, my god is th', posted 2026-09-26, score 1548 | appendix/stop-doing.md, modules/01-software-fundamentals.md, path-a-foundations/A1-code-and-systems.md |
| https://www.reddit.com/r/LLMDevs/comments/1v7z7e7/comment/p01xbed/ | research-capture | thread 1v7z7e7 captured in research/ai_expert_path_2026.json on 2026-11-04: "What's the next high ticket skill for AI/LLM engineers?", posted 2026-07-27, score 36 | ADVANCED-TRACK.md |
| https://www.reddit.com/r/LLMDevs/comments/1v7z7e7/comment/p03i3np/ | research-capture | thread 1v7z7e7 captured in research/ai_expert_path_2026.json on 2026-11-04: "What's the next high ticket skill for AI/LLM engineers?", posted 2026-07-27, score 36 | appendix/stop-doing.md, path-a-foundations/A6-get-in-the-door.md |
| https://www.reddit.com/r/LLMDevs/comments/1v7z7e7/comment/p052pym/ | research-capture | thread 1v7z7e7 captured in research/ai_expert_path_2026.json on 2026-11-04: "What's the next high ticket skill for AI/LLM engineers?", posted 2026-07-27, score 36 | appendix/stop-doing.md, modules/09-agents-and-context.md, path-a-foundations/A5-ai-engineering.md |
| https://www.reddit.com/r/LocalLLaMA/comments/1vi8jlr/comment/p2btrbo/ | research-capture | thread 1vi8jlr captured in research/self_taught_ai_experts_reddit_vetted.json on 2026-11-04: 'Got job as Director of AI and Systems development self-taught', posted 2026-08-07, score 795 | appendix/stories.md, modules/11-fine-tuning.md, path-a-foundations/A6-get-in-the-door.md |
| https://www.reddit.com/r/MLQuestions/comments/1uhxdj3/comment/oulo013/ | research-capture | thread 1uhxdj3 captured in research/ai_expert_path_2026.json on 2026-11-04: 'Mid/Senior AI Engineers: What skills actually matter now?', posted 2026-06-28, score 21 | modules/17-expert-markers.md |
| https://www.reddit.com/r/MLQuestions/comments/1uhxdj3/comment/oun9yqi/ | research-capture | thread 1uhxdj3 captured in research/ai_expert_path_2026.json on 2026-11-04: 'Mid/Senior AI Engineers: What skills actually matter now?', posted 2026-06-28, score 21 | path-a-foundations/A7-choose-a-track.md |
| https://www.reddit.com/r/MLjobs/comments/1t2n760/comment/ojovnqx/ | research-capture | thread 1t2n760 captured in research/ai_expert_path_2026.json on 2026-11-04: 'ML Career advice I wish I had as a FAANG engineer', posted 2026-05-03, score 54 | modules/17-expert-markers.md, path-a-foundations/A7-choose-a-track.md, path-a-foundations/A8-employed-to-expert.md |
| https://www.reddit.com/r/MLjobs/comments/1t2n760/comment/ojpng9u/ | research-capture | thread 1t2n760 captured in research/ai_expert_path_2026.json on 2026-11-04: 'ML Career advice I wish I had as a FAANG engineer', posted 2026-05-03, score 54 | ADVANCED-TRACK.md, modules/14-track-a-applied.md, path-a-foundations/A7-choose-a-track.md |
| https://www.reddit.com/r/MachineLearning/comments/1t6zdj6/comment/okm2arl/ | research-capture | thread 1t6zdj6 captured in research/ai_expert_path_2026.json on 2026-11-04: 'Disillusionment with mechanistic interpretability research [D]', posted 2026-05-08, score 74 | ADVANCED-TRACK.md, modules/16-track-c-research.md |
| https://www.reddit.com/r/MachineLearning/comments/ojp76r/comment/h546lvl/ | research-capture | thread ojp76r captured in research/self_taught_ai_experts_reddit_vetted.json on 2026-11-04: 'Self Taught Machine Learning Engineers: Tell us how did you land a job', posted 2021-07-13, score 49 | appendix/how-to-study.md, appendix/stories.md, modules/12-internal-move-and-public-work.md, modules/17-expert-markers.md, path-a-foundations/A6-get-in-the-door.md, path-a-foundations/A8-employed-to-expert.md |
| https://www.reddit.com/r/MachineLearningJobs/comments/1u032xt/ | research-capture | thread 1u032xt captured in research/ai_expert_path_2026.json on 2026-11-04: 'What AI/ML projects actually impress recruiters in 2026?', posted 2026-06-08, score 12 | appendix/project-ladder.md |
| https://www.reddit.com/r/MachineLearningJobs/comments/1wllx1m/comment/pccba9q/ | research-capture | thread 1wllx1m captured in research/ai_expert_path_2026.json on 2026-11-04: 'AI/ML industry in 2026: What skills are companies looking for?', posted 2026-09-20, score 55 | modules/01-software-fundamentals.md, path-a-foundations/A1-code-and-systems.md |
| https://www.reddit.com/r/Rag/comments/1shqrwv/comment/ofhe7tp/ | research-capture | thread 1shqrwv captured in research/ai_expert_path_2026.json on 2026-11-04: 'Production RAG stack in 2026 what are people ACTUALLY running', posted 2026-04-10, score 87 | modules/07-retrieval.md, path-a-foundations/A5-ai-engineering.md |
| https://www.reddit.com/r/Rag/comments/1wbhsdi/comment/p8pycuc/ | research-capture | thread 1wbhsdi captured in research/ai_expert_path_2026.json on 2026-11-04: 'RAG vs Fine-tuning: What actually works better in production?', posted 2026-09-09, score 37 | appendix/stop-doing.md, modules/07-retrieval.md, modules/11-fine-tuning.md, path-a-foundations/A5-ai-engineering.md |
| https://www.reddit.com/r/datascience/comments/1hp7pim/ | research-capture | thread 1hp7pim captured in research/self_taught_ai_experts_reddit_vetted.json on 2026-11-04: 'My Data Science Manifesto from a Self Taught Data Scientist', posted 2024-12-29, score 2077 | appendix/stories.md, path-a-foundations/A3-classical-ml.md |
| https://www.reddit.com/r/datascience/comments/713hnw/ | research-capture | thread 713hnw captured in research/self_taught_ai_experts_reddit_vetted.json on 2026-11-04: 'How I went from no coding or machine learning experience to data scien', posted 2017-09-19, score 729 | appendix/stories.md, path-a-foundations/A6-get-in-the-door.md |
| https://www.reddit.com/r/deeplearning/comments/1swxb2k/ | research-capture | thread 1swxb2k captured in research/ai_expert_path_2026.json on 2026-11-04: 'I did 15 AI Engineer interviews in the last 6 months', posted 2026-04-27, score 447 | appendix/stop-doing.md, modules/10-cost-latency-security.md, modules/13-interviews-2026.md, path-a-foundations/A5-ai-engineering.md |
| https://www.reddit.com/r/learnmachinelearning/comments/1d1u2aq/ | research-capture | thread 1d1u2aq captured in research/self_taught_ai_experts_reddit_vetted.json on 2026-11-04: 'I started my ML journey in 2015 and changed from software developer to', posted 2024-05-27, score 586 | path-a-foundations/A8-employed-to-expert.md |
| https://www.reddit.com/r/learnmachinelearning/comments/1d1u2aq/comment/l5wl4af/ | research-capture | thread 1d1u2aq captured in research/self_taught_ai_experts_reddit_vetted.json on 2026-11-04: 'I started my ML journey in 2015 and changed from software developer to', posted 2024-05-27, score 586 | appendix/stories.md, modules/02-math-and-classical-ml.md, modules/04-attention-and-transformer.md, modules/12-internal-move-and-public-work.md, path-a-foundations/A2-just-enough-math.md, path-a-foundations/A4-llm-from-inside.md, path-a-foundations/A6-get-in-the-door.md |
| https://www.reddit.com/r/learnmachinelearning/comments/1l4y3yy/comment/mwcpwb2/ | research-capture | thread 1l4y3yy captured in research/self_taught_ai_experts_reddit_vetted.json on 2026-11-04: 'I started my ML journey in 2015 and changed from software engineer to ', posted 2025-06-06, score 356 | modules/17-expert-markers.md, path-a-foundations/A8-employed-to-expert.md |
| https://www.reddit.com/r/learnmachinelearning/comments/1muc3g7/comment/n9jexx9/ | research-capture | thread 1muc3g7 captured in research/self_taught_ai_experts_reddit_vetted.json on 2026-11-04: 'ML job without a degree', posted 2025-08-19, score 15 | modules/17-expert-markers.md, path-a-foundations/A8-employed-to-expert.md |
| https://www.reddit.com/r/learnmachinelearning/comments/1nexb3h/ | research-capture | thread 1nexb3h captured in research/self_taught_ai_experts_reddit_vetted.json on 2026-11-04: 'I self-taught myself math from zero to study ML at Uni, these are the ', posted 2025-09-12, score 522 | appendix/stories.md, path-a-foundations/A2-just-enough-math.md |
| https://www.reddit.com/r/learnmachinelearning/comments/1pzcw2y/ | research-capture | thread 1pzcw2y captured in research/ai_expert_path_2026.json on 2026-11-04: 'From Software Developer to AI Engineer: The Exact Roadmap I Followed (', posted 2025-12-30, score 464 | appendix/stop-doing.md |
| https://www.reddit.com/r/learnmachinelearning/comments/1sayf50/comment/odzfxx9/ | research-capture | thread 1sayf50 captured in research/ai_expert_path_2026.json on 2026-11-04: 'What should I actually know for ML Engineer interviews? (Looking for a', posted 2026-04-03, score 87 | appendix/project-ladder.md, modules/13-interviews-2026.md, path-a-foundations/A1-code-and-systems.md, path-a-foundations/A6-get-in-the-door.md |
| https://www.reddit.com/r/learnmachinelearning/comments/1sayf50/comment/oe1p2gc/ | research-capture | thread 1sayf50 captured in research/ai_expert_path_2026.json on 2026-11-04: 'What should I actually know for ML Engineer interviews? (Looking for a', posted 2026-04-03, score 87 | path-a-foundations/A6-get-in-the-door.md |
| https://www.reddit.com/r/learnmachinelearning/comments/1sayf50/comment/ofjavn4/ | research-capture | thread 1sayf50 captured in research/ai_expert_path_2026.json on 2026-11-04: 'What should I actually know for ML Engineer interviews? (Looking for a', posted 2026-04-03, score 87 | modules/05-training-scaling-inference.md, path-a-foundations/A4-llm-from-inside.md |
| https://www.reddit.com/r/learnmachinelearning/comments/1t81t7i/comment/okswmh3/ | research-capture | thread 1t81t7i captured in research/ai_expert_path_2026.json on 2026-11-04: 'How do AI engineers actually evaluate LLM/RAG systems in practice?', posted 2026-05-09, score 52 | modules/08-evals.md, path-a-foundations/A5-ai-engineering.md |
| https://www.reddit.com/r/learnmachinelearning/comments/1umfxxp/ | research-capture | thread 1umfxxp captured in research/self_taught_ai_experts_reddit_vetted.json on 2026-11-04: 'For those who learned ML & got hired in the past 2-3 years - what actu', posted 2026-07-03, score 116 | modules/02-math-and-classical-ml.md, path-a-foundations/A2-just-enough-math.md, path-a-foundations/A7-choose-a-track.md |
| https://www.reddit.com/r/learnmachinelearning/comments/1uqymz7/comment/owbthwt/ | research-capture | thread 1uqymz7 captured in research/ai_expert_path_2026.json on 2026-11-04: 'AI/ML Engineers: If you had to start from scratch in 2026, what roadma', posted 2026-07-08, score 51 | path-a-foundations/A1-code-and-systems.md |
| https://www.reddit.com/r/learnmachinelearning/comments/1uqymz7/comment/owbvvsd/ | research-capture | thread 1uqymz7 captured in research/ai_expert_path_2026.json on 2026-11-04: 'AI/ML Engineers: If you had to start from scratch in 2026, what roadma', posted 2026-07-08, score 51 | path-a-foundations/A4-llm-from-inside.md |
| https://www.reddit.com/r/learnmachinelearning/comments/1uqymz7/comment/owc6cz1/ | research-capture | thread 1uqymz7 captured in research/ai_expert_path_2026.json on 2026-11-04: 'AI/ML Engineers: If you had to start from scratch in 2026, what roadma', posted 2026-07-08, score 51 | appendix/stop-doing.md, modules/02-math-and-classical-ml.md, modules/09-agents-and-context.md, path-a-foundations/A3-classical-ml.md |
| https://www.reddit.com/r/learnmachinelearning/comments/1vkco40/ | research-capture | thread 1vkco40 captured in research/self_taught_ai_experts_reddit_vetted.json on 2026-11-04: 'Senior ML Engineers, how did you get your first ML job? Was it project', posted 2026-08-10, score 43 | path-a-foundations/A3-classical-ml.md |
| https://www.reddit.com/r/learnmachinelearning/comments/1vkco40/comment/p2uj57j/ | research-capture | thread 1vkco40 captured in research/self_taught_ai_experts_reddit_vetted.json on 2026-11-04: 'Senior ML Engineers, how did you get your first ML job? Was it project', posted 2026-08-10, score 43 | modules/12-internal-move-and-public-work.md, path-a-foundations/A6-get-in-the-door.md |
| https://www.reddit.com/r/learnmachinelearning/comments/1vqrx1n/ | research-capture | thread 1vqrx1n captured in research/ai_expert_path_2026.json on 2026-11-04: 'I trained three LLMs from scratch (353M–672M) and served them on HF Sp', posted 2026-08-17, score 159 | modules/05-training-scaling-inference.md |
| https://www.reddit.com/r/learnmachinelearning/comments/1vqrx1n/comment/p48miv4/ | research-capture | thread 1vqrx1n captured in research/ai_expert_path_2026.json on 2026-11-04: 'I trained three LLMs from scratch (353M–672M) and served them on HF Sp', posted 2026-08-17, score 159 | ADVANCED-TRACK.md |
| https://www.reddit.com/r/learnmachinelearning/comments/1vqrx1n/comment/p494xck/ | research-capture | thread 1vqrx1n captured in research/ai_expert_path_2026.json on 2026-11-04: 'I trained three LLMs from scratch (353M–672M) and served them on HF Sp', posted 2026-08-17, score 159 | modules/06-post-training.md, path-a-foundations/A4-llm-from-inside.md |
| https://www.reddit.com/r/learnmachinelearning/comments/1wwa0yj/comment/pdiwbwt/ | research-capture | thread 1wwa0yj captured in research/ai_expert_path_2026.json on 2026-11-04: "I was told MLOps is dead. I haven't even gotten the chance to learn ML", posted 2026-10-03, score 63 | appendix/stop-doing.md |
| https://www.reddit.com/r/learnmachinelearning/comments/1xfkwyp/comment/19rnuzo541r8k/ | research-capture | thread 1xfkwyp captured in research/ai_expert_path_2026.json on 2026-11-04: 'SWE struggling to become productive in ML inference infrastructure. Ho', posted 2026-10-26, score 25 | ADVANCED-TRACK.md, modules/15-track-b-infra.md |
| https://www.reddit.com/r/learnmachinelearning/comments/1xfkwyp/comment/19rnvkbisy9es/ | research-capture | thread 1xfkwyp captured in research/ai_expert_path_2026.json on 2026-11-04: 'SWE struggling to become productive in ML inference infrastructure. Ho', posted 2026-10-26, score 25 | ADVANCED-TRACK.md |
| https://www.reddit.com/r/learnmachinelearning/comments/1xjpfuv/comment/19rwfb092sew5/ | research-capture | thread 1xjpfuv captured in research/ai_expert_path_2026.json on 2026-11-04: 'Title: AI Engineers working on RAG projects for 2–3 years, what do you', posted 2026-10-30, score 47 | modules/07-retrieval.md, path-a-foundations/A5-ai-engineering.md |
| https://www.reddit.com/r/learnmachinelearning/comments/1xjpfuv/comment/19rxgf6mnaa1x/ | research-capture | thread 1xjpfuv captured in research/ai_expert_path_2026.json on 2026-11-04: 'Title: AI Engineers working on RAG projects for 2–3 years, what do you', posted 2026-10-30, score 47 | ADVANCED-TRACK.md, modules/14-track-a-applied.md |
| https://www.reddit.com/r/learnmachinelearning/comments/1xn1n85/ | research-capture | thread 1xn1n85 captured in research/ai_expert_path_2026.json on 2026-11-04: 'Best resources to learn ML and AI engineering from scratch in 2026', posted 2026-11-03, score 49 | path-a-foundations/A3-classical-ml.md |
| https://www.reddit.com/r/learnmachinelearning/comments/1xn1n85/comment/19s3bs96u6ngj/ | research-capture | thread 1xn1n85 captured in research/ai_expert_path_2026.json on 2026-11-04: 'Best resources to learn ML and AI engineering from scratch in 2026', posted 2026-11-03, score 49 | path-a-foundations/A2-just-enough-math.md |
| https://www.reddit.com/r/phcareers/comments/vgfpw8/ | research-capture | thread vgfpw8 captured in research/self_taught_ai_experts_reddit_vetted.json on 2026-11-04: 'Self taught Data Scientist scores senior role', posted 2022-06-20, score 284 | path-a-foundations/A3-classical-ml.md |
| https://www.reddit.com/r/research/comments/1xlxffr/comment/19s151f29jrk3/ | research-capture | thread 1xlxffr captured in research/ai_expert_path_2026.json on 2026-11-04: 'How can I get into ML research as an 18-year-old CS student from a tie', posted 2026-11-02, score 2 | ADVANCED-TRACK.md |
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