Start here if you are new — to AI, to cloud, or to architecture as a job. These four lessons give you the vocabulary and the mental model everything else is built on. Nothing in this topic needs prior knowledge.
| # | Lesson | The question it answers |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | What an AI Solution Architect Does | What is the job, who do I work with, and what do I hand over? |
| 02 | The Skills Map and Your Route In | What do I need to learn, in what order, from where I am now? |
| 03 | How AI Works, for Architects | What is a model, a token and a context window — and which facts decide designs? |
| 04 | The Cloud and Software Ground Floor | What are the pieces of an ordinary system that every AI design sits on? |
If you already build software for a living, skim lesson 04. If you already build with models, skim lesson 03. Do not skip lessons 01 and 02: they explain why this job is not a senior version of either.