Why I left Android Development ... (after 8 Years)

🚀 MY NEW COURSE: AI ENGINEERING FUNDAMENTALS Everything I learned this year, condensed into 7 hours, so you can start building your own AI engineering projects as fast as possible. 👉 https://lukaslechner.com/ai-engineeri... 📚 MY KOTLIN COROUTINES & FLOW COURSE (12.000+ students) 👉 https://lukaslechner.com/coroutines-f... 🔗 CONNECT Website: https://pragmatic-ai.academy LinkedIn:   / lukas-lechner-58287471   X / Twitter:https://x.com/LukasLechnerDev After eight years as a professional Android Developer, I moved into Backend Development—and eventually transitioned into AI Engineering. In this video, I share why I left Android development, what I learned from changing careers, and whether Android and mobile developers should consider moving into Backend Development or AI Engineering as well. We’ll explore: Why I transitioned from Android to Backend Development How backend skills opened up new career opportunities Why AI Engineering is much more than calling the OpenAI API How existing software-development skills transfer to AI Engineering Why I believe AI Engineering is roughly 80% backend development and 20% new AI-specific skills Two practical ways to make your own career transition If you enjoy working with APIs, databases, architecture, cloud platforms, Docker, and distributed systems more than building user interfaces, AI Engineering could be a natural next step for you. The course condenses everything I learned during my own transition into a practical, hands-on roadmap for developers. You’ll work with Python, LLM APIs, structured outputs, prompt engineering, RAG, evaluations, deployment, and more. Subscribe for upcoming videos about building, deploying, and evaluating real AI applications. #AIEngineering #AndroidDevelopment #SoftwareEngineering