Q: Can I learn AI engineering while working full-time? How many hours a week?

It depends on what system you follow. Speaking from our experience: students following our system have been able to make this transition working full-time, and 4 to 6 focused hours a week is enough. That's roughly 45 minutes a day.

The reason it works on so few hours: sequence beats volume. Most people who fail at this don't fail from lack of time, they fail from spending their hours on the wrong things in the wrong order — three hours on a framework tutorial they'll have to relearn, zero hours on the fundamentals underneath it. Focused hours in the right sequence compound; scattered hours don't.

Practical advice from engineers who've done it: consistency matters more than volume. A daily 45 minutes beats a five-hour Sunday, because you retain context between sessions and the habit survives busy weeks. Protect the slot, keep it small enough that you never skip it, and let the streak do the work.