I'm a senior software engineer at Microsoft. My AI skills have helped me climb the ladder in my career — here's my advice.

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Nandita Giri.

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I'm a Google engineer who thought I wasn't qualified for an AI role. One thing helped me transform my career.

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Emrick Donadei said doing a hackathon helped him turn his career around.

Emrick Donadei

Why OpenAI's $555,000 head of preparedness role may be hard to fill

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Sam Altman.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is looking for a new head of preparedness.

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I asked 4 people how to break into AI, from a Microsoft PM to a Meta senior director. They shared the same, simple piece of advice.

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In 2025, I interviewed four tech industry professionals about how to break into AI.

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A godfather of AI shares the career advice he'd give to his 4-year-old grandson as AI displaces jobs

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Yoshua Bengio wearing a black suit with a bowtie.
"Work on the beautiful human being that you can become," Bengio said.

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I built a recruiting platform for AI jobs. Here's the challenging reality of the AI talent wars.

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Alfredo Mercedes.

VU Talent Partners

I was a senior director of GenAI at Meta. I have 4 tips for breaking into AI — including whether you need a Ph.D.

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Devi Parikh smiling
Parikh quit her job as a senior director of GenAI at Meta in 2024.

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Elon Musk says the AI 'supersonic tsunami' will eliminate desk jobs 'at a very rapid pace'

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Elon Musk is seen boarding Air Force One in New Jersey

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I dreamed of working at Goldman Sachs until I interned there. Now I'm living my new dream — running a Y Combinator AI startup.

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Raymond Zhao is the CEO and cofounder of Structured AI.

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I pivoted into AI at Google in the 2010s. Here's my top tip for breaking into the field, now it's easier than ever.

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Patrick Leung standing in front of a Google sign
Leung shared his top tip for breaking into AI with Business Insider.

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