You Are Not Too Old (To Pivot Into AI) - by swyx

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Everything important in AI happened in the last 5 years and you can catch up

Translated into Chinese on InfoQ. A developer friend recently said “If I was 20 now I’d drop everything and jump into AI.” But he’s spent over a decade building expertise, network, and reputation to be at the very top of his field. So he’s staying put for now. Another, older, college friend is a high flying exec at a now-publicly-listed tech startup. He’s good at what he does, has the perfect resume, the rest of his career could be easily extrapolated toward enviable positions. Yet he’s pivoting because, as he told me, “life is short” and he doesn’t want to end it wondering “what if?”…

You Are Not Too Old (To Pivot Into AI) - by swyx

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