January 2025
Beginner to intermediate
272 pages
6h 44m
English
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Introduction: Why I Wrote This Book
A pesky truth of the age of AI is that everyone's day job is at risk, but we all still need money. This book has one job: to provide you with practical, data-driven tools to equip you with the ability to future-proof your career and income. I dare say we can have fun, too! If you have the desire to develop your career, expand your career opportunities, and make more money, you're in the right place. This book is all about the agency you have in your life to take action, upskill, and expand your life and income. But before we get there, I need to address the elephant in the room: fear.
No one's job is safe. Shifting sand under our feet and an often small safety net can be scary. Large-scale layoffs at companies fill our new feeds almost daily. Almost 50 percent of Americans report layoff anxiety.1 About 28% of Americans have already been laid off since 2021.2 While the COVID-19 pandemic played a role in these layoffs, the anxiety continues today. Does working in AI keep you immune to being laid off? Nope! Even the chief executive officer (CEO) behind ChatGPT, Sam Altman, lost his job in 2023 when the board tried to oust him. Luckily for him, he was reinstated a few days later.3
That's truly the age we live in. The age of AI brings both high volatility and opportunity. These types of opportunities did not exist even as recently as 2015, when I was in graduate school. In the age of AI, it is estimated that “69 million new jobs are expected to ...
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