The older you are, the more cynical you get. I myself had a head start in both cynicism and being burned out, I feel like a 60 year old, whenever I face any contemporary trash that's supposed to excite me.
I even quit software development - or so I hoped - in 2019. (Hell, I even had a dance with ML 3 years ago and thought I quit it for good, around the announcement of GPT-3, thinking that it moved beyond my level and I will only be a spectator from now on.)
Yet here I am, in 2023, being excited by AI. It's not overhyped.
First, just wanna thank the immense value you put out there. This post is amazing!
I'm 24 and pretty happy with the position I'm right now (Senior Full Stack, leading a team and creating a GPT integration in our app). But your post makes me wonder if I should actually study AI core and foundations. GPT makes it so easy to jump into AI that it kinda makes me feel I don't need to, tbh.
The phrase that made me start studying how to code (at 14) was "The programmers of tomorrow are the wizards of the future". Reading your post makes me think that not learning AI will make me feel less of a wizard 🧙♂️ lol
I am still finding a lot of value and insparation from this post. And decided to translate into Uzbek language as a way of learning in public. The article is not public yet, but I added you to authors list.
September 1st (last Friday), at age 68, I quit my job of 29+ years as an operations manager for a consulting and training company, so that I could devote full time to learning about AI and keeping up with the developments in this impossibly fast growing field. In February I started devoting 25 to 40 hours a week trying to stay current, and finally realized that that simply wasn't enough time. Over the last few months, I have completed 24 online courses and certificate programs related to AI. I'm a lifelong computer geek but otherwise have no formal training... I have no plan, but felt compelled to follow the sirens song of this field that will be so impactful and transformative. It will be like nothing that has ever happened before. Trust me when I say, I've seen a lot of profound change in my lifetime... but nothing like this. How could anyone with the least amount of curiosity or insight, resist the call? I for one, could not.
I've pivoted more than once, more than thrice, each time I felt like it was the end of the world. Yet here I am again. Scared sh*tless, and excited as hell at the same time. Not knowing what the heck I'm doing, wondering when someone is going to find out that they know I don't know what I'm doing. Each time I look back and 5 years go by and the game and landscape has changed and I've accomplished something. I can only hope this is another one of those moments. I'm going to stream live, coding my first AI Bot on Twitter tomorrow. Build In Public. Fail in Public. Survive in Public. Thrive in Public.
The older you are, the more cynical you get. I myself had a head start in both cynicism and being burned out, I feel like a 60 year old, whenever I face any contemporary trash that's supposed to excite me.
I even quit software development - or so I hoped - in 2019. (Hell, I even had a dance with ML 3 years ago and thought I quit it for good, around the announcement of GPT-3, thinking that it moved beyond my level and I will only be a spectator from now on.)
Yet here I am, in 2023, being excited by AI. It's not overhyped.
Thanks for the resources!
First, just wanna thank the immense value you put out there. This post is amazing!
I'm 24 and pretty happy with the position I'm right now (Senior Full Stack, leading a team and creating a GPT integration in our app). But your post makes me wonder if I should actually study AI core and foundations. GPT makes it so easy to jump into AI that it kinda makes me feel I don't need to, tbh.
The phrase that made me start studying how to code (at 14) was "The programmers of tomorrow are the wizards of the future". Reading your post makes me think that not learning AI will make me feel less of a wizard 🧙♂️ lol
Thanks!
Great post! Ps the discord link seems to be incorrect, can you please update
I am still finding a lot of value and insparation from this post. And decided to translate into Uzbek language as a way of learning in public. The article is not public yet, but I added you to authors list.
September 1st (last Friday), at age 68, I quit my job of 29+ years as an operations manager for a consulting and training company, so that I could devote full time to learning about AI and keeping up with the developments in this impossibly fast growing field. In February I started devoting 25 to 40 hours a week trying to stay current, and finally realized that that simply wasn't enough time. Over the last few months, I have completed 24 online courses and certificate programs related to AI. I'm a lifelong computer geek but otherwise have no formal training... I have no plan, but felt compelled to follow the sirens song of this field that will be so impactful and transformative. It will be like nothing that has ever happened before. Trust me when I say, I've seen a lot of profound change in my lifetime... but nothing like this. How could anyone with the least amount of curiosity or insight, resist the call? I for one, could not.
I've pivoted more than once, more than thrice, each time I felt like it was the end of the world. Yet here I am again. Scared sh*tless, and excited as hell at the same time. Not knowing what the heck I'm doing, wondering when someone is going to find out that they know I don't know what I'm doing. Each time I look back and 5 years go by and the game and landscape has changed and I've accomplished something. I can only hope this is another one of those moments. I'm going to stream live, coding my first AI Bot on Twitter tomorrow. Build In Public. Fail in Public. Survive in Public. Thrive in Public.
Man, I hope you’re right.
I’m 48 years old..and this is the first time I’ve fully recognized how monumental this moment is in our lifetime.
Just graduated in January from a Full-Stack Bootcamp…and now signed up for the Coursera Course.
🙏 for the recommendation.
Excellent and insightful
This helps a lot. I'm a construction worker in my 40s and need to change careers. Thank you