I’ve had day jobs as a DBA and sysadmin. My LinkedIn feed now rife with sad tales.
I did a UC Berkeley AI certificate program last year, not as in-depth as yours, more about principles and business strategies.
My nephew (who lives ten blocks from me in San Francisco) has an MBA in data science from MIT and works at Anthropic.
@John Kluthe : My degree was Classics, Latin and ancient Greek. A couple of years ago I decided to do a refresh/fill-in-the-gaps thing of my classical education. You’ve prompted me to scroll way back to when I first downloaded Claude and to share (either to amuse you, or to embarrass myself, or both) a couple of the very first prompts/questions I asked.
Good article, Rob. I find AI helping me get back into poetry and being thoughtful. I used to really enjoy poetry when I was in my 20s. I’m using AI now to put me onto authors that I’ll more likely enjoy. And while I don’t use it to send ‘I love you’s to my wife of 24 years, I do use it to help me be creative with gifts notes and little thoughtful things (don’t be impressed- I have it on good authority that I still suck at those gestures).
We’re productive people. As we better understand the capabilities of AI, well become more productive as employees, lovers, friends, and family members.
As far as marketable skills (job fodder) goes, we’ll adjust.
Robert: Insightful piece.
I’ve had day jobs as a DBA and sysadmin. My LinkedIn feed now rife with sad tales.
I did a UC Berkeley AI certificate program last year, not as in-depth as yours, more about principles and business strategies.
My nephew (who lives ten blocks from me in San Francisco) has an MBA in data science from MIT and works at Anthropic.
@John Kluthe : My degree was Classics, Latin and ancient Greek. A couple of years ago I decided to do a refresh/fill-in-the-gaps thing of my classical education. You’ve prompted me to scroll way back to when I first downloaded Claude and to share (either to amuse you, or to embarrass myself, or both) a couple of the very first prompts/questions I asked.
…sorry tried to attach a screenshot but my first Claude questions were:
What skills does a data engineer need?
and:
List of ancient Latin poets by date of birth
Thanks @frederic for the comment! I've actually been thinking about going back to University to do something more...human. :D
Good article, Rob. I find AI helping me get back into poetry and being thoughtful. I used to really enjoy poetry when I was in my 20s. I’m using AI now to put me onto authors that I’ll more likely enjoy. And while I don’t use it to send ‘I love you’s to my wife of 24 years, I do use it to help me be creative with gifts notes and little thoughtful things (don’t be impressed- I have it on good authority that I still suck at those gestures).
We’re productive people. As we better understand the capabilities of AI, well become more productive as employees, lovers, friends, and family members.
As far as marketable skills (job fodder) goes, we’ll adjust.
So glad you enjoyed the post. And appreciate your alignment on what’s important. It helps us all.