The Simplest AI Career Pivot That Actually Works in 2026
If you are thinking about your career in 2026 and wondering whether you should pivot into AI, this video gives you a practical and honest framework to think through that decision.
AI is already changing how most jobs work. But that does not mean everyone should become an AI engineer. That assumption is leading many people into career paths that do not actually fit them.
AI is not creating one narrow role. It is changing what being good at your job looks like across marketing, sales, operations, product, analytics, and engineering. Most people working with AI in 2026 will be integrating AI into products, workflows, and decisions rather than building models from scratch.
In this video, I share how to think about an AI career pivot based on over a decade of experience working in AI across Google, Microsoft, and other technology companies.
You will learn:
– How AI is changing roles rather than replacing them
– What AI adjacent roles look like inside real companies
– How non technical professionals should approach AI literacy
– When it makes sense to go deep into AI engineering
– A simple framework to decide your own career direction
This is not a shortcut or hype driven video. It is meant to help you make a clear, realistic decision about your next career move.
Resources:
– AI for everyone: https://www.deeplearning.ai/courses/ai-for-everyone/
– Gen AI for everyone: https://www.deeplearning.ai/courses/generative-ai-for-everyone/
– Prompt Engineering Guide: https://cloud.google.com/discover/what-is-prompt-engineering?hl=en
– GenAI Use-cases: https://cloud.google.com/transform/101-real-world-generative-ai-use-cases-from-industry-leaders
– This newsletter is gold: https://www.deeplearning.ai/the-batch/
– Great report talking about AI generalists: https://www.pwc.com/us/en/tech-effect/ai-analytics/ai-predictions.html
– Best book for AI Engineers: https://amzn.to/4txE41e
– AI Roles: https://www.coursera.org/articles/artificial-intelligence-jobs
– AI careers for non-tech: https://maven.com/aishwarya-srinivasan/no-code-ai-career
– How I’d Break Into AI in 2026 (If I Had No Technical Background): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Q4VM67jwYc
– How to choose the right role for you in AI space? https://aishwaryasrinivasan.substack.com/p/how-to-choose-the-right-role-for
– AI Product Manager Roadmap: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/aishwarya-srinivasan_most-people-think-you-need-to-be-an-engineer-activity-7381493173333774336-l8D4/
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