Dev argues long-horizon RL task-building is a fresh career edge for students
himanshustwts · x · 2026-09-17
Responding to the take that "learn inference infra and you'll never be unemployed," the author argues that building strong intuition for long-horizon RL tasks in specific domains is similarly valuable. He notes the field is still new enough for high schoolers and undergrads to excel, as long as they dig into agent traces and get creative.
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