Breaking into applied AI: you'll never feel ready, so start the conversations
brandon_galang · x · 2026-10-21
A practitioner who moved into applied AI reflects on the interview-prep doom loop: every take-home reveals another gap until it feels like evidence you don't belong. His advice: you can't know when you've learned enough — start talking to teams; and when rejected, figure out what the no actually means (skill gap? unclear explanation? wrong-fit role) instead of reflexively converting it into more prep.
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