The AI engineer job in 2023 vs 2026: one viral blank line
JafarNajafov · x · 2026-10-27
JafarNajafov jokes about how the AI engineer path changed: in 2023 it was learn Python, the OpenAI API, LangChain, build a chatbot, get a job. For 2026, he leaves a blank line—letting the industry fill in how much harder it has become. The punchline was completed in his follow-up post.
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