Inference engineering called 'the most lucrative, highest-leverage specialty skill on earth'
AccBalanced · x · 2026-11-03
A one-line but pointed take circulating on X: 'Inference engineering is the most lucrative, highest-leverage specialty skill on earth at the moment' — a signal of how scarce and premium inference-optimization talent has become in the AI industry.
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