No 'AI experience'? Start building agents inside the job you already have
brandon_galang · x · 2026-11-09
Career advice for breaking into applied AI roles without prior "AI experience": pick a workflow you already handle well—one you understand deeply enough to judge whether an agent helps or makes a mess—and start automating it at your current job.
- An internal tool you've built and used can be a stronger resume story than a side project, because you know why the problem matters.
- It doesn't need to scale: running locally with one user is fine, as long as you can explain the workflow, your decisions, and the limits.
- "Built an agent that does XYZ" is a truthful resume line—no apologizing for local-only, but no inventing users, adoption, or impact either.
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