Ex-Vercel GTM engineer: you can build an applied AI career without going full-stack
brandon_galang · x · 2026-11-10
Former Vercel GTM engineer Brandon Galang argues that a career in applied AI doesn't require becoming a full-stack engineer. Instead, it's about combining domain knowledge, judgment, and AI skills: some people excel at turning ideas into tangible pilots for validation, operators can build agent skills and automations around processes they know deeply, and data-savvy people can use agents to investigate data and build internal tools. These roles are fluid — use AI to learn what you need and cross disciplines as work demands, rather than waiting until you've mastered every part.
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