[tikkun]

"Networking" (cold emailing, cold DMing, interacting with people on twitter) will be more beneficial for getting a job than just going through the courses. The courses will be helpful too, but I might suggest weighting it at 80% of time to networking and 20% of the time to the courses, at least until you get to the point where you know multiple people in AI companies that you're excited about. Then you can ask them if they think you're an easy hire as is, or if not, what skills they need.

[tikkun]

And also, I'll note that:

Generally the startup hiring market is slower than normal

There aren't that many exciting AI startups that are hiring a lot. Midjourney has a tiny team, Runway ML has a pretty small team, that's a common pattern at the moment

So, consider also a) building the company you wish you could join and b) getting a job that isn't in AI and building AI side projects to stay involved.