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There’s definitely going to be plenty of work in the area you’re describing, but I think it’s worth going in eyes-open and making sure you’re doing it for the right reason.

AI/ML is already becoming rapidly commoditised and the level you’re talking about is very infrastructure/platform orientated whereas all the real action (and potentially higher value stuff) is going to be happening an abstraction level or two above that.

It’s kind of like when electricity was invented. Do you want to become an engineer working on building the electricity grid (rapidly commoditised) or do you want to be the inventor/builder working on new things powered by this fancy new electricity?

The analogy isn’t perfect but I always think it’s worth carefully thinking about what level of abstraction you want to work at. Working in the infrastructure layer is definitely fun and rewarding. I would happily do that kind of work too. I love Devops. But like a lot of infrastructure level stuff it may not be where the “action” really is eventually.

But it depends what your motivations are too. “Do what you enjoy” is always a good way to set a general direction I think.

Just my two cents. I’m just an internet moron. I could be wrong.