Most generic AI advice doesn’t help you pick a career path, nor does it tell you if you’re qualified, nor does it tell you how to get learning and get going on the career direction you want!
I set out to change all that.
I spent the last few weeks building 17 different specific AI career assessment prompts. Not generic advice—actual qualification frameworks that tell you exactly where you stand right now and what your realistic path looks like.
The 17 roles:
ML Engineer
Computer Vision Engineer
NLP Engineer
Deep Learning Engineer
AI Research Scientist
AI Prompt Engineer
Data Annotator/AI Trainer
AI Content Creator
AI Product Manager
AI Ethics Officer
AI Governance Specialist
AI Strategist
AI Coach
AI Change Management Specialist
AI Compliance Manager
AI Conversation Designer
AI Customer Success Manager
PLUS: a special prompt to help you figure out which of those 17 is for you!
Why these 17? They are all growth roles! They are part of the new wave of fast-growing AI jobs that everyone wants to be a part of.
But the usual advice is too generic, and I’ve never seen anything that splits out across 17 specific roles like this. That’s what I’m looking to do with these prompt frameworks.
Here’s what each prompt assessment does: it interviews you through eight questions designed to surface what you actually have—not what you think you’re missing. Then it tells you which roles you’re qualified for now, which ones you could reach with focused work, and which ones would waste your time. It gives you a personalized roadmap with specific actions, realistic timelines, and salary ranges based on 2025 market data.
The insight that kept hitting me: everyone’s asking “How do I break into AI?” when the real question is “Which of these 17 completely different doors matches my background?” A compliance professional learning Python is wasting a year when they’re already qualified for AI Governance Specialist. A writer asking about CS degrees could be working as an AI Prompt Engineer in weeks.
Basically, we need to get more detailed, but there are no resources out there to help us get more detailed at scale.
This guide explains how I built these assessments to predict your actual path—not sell you false hope or generic bootcamps. It shows you how to be predictive about your career instead of being predicted by it. And of course, you get all the prompts so you can take as many assessments as you like and figure out what path works for you!
I wrote this to be the most actionable, job-specific guide out there in 2025. I hope it’s helpful to you.
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