Maybe a little bit of a contrarian idea, but I would be really leery of trying to become an "AI engineer" now. There is a possibility that we are at the apex of

Maybe a little bit of a contrarian idea, but I would be really leery of trying to become an "AI engineer" now. There is a possibility that we are at the apex of this cycle of AI (if you look at history, you will see AI goes in cycles), and we will run into more and more limitations. Instead, of targeting AI engineering, I would focus on obtaining a solid mathematics background (calculus, linear algebra, discrete mathematics) and a solid computer science background (algorithms, data structures, distributed systems, databases/data storage/data retrieval). Then with those skills, you can easily become a "SW Engineer who leverages AI" which in my guess will be a much better job and more stable than "AI Engineer"