a key aspect of the cutting edge companies is their ability to execute on very large and complicated software engineering projects, so you should see if your ex

a key aspect of the cutting edge companies is their ability to execute on very large and complicated software engineering projects, so you should see if your existing software engineering skills might already be useful. e.g. look at Anthropic's job postings for engineering roles -- they don't super-emphasize AI knowledge, they seem to also face a ton of classic engineering challenges. there's as much about managing cloud infrastructure and distributed systems as there is about transformers.