Identify AI-adjacent roles matching your current background
Read job ads for AI-signal keywords
Draft a personal 90-day AI skill plan
Adjacency, not reinvention
You do not need to become a data scientist. AI multiplies what you already are: teacher, accountant, nurse, marketer, admin, entrepreneur. The hireable profile is 'domain expert who operates AI fluently' - far more common and far more attainable.
Reading job ads for AI signal
Keywords to hunt: 'AI tools', 'prompt', 'automation', 'Copilot/ChatGPT experience', 'workflow design', 'data literacy'. Even where absent, mention your AI workflows in applications - you will often be the only candidate who does.
The 90-day plan
Days 1-30: this course + portfolio. Days 31-60: one real project for a real person (church, shop, club) with a testimonial. Days 61-90: publish three proof artifacts online and apply to five roles or pitch five clients. Momentum beats intensity.
Key terms
AI-adjacent role
Your existing domain plus fluent AI operation.
Proof artifact
Published work demonstrating capability.
Testimonial
Third-party confirmation of delivered value.
90-day plan
Sequenced, time-boxed skill-to-income path.
🛠 Hands-on task: Your 90-day one-pager
Tools: Calendar + notes
Name your domain + 2 AI-adjacent role titles.
List 3 proof artifacts you will publish by day 90.
Schedule days 31-60's real-person project in your calendar.
Key takeaways: Before you go, three takeaways from this lesson. One: Identify AI-adjacent roles matching your current background. Two: Read job ads for AI-signal keywords. Three: Draft a personal 90-day AI skill plan. And your hands-on task: your 90-day one-pager. Name your domain + 2 AI-adjacent role titles. When it is done, mark the lesson complete on your dashboard, keep the artifact for your portfolio, and step into the next lesson. I will see you there.
