"I was a freshman in college when my grandmother passed. My parents had health problems, and her income had really helped. I thought that being in school was selfish, so I left and joined the Marine Corps Reserve to get healthcare benefits and a small paycheck. I also began looking for a high-paying civilian job that I could do when I was off-duty."
"Even though I had never changed the oil in a car before, I decided to go for a diesel-mechanic position with a local industrial-equipment dealership. In the interview with my future boss, I said 'I've never done this before, but I'm a fast learner, and if I don't figure it out, you can just fire me.' He said we had a deal."
"But while I had made it to the top, I realized I was unhappy, and that's when I decided to make a move into AI. ChatGPT was blowing up at the time, and I had been into robotics and machine learning since I was a kid. My family was in a much better place financially, so I thought, now I can afford to be a little bit selfish and go back to school. But I could not see myself going to a four-year university."
Daryl Roberts left college after his grandmother's death and family health problems and joined the Marine Corps Reserve for healthcare and income. He accepted a diesel-mechanic job despite no prior experience and advanced into roles including service administrator, dispatcher, and operations manager. Feeling unhappy in operations, he pursued AI interests by enrolling in a boot camp, taking extra classes, and reading white papers. He completed freelance AI projects to build experience and demonstrate adaptability. Those projects and newly acquired skills enabled a transition into a lead AI and machine learning engineer role at Obney.ai near Baton Rouge.
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