When I completed my Ph.D. in AI at Northeastern University in 2023, the AI job market was a world away from the red-hot AI talent war Big Tech companies are waging now. I secured a job as an applied scientist at Amazon after interning there in the summer of 2022. This was before the company implemented a hiring freeze for the rest of that year.
Some recruiters will play dirty. I have had companies give extremely short deadlines, retract offers, ghost me entirely, or 'accidentally' fail to make an offer until after another deadline had expired.
Success in AI doesn't necessarily require a computer science degree. Instead, a varied educational background can enhance adaptability - a key asset in the fast-changing field of AI.