- The rise of generative AI tools like ChatGPT has created a hot market for “work-ready engineers.”
- “Prompt Engineer” trains AI chatbots to improve responses.
- This gig pays up to $375,000 a year and doesn’t necessarily require a technical degree.
The tech industry is known for its high-paying jobs, but one of the industry’s hottest new jobs doesn’t even require a STEM degree.
The rise of generative AI tools like ChatGPT has increased the need for “prompt engineers,” people who write questions to AI chatbots and test and improve their answers. Some of these roles have salaries reaching his $375,000, but don’t necessarily require a degree in a technical field.
Bloomberg first reported that Anthropic, an artificial intelligence safety and research company, is now hiring an “instant engineer and librarian” with a salary range of $280,000 to $375,000.
The post states that this role will involve building “a library of high-quality prompts or prompt chains to accomplish a variety of tasks, along with simple guides to help users find what fits their needs.” and to build a “series of tutorials and interactive programs”. A tool that teaches customers the art of rapid engineering. “
Applicants with basic programming skills and “advanced” familiarity with large language models are considered suitable, according to the post. Even if you don’t think so,” he said, he wants you to apply.
Sam Altman, CEO of ChatGPT developer OpenAI, spoke of the need for agile engineers. during February he tweeted that “Creating really good prompts for a chatbot persona is an incredibly versatile skill.”
Anna Bernstein, Prompt Engineer at Copy.ai, was a freelance writer and historical research assistant before she started working with AI tools.
“I love the ‘mad scientist’ part of the job where you can come up with silly ideas for prompts and see them work,” Bernstein told Insider. “As a poet, the role also plays into my obsessive approach to language. It’s a really strange intersection of my literary background and analytical thinking.
The market for work-ready engineers is growing. Launched last June, PromptBase, PromptBase, his marketplace, lets you hire Prompt engineers and sell Prompts.
Even though there are opportunities for people without a technical background to land fast-track engineering jobs, most high-paying jobs require more experience and a higher level of education in a technology-focused field. We need people who have been trained, a recruiter told Bloomberg.
“Salaries start at £40,000, but we have candidates in our database who want to make between £200,000 and £300,000 a year,” Mark Standen, who works for British-Irish recruitment firm Hays, told Bloomberg. “Professional quick engineers can specify the price.”
While the market for work-ready engineers is growing rapidly, some warn that it may not necessarily be the most popular position in the long term.
“I have a strong suspicion that ‘rapid engineering’ is not a big deal in the long run, and that agile engineering is not the job of the future,” said Ethan Morrick, a professor at the Wharton School. . tweeted in february.
Adrian Weller, director of machine learning research at the University of Cambridge, told Bloomberg that being able to interact with generative AI tools through prompts is “highly valuable,” but he’s “not very confident it will continue.” rice field. “
Correction: March 30, 2023 — A previous version of this article incorrectly stated the number of immediate engineer vacancies posted on LinkedIn. LinkedIn spokesperson Previously, Insiders said there were 708, but corrected that number to 15. This sentence has been removed from the article.
