I've been told my path looks scattered: first clinical dentistry, then a hospital, then annotating X-rays for machine learning, then making videos, then writing about it all.
For years, career advice said the same thing: find your niche, become an expert, and
But AI is changing the economics of specialization.
I researched, drafted, and revised a piece that might once have needed a
subject expert, a writer, and an editor. Not because I got smarter overnight
but because the tools closed the gap between knowing a field and doing useful
work in it.
Versatility gets read as unfocused in a world obsessed with specialization.
Pick one thing and master it; it is the rule.
But when one person can now work across areas that once belonged to
different roles, moving across fields, versatility becomes a strength. The
skill lies in connecting knowledge, tools, and perspectives to solve a problem.
The tools will keep changing. The next one may not even exist yet.
So maybe the most future-proof skill isn't knowing which tool to use.
It's knowing what needs solving.
And perhaps that’s why not fitting neatly into one box isn’t necessarily a
weakness anymore.
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