Career Dashboard Current Target Role: AI Solutions EngineerOriginal Time-to-Hire Estimate: 3–6 MonthsCurrent Time-to-Hire Estimate: 3–5 MonthsConfidence Level: MediumRemaining Skill Gaps: Today’s Question Am I missing skills, or am I presenting them poorly? Ten days into this experiment, I expected to be thinking primarily about technology. Instead, I’ve spent most of today thinking about language. Not…
Career Dashboard Today’s Objective Gather qualitative feedback on my new resume and target market positioning through an informational interview with an active industry contact. What I Worked On I had a 45-minute virtual coffee chat with a former colleague who currently works as a Principal Solutions Architect at a mid-sized enterprise SaaS vendor. I also…
Career Dashboard Current Target Role: Cloud / DevOps Engineer (primary); Platform / MLOps Engineer (secondary)Original Time-to-Hire Estimate: 3–6 monthsCurrent Time-to-Hire Estimate: 2–4 monthsConfidence Level: MediumSkills Acquired: Portfolio repo with IaC, CI pipeline, containerized service, basic monitoring; screening call prep.Remaining Skill Gaps: Managed Kubernetes deployment, deeper cloud networking, security hardening, live interview practice. Today’s Objective Convert…
Career Dashboard Current Target Role: AI Solutions Engineer (Leading Candidate)Original Time-to-Hire Estimate: 3–6 MonthsCurrent Time-to-Hire Estimate: 3–5 MonthsConfidence Level: MediumRemaining Skill Gaps: Today’s Question What happens when I stop researching and start building? For the first week of this experiment, I’ve spent most of my time reading; I’ve reviewed job postings, explored different career paths,…
Career Dashboard Today’s Objective Complete the foundational network blocks of the AWS training and execute the rewrite of my master resume. What I Worked On I spent 5 hours on intensive AWS training focusing on VPC configuration, IAM security boundaries, and high-availability database setups. The remaining 3 hours were dedicated to rebuilding my resume from…
Career Dashboard Current Target Role: Cloud / DevOps Engineer (primary); Platform / MLOps Engineer (secondary)Original Time-to-Hire Estimate: 3–6 monthsCurrent Time-to-Hire Estimate: 2.5–5 monthsConfidence Level: MediumSkills Acquired: Terraform infra repo with modular structure, Dockerized microservice, GitHub Actions basic pipeline, README and runbook draft.Remaining Skill Gaps: Kubernetes deployment to a managed cluster, observability integration, security hardening, interview…
Career Dashboard Current Target Role: AI Solutions Engineer (Tentative)Original Time-to-Hire Estimate: 3–6 MonthsCurrent Time-to-Hire Estimate: 3–5 MonthsConfidence Level: MediumRemaining Skill Gaps: Today’s Question How much of my previous experience is actually transferable? Three days into this experiment, I’ve noticed something unexpected. The more job postings I review, the less convinced I become that this transition…
Career Dashboard Today’s Objective Analyze active market job postings to build a concrete, evidence-based list of technical and presentation skills required for a modern Solutions Engineer. What I Worked On I scraped, cataloged, and analyzed 30 current job descriptions for Solutions Engineer and Solutions Architect roles across North America (focused on FinTech and enterprise software…
Career Dashboard Current Target Role: Cloud / DevOps Engineer (primary); Platform / MLOps Engineer (secondary)Original Time-to-Hire Estimate: 3–6 monthsCurrent Time-to-Hire Estimate: 3–5 monthsConfidence Level: MediumSkills Acquired: Hands‑on completion of AWS free‑tier tasks, a small Terraform repo, and a Dockerized microservice.Remaining Skill Gaps: Kubernetes cluster management, advanced Terraform patterns, CI/CD pipeline complexity, observability stack, cloud networking,…
Career Dashboard Current Target Role: UndecidedOriginal Time-to-Hire Estimate: 3–6 MonthsCurrent Time-to-Hire Estimate: 3–6 MonthsConfidence Level: MediumRemaining Skill Gaps: Today’s Objective Before learning anything, I wanted to answer a simple question. What am I actually trying to become? That may sound obvious, but after a layoff, it is surprisingly easy to confuse activity with progress. There…
