提问 HN：深陷企业级 CRUD，求职 AI 实践岗位的出路
1 分•作者: mattfrommars•8 个月前
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大家好，HN，
我是一名有六年经验的开发者（后端/前端/基础设施），主要在企业环境中做普通的 CRUD 工作。我正在努力转型到更热门的领域，比如 AI。
我尝试过提升技能（证书、技术书籍、个人项目），但由于没有接触过 AI 项目的专业经验，我的努力并没有打开大门。我感觉被困住了。
我看到了三种主要的途径来弥合这个经验差距：
1) 直接申请 AI 相关职位，希望有公司能给一个“普通 Java 开发者”机会。
2) 回学校攻读 AI 硕士学位。
3) 集中精力考取更高级的 AI 认证和做个人项目。
各位开发者：你们是如何成功地从传统开发转型到热门领域的？是什么关键的行动最终打破了障碍？
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大家好，HN，
我正在回顾一下我的职业生涯，思考下一步该怎么走。我有点挣扎，想进入一个需求量大的行业，而不是我一直在做的——在企业公司做 CRUD 风格的工作。我有六年经验，涉及后端、前端、基础设施等多个领域。
我尽力以各种方式提升技能，从阅读技术书籍、“AI 工程师”到获得 AI 相关的认证，以便更好地理解 AI 术语。
促使我发帖的原因是，我在 LinkedIn 上看到一个人，他一直在做产品，后来进入了“AI 项目”，现在似乎正试图通过回学校攻读硕士学位来转型到“实操”AI 角色。
相比之下，我做了六年开发者。然而，我从未接触过任何我可以参与的真正的 AI 项目。
所以，为了迈出下一步，我只能看到三个选择：
1) 申请 AI 相关职位，并“希望和祈祷”一些 AI 公司愿意冒险让一个普通的 Java 后端开发者来构建他们的 AI 产品。
2) 像 LinkedIn 上的那个人一样，回学校攻读 AI 硕士学位。
3) 参加 AI 相关的认证，比如 Azure 的 AI 工程师、Coursera/deeplearning 认证，然后，再次“希望和祈祷”它能让我的简历脱颖而出？
我很想听听其他开发者的经验，他们是如何改变职业轨迹，从普通开发转型到需求量大、能带来更多机会的领域的？
我感觉我现在所处的位置非常边缘化。我真的以为考取 AI 认证和做 AI 个人项目就能打开大门，但事实证明，并没有。而且，我的公司（一家金融服务公司）也不愿意部署 AI 项目。例如，我们在采用 copilot 方面就落后了很多。
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Hi HN,<p>I'm a developer with six years of experience (backend/frontend/infra), primarily doing vanilla CRUD work in an enterprise setting. I'm struggling to pivot into a more in-demand field like AI.<p>I've tried upskilling (certs, technical books, personal projects), but without professional exposure to an AI project, my efforts haven't opened doors. I feel stuck.<p>I see three main paths forward to bridge this experience gap:<p>1): Apply directly to AI-focused roles, hoping a company takes a chance on a "vanilla Java dev."<p>2) Go back to school for a Master's degree in AI.<p>3): Double down on more advanced AI certifications and personal projects.<p>Fellow Devs: How did you successfully pivot from traditional development into a high-demand field? What was the critical action that finally broke the barrier for you?<p>+++++ RAW VERSION ++++++++<p>Hi HN,<p>I'm doing bit of retrospection from where to go from where I am in my career. I'm struggling a bit to break into industry that is in demand verses what I have been doing - which is CRUD style work in enterprise company. I have six years experience in diverse area, backend, front end, infrastructure. .<p>I have done my best to upskill which ever way I can, from reading technical books, "AI Engineer" to obtaining certification that is AI focused to better understand AI terminology that is.<p>What triggered me to make this post is I came across an individual on LinkedIn who has been in product and managed to get into 'AI Project' and now appears to be trying to transition into 'hands on' AI role by going back to school and doing master's degree in AI space.<p>Compared to my experience, I have been working as a developer for six years. However, I have never been exposed to any real AI project I can work on.<p>So, for me to take the next step, I can see only three options:<p>1) applied to AI focus role and 'hope and pray' some AI company is willing to take a risk to get vanilla Java backend dev to build out their AI product<p>2) Go back to school and do master's degree in AI like the individual did on LN<p>3) do AI focus certification, like AI Engineer Azure, Coursera/deeplearning, certification and, again, 'hope and pray' it will make my resume stand out?<p>I'd love to hear from fellow devs who were able to change their trajectory to transition from vanilla development into field that is in demand and open more opportunities?<p>I feel extremely sideline the way I am in my current position. I genuinely though doing AI certification and a personal project in AI will open doors, but turns out, it doesn't. Also, my company which is financial services is not open to having AI project deployed. For example, we were very late to adopt copilot.