ROLES IN DEMAND
Acorn today. Oak tomorrow.
This is a rolling list of (roles + AI courses) you could take if you have time for only 3 things
Use this as your research-backed starting point, not a guarantee. Stay curious and keep building skills that adapt.
AI Policy Analyst
- AI for Everyone | DeepLearning.AI | Coursera | Beginner | 6 hour
- Machine Learning Specialization | DeepLearning.AI | Beginner | 2 months
- Google Data Analytics Professional Certificate | Google | Coursera | Beginner | 6 months
AI Product Manager
- AI for Everyone | DeepLearning.AI | Coursera | Beginner | 6 hours
- Prompt Engineering Specialization| Vanderbilt U | Coursera | Beginner | 4 weeks
- AI Product Management Specialization | Duke U | Coursera | Beginner | 4 months
Biostatistician
- AI for Medicine Specialization | DeepLearning.AI | Coursera | Intermediate | 2 months
- Applied Data Science with Python Specialization | U of Michigan | Coursera | Intermediate | 3 months
- HarvardX: Data Science: Building Machine Learning Models | edX | Introductory | 8 weeks
Civil Engineer
- Artificial Intelligence In Civil and Geotechnical Engineering | IngeoExpert | 6 weeks
- Introduction to Computer Vision and Image Processing | IBM | Coursera | Intermediate | 2 weeks
- Introduction to Artificial Intelligence (AI) Applications in Civil Engineering | CEDengineering.com
Computer Vision Engineer
- Machine Learning Specialization | DeepLearning.AI | Beginner | 2 months
- Deep Learning Specialization | DeepLearning.AI | Coursera | Intermediate Level | 3 months
- Convolutional Neural Networks | DeepLearning.AI | Intermediate | 4 weeks
Content Strategist
- Google AI Essentials Specialization | Google | Coursera | Beginner | 4 hours
- Prompt Engineering for ChatGPT | Vanderbilt | Coursera | Beginner | 2 weeks
- Generative AI for Everyone | DeepLearning.AI | Coursera | Beginner | 5 hours
Data Analyst
- Google Data Analytics Professional Certificate | Google | Coursera | Beginner | 6 months
- Microsoft Power BI Data Analyst Professional Certificate | Microsoft | Coursera | Beginner | 5 months
- Google Advanced Data Analytics Professional Certificate | Google | Coursera | Advanced | 6 months
Data Scientist
- Python for Everybody Specialization | U of Michigan | Coursera | Beginner | 2 months
- SQL for Data Science | UC Davis | Coursera | Beginner | 2 weeks
- Applied Data Science with Python Specialization | U of Michigan | Coursera | Intermediate | 3 months
Financial Analyst
- Data Analysis with Python | IBM | Coursera | Intermediate | 2 weeks
- Data Visualization with Python | IBM | Coursera | Intermediate | 2 weeks
- Machine Learning and Reinforcement Learning in Finance Specialization | New York University | Coursera | Intermediate | 2 months
Financial Engineer
- Data Engineering, Big Data, and Machine Learning on GCP Specialization | Google | Coursera | Intermediate | 4 weeks
- Machine Learning for Trading Specialization | Google | Coursera | Intermediate | 4 weeks
- Sequences, Time Series and Prediction | DeepLearning.AI | Coursera | Intermediate | 2 weeks

