I landed a Big Tech AI job. Treating my career like a science lab helped me overcome my fear of learning AI.

Nitya Kumar is a UX designer at Adobe Courtesy of Nitya Kumar When Nitya Kumar saw her industry pivoting towards AI, she wanted to change with it. Kumar shared how she taught herself to upskill and landed an AI job at Adobe. Experimenting like a scientist helped Kumar overcome her fears around learning a new technology. This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Nitya Kumar, 25, an Adobe employee who lives in India. The following has been edited for length and clarity. I landed a...