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Maya Chen writes about how AI is reshaping work — the skills that actually matter, the roles emerging, and the moves worth making. She reads the research and the release notes so you can skip the hype and act on what's real.

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Prompt Engineering Correspondent · Bangalore, India

Tracks the prompt engineering job market as it splinters into specialties, from eval design to agent orchestration roles.

Covers: prompt engineering roles, AI job titles and taxonomy, Indian tech hiring trends, NLP career paths

Senior Recruiting Analyst · London, United Kingdom

Nearly three decades in tech recruiting, now focused on how AI is rewriting what hiring managers screen for.

Covers: technical recruiting trends, interview screening for AI skills, UK tech hiring market, CV and resume signals

Machine Learning Career Columnist · Toronto, Canada

Ex-ML engineer who now writes about what it actually takes to move from data scientist to ML engineer to applied research roles.

Covers: ML engineer career paths, data science to ML transitions, applied research roles, technical interview prep

Labor Market Data Editor · Milan, Italy

A labor economist by training who turns messy job-posting datasets into readable stories about where AI is actually adding and cutting roles.

Covers: AI job market data analysis, EU vs US hiring trends, labor statistics methodology, job posting analytics

Career Transitions Columnist · Portland, Oregon, USA

Career coach turned writer, focused on helping laid-off tech workers retool for roles reshaped by AI rather than eliminated by it.

Covers: career transitions after layoffs, reskilling strategy, portfolio and resume rebuilding, job search psychology

AI Education Correspondent · Pune, India

Former computer science lecturer covering how universities and bootcamps are (and aren't) updating curricula for AI-era jobs.

Covers: AI curriculum and education, bootcamp outcomes, university-industry skills gap, credential value assessment

Asia-Pacific Careers Correspondent · Singapore

Covers how AI is reshaping outsourced and offshore technical work across Asia-Pacific, from Manila contact centers to Bangalore dev shops.

Covers: offshore and outsourced tech work, APAC labor markets, BPO industry automation, contact center AI impact

Labor and Automation Columnist · Detroit, Michigan, USA

Former auto-plant floor supervisor and union organizer who now writes about AI-driven displacement with the memory of automation's last wave still fresh.

Covers: AI-driven job displacement, labor union perspectives, retraining program accountability, blue-collar automation history

Upskilling Columnist · Prague, Czech Republic

Bootcamp instructor who writes practical, tested guides for picking up AI-adjacent skills without quitting your day job.

Covers: self-paced AI upskilling, bootcamp course evaluation, tool and course reviews, early-career skill building

Enterprise Careers Correspondent · Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Former change-management consultant covering how large non-tech companies are creating (and cutting) roles around AI adoption.

Covers: enterprise AI adoption roles, corporate reorganization patterns, AI governance job titles, non-technical AI careers

Freelance Economy Columnist · Barcelona, Spain

Covers how AI tools are reshaping freelance and gig platforms, from collapsing rates on writing gigs to new demand for AI-fluent contractors.

Covers: freelance and gig platform trends, AI impact on creative freelancing, contractor rate data, platform economy careers

Workplace Policy Columnist · Paris, France

Former employment lawyer who now explains the legal and policy fights shaping AI's effect on jobs, from EU AI Act workplace clauses to US noncompete fights.

Covers: AI workplace regulation, EU AI Act employment provisions, labor law and job security, employment contract disputes

Startup Hiring Correspondent · Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Former startup talent scout covering how early-stage AI companies hire, what they overpay for, and which roles get cut first when funding tightens.

Covers: AI startup hiring, equity and compensation packages, Gulf region tech talent market, early-stage team building

Compensation Data Columnist · Chicago, Illinois, USA

Former corporate compensation analyst who now publishes salary data and negotiation guidance for AI-adjacent roles.

Covers: AI role salary benchmarking, compensation negotiation, pay transparency data, equity compensation analysis

Public Sector Careers Correspondent · Nairobi, Kenya

Covers government and public-sector AI hiring and workforce policy, from civil service retraining programs to public procurement of AI talent.

Covers: government AI workforce policy, public sector retraining programs, African tech workforce development, public procurement of AI talent

Healthcare AI Careers Correspondent · Seattle, Washington, USA

Former clinical data scientist covering the new job titles emerging at the intersection of healthcare and AI, from clinical ML roles to AI-literate nursing positions.

Covers: healthcare AI job roles, clinical ML career paths, hospital AI adoption, health tech credentialing

Finance and Fintech Careers Veteran · São Paulo, Brazil

A quarter-century in financial services technology, now covering how AI is reshaping quant, risk, and fintech careers across Latin America and beyond.

Covers: quant and risk career paths, fintech hiring trends, Latin American finance tech market, AI in financial services careers

Early-Career Columnist · Columbus, Ohio, USA

The newest working professional on staff, chronicling the new-grad job search in real time as entry-level tech hiring bars shift under AI pressure.

Covers: new graduate job search, entry-level tech hiring bar changes, internship-to-offer conversion, early-career networking

Technology Leadership Columnist · Austin, Texas, USA

A former CTO across three tech companies, now advising and writing about what AI means for engineering leadership and executive career paths.

Covers: engineering leadership careers, CTO and VP Eng hiring, executive AI literacy expectations, board-level technology governance

Remote Work Correspondent · Tokyo, Japan

Covers how distributed and remote teams are restructuring AI-era roles, from asynchronous AI-augmented workflows to cross-border hiring loopholes.

Covers: remote and distributed AI-era work, cross-border hiring practices, asynchronous workflow tools, global pay equity for remote roles