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🟣 Sunday Special — Your AI Events, Learning, and Career Briefing
Issue #73 ⏱ 5-min read
Hello AI Enthusiasts,
You don’t need “AI” in your job title to use it at work.
This week: new hiring data, three remote roles, two courses and two upcoming events.
👇 Also: seven skills to explore through real projects, plus an animation workflow to try.
Opportunities checked November 7. Confirm availability, eligibility and terms before applying or registering
📊 The Big Picture
AI skills demand extends beyond AI titles
CompTIA’s November 6 report counted 366,322 active U.S. postings linked to AI skills, up 6.2% in October. AI demand extends beyond jobs with “AI” in the title.
Your move: Pair your profession with an AI skill in your job search.
Postings aren’t hires; figures may be revised.
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💼 Remote Career Picks
Senior Software Engineer, Backend — AI Platform | Affirm
U.S. remote · Join Affirm to build AI infrastructure and evaluation systems. Requires 4+ years in backend development and production experience with LLMs or agents. View the engineering role →Senior Manager, Narrative Intelligence | Affirm
U.S. remote · Join Affirm to turn audience research into communications strategy. Requires 12+ years in analytics, insights or related work. View the insights role →Operations Enablement Manager | Affirm
U.S. remote · Join Affirm to improve processes, training and knowledge resources. Requires 7+ years in program management or product operations, plus financial-services experience. View the operations role →
These picks span engineering, research and operations—not all are AI engineering roles.
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📘 From The AI Entrepreneurs
Which AI skill should you learn next?
Our new Medium guide covers seven practical skills—from comparing models and building apps to designing agent workflows and checking results.
Each includes a real project and a prompt to try. Start with one or follow the seven-day challenge.
🧠 Builder Signal
Build a short animation with Claude and Blender
This walkthrough combines flat 2D characters with 3D environments using Claude, Blender and open-source tools.
It covers scripts, camera shots, narration, captions and review.
Try this: Build one original 10-second scene. Check character consistency, caption readability and sound timing before making a full episode.
Built something useful with AI? Reply with a link, who it helps and what you learned. We may feature your project in a future issue.
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Talk to Cursor, Claude Code or Slack, and get clean, formatted text as you go. Mac, Windows, iPhone and Android.
🏆 Build Toward a Deadline
STEM2Connect AI Hackathon
Online · Students ages 13+
Deadline: November 21, 11:59 PM EasternFour non-cash prizes listed.
Build an AI project addressing education, healthcare, sustainability or community needs.
Build with Kiro — Kiroween 2026
Online · $100,000 cash prize pool
Deadline: December 4, 2 PM Pacific / 5 PM EasternBuild a working app using Kiro. Projects must be newly created during the October 30–December 4 submission window. Age and location restrictions apply.
📅 Events to Watch
AI Engineer Code Summit — November 10–12 · San Francisco
Join practitioners exploring AI coding and software development. Attendance is by application. See the program →AI in Healthcare & Pharma Summit — November 17–18 · Boston
Join discussions focused on AI in clinical care and pharmaceutical work. Explore the agenda and tickets →
🎓 Pick One Skill to Practice
Introduction to Model Context Protocol — Claude Academy
Technical · Python experience needed · About one hour
Learn to connect AI to external tools and data by building MCP servers and clients. Start the MCP course →AI for Productivity — Duke University on Coursera
Beginner · About five hours
Explore AI for writing, scheduling, summarization and research. Check enrollment pricing. Explore the productivity course →
🤝 The Human Advantage
AI agents need more than instructions
McKinsey illustrates three kinds of memory: past cases, working procedures and organizational definitions.
Image source: McKinsey & Company
Your move: Give your agent relevant history, clear terms and limits on when it must ask for human approval.
✨ Final Note
Choose one role, one lesson or one project.
Finish something small, then explain what you built, checked and improved.
What would help your next career move most?
Know someone exploring their next career move? Forward this issue.
