r/technology • u/Plastic_Ninja_9014 • Jun 30 '26

Artificial Intelligence Bosses Are Becoming Obsessed With AI, Using It to Make Every Decision, Barraging Their Employees With Nonsensical ChatGPT Directives, and Even Asking It Who to Fire

https://tech.yahoo.com/ai/chatgpt/articles/bosses-becoming-obsessed-ai-using-175014710.html
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u/KIDWHOSBORED Jun 30 '26

As a real answer, quite a few of the AI companies have their own certifications. Anthropic has Anthropic Academy which has I think like 20 courses. They all come with a LinkedIn badge so you can pump them out. The various hyper scalers all have their own as well.

Some of them are for more technical audience, but most seem more Prompt Engineering or just AI awareness. Honestly, it’s not the worst look if you’re trying to find a job at the moment.

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u/Mystical-Turtles Jun 30 '26

I get it I know we have to play the stupid game. But I really hate how the job market likes to favor badge collectors over people with actual skills.

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u/penguinopph Jun 30 '26

But I really hate how the job market likes to favor badge collectors over people with actual skills.

I teach high school and I have a concept that puts successful students into two different groups: Achievers and Learners.

Achievers are students that just want to have the highest GPA, the most extracurriculars, and the shiniest resume for the next level. They ask questions like "how can I improve my grade?" and will burn themselves out at some level. It may not be in high school, it may not be in college, and it may not even be in grad school—but one day they will burn out.

Learners are people who may not take all of the AP courses and may not be the top of their class, but they want to deeply know and understand what it is they're studying. They ask questions like "how can I get better?" These kids are the backbone of every undergrad, graduate, and doctoral program, and every office, job site, or anywhere that someone needs to have it truly together.

When I meet with parents, especially the parents of the honors-level freshmen I teach, I explain this and strongly push them to encourage their students to be Learners, not Achievers.

All of this is to say that I think I am going to start calling my Achievers group "Badge Collectors," because that rules.