Putting AI to work — your way
See how others are using AI, learn how to build it into your day-to-day, and find resources to guide your career path.
How other LinkedIn members are using AI to move forward
Growth in your current career path
Handing off routine code to AI to build a startup
When AI could do his boilerplate coding, Taj English didn’t panic; he delegated. The time he gained went into a new product grounded in his lived experience, proof that your perspective is the moat.
Started using AI as a thought partner
Neil Pretty learned that overrelying on AI made him sound inauthentic — and clients could feel it. Now, he uses AI intentionally: for instant perspectives, sparking new angles, and speeding up his prep, without doing the thinking for him.
Neil Pretty
CEO and Co-Founder, Aristotle Performance
Explore a new career path
From AI skeptic to project manager, fast
Jonetta Gresham feared AI, until she tried it. By using AI as a study partner that spoke her language, she learned complex IT concepts and pivoted into project management. “Once I started using it, I haven’t stopped,” she says.
Jonetta Gresham
Implementation Manager, Ellit Groups
Stopped climbing the ladder, and built his own route
Trained as an engineer, Ethan Evans realized he was more energized by building teams, so he pivoted into product management. After years as a PM, his pull toward teaching led him to mentoring — and in 2020, into full-time career coaching, guided by a simple idea: don’t follow someone else’s path.
Ethan Evans
Founder and Career Expert, Self Employed
Build your own entrepreneurial path
Building a permissionless path
Diego Rubio watched his dad lose his business and leave home to work in the oil fields. He later dropped out of college, and chose what he calls the “permissionless path.” He launched a recruiting company. Now, he helps rural entrepreneurs use AI to build businesses from home, so families don’t have to choose between opportunity and staying together.
Diego Rubio
Senior Program Manager, Entrepreneurship, Center for Rural Innovation
Fired as a doorman, he built a 7-figure laundry business
John Henry stopped climbing the “traditional” ladder and built his own, turning his dad’s dry-cleaning hustle into a modern wash and fold by age 21. The lesson: what you were taught to hide might be your edge.
John Henry
Head of Insurance at OutRival
Lead your team to find their path
Instead of mandates, Walmart gave teams permission to experiment
Rather than pushing AI tools down from HQ, Walmart is allowing in-store teams to experiment, run pilots, and share best practices from people who know the customer best. The result? Scaling innovation from the ground up.
A message from Aneesh Raman
Aneesh offers a helpful way to think about your work in the age of AI—by grouping tasks into what AI can handle on its own, what you can do with AI’s support, and what still depends on human judgment and creativity.
Use the career change checklist below to reflect on these categories and explore how they can inform your next career move.
Your career change checklist
10 easy things to do to get started.
Stay connected with your network
AI can amplify connection, but it can’t replace it. Use the My Network tab on LinkedIn to stay engaged, reconnect with past colleagues, and spark meaningful conversations.
Explore AI tools
Sign up for one free AI tool or trial and try it on a real task this week.
Start small and automate one task
Use AI to draft or improve one email, document, or presentation, and hand off one repetitive task this week.
Build AI learning into your routine
Block 30 minutes each week to learn or test new AI workflows. Explore research and insights on AI at work.
Invest in human skills
Strengthen the core human skills that outlast any tech shift like communication, creativity, and curiosity. Bonus for premium members: Learn more from Aneesh Raman.
Add your new verified skills to your profile
Add third-party verified skills like Descript, Lovable, and more to showcase proven expertise and stand out to recruiters.
Share how you’re using AI
Share how you’re using AI with your manager, team, or LinkedIn network to build credibility and help others learn alongside you.
Add your Open to Work badge
Careers aren’t linear and staying open matters. Signal your availability to recruiters discreetly or publicly and let the right opportunities find you.
Search beyond titles
AI is changing roles faster than titles can keep up. Search in natural language and find opportunities aligned to what you actually want to do next.
Resources to help navigate your path and feel inspired
Ready to take control of your career?
Open to Work, a New York Times bestselling book, is available now in bookstores and online.
