It really comes down to personal preference rather than the trends in the job market when comparing those two in-demand skills.
Personally, I'm more drawn to "applied AI engineering" – it's like a blend between data science and product engineering, encompassing areas like vector databases, prompt engineering, agents, chains, and so on. Meanwhile, I'm also picking up modern high-performance languages like Rust and Golang on the side.
Personally, I'm more drawn to "applied AI engineering" – it's like a blend between data science and product engineering, encompassing areas like vector databases, prompt engineering, agents, chains, and so on. Meanwhile, I'm also picking up modern high-performance languages like Rust and Golang on the side.