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Dream job! (lemmy.world)

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[–] Donkter@lemmy.world 29 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

I get that the glib answer will be "so they can make money"

But what is the actual thought process they are pretending to go through here? Cause the experience of being a prompt engineer is not some sought after experience like how people pay to be movie PAs for free or work as an artist assistant.

[–] moog@lemm.ee 2 points 8 hours ago

That people would be so excited to "get their foot in the door of th prompt engineering job market" that theyd pay for the opportunity