About this episode

The episode discusses seven essential AI skills that will ensure employability in the future job market, featuring insights from leaders in major AI companies.

Job postings with AI skills now pay $18,000 more per year (Lightcast, 2025). By 2030, 39% of today's skills will be outdated. These are the ones that won't. So I asked the people building these AI tools and working inside the biggest AI companies in the world — what skills will make you irreplaceable in the AI era? From every conversation, 7 skills kept coming up — the ones that actually keep you employable, valuable, and ahead of everyone else. I asked Amjad Masad (CEO, Replit) how to actually get good at prompting. Mike Krieger (Instagram co-founder, now CPO at Anthropic) showed me how solo founders run lean companies with AI workflows. Reid Hoffman (LinkedIn co-founder) explained why creative thinking is the one thing AI still can't copy. And Mustafa Suleyman (CEO, Microsoft AI) told me what he's teaching his kids that matters more than any app. Topics: AI skills 2026, high income skills, AI careers, Replit, Anthropic, Microsoft AI, LinkedIn, Amjad Masad, Mike Krieger, Reid Hoffman, Mustafa Suleyman, future of work, prompt engineering More from the Silicon Valley Girl: Newsletter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://siliconvalleygirl.beehiiv.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instagram…

People in this episode

Host: Marina Mogilko

Guests: Amjad Masad, Mike Krieger, Reid Hoffman, Mustafa Suleyman

Topics covered

• AI skills 2026
• high income skills
• AI careers
• future of work
• prompt engineering

Keywords

• AI skills
• job market
• employability
• prompting
• creative thinking
• AI workflows
• future of work

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Replit, Anthropic, LinkedIn, Microsoft AI

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