The AI boom has created a new class of rock stars. Engineers and researchers specialized in the all-important technology are landing huge pay packages as companies, desperate to gain an edge over rivals, outbid each other for scarce talent.
In a recently published article, Fortune reporter Sharon Goldman gives a fascinating account of this all-out war within the tech industry. She tells how top recruits are showered with multimillion-dollar stock grants and personally wooed by well-known CEOs, including Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg.
The takeaway: It pays—quite well, it turns out—to be an AI nerd.