Before joining this AI Mastery I had spent most of my life in IT, mostly as a Programmer/Analyst. Read about AI and being somewhat unconvinced about the usefulness of the technology. Then Vishen said something that got my attention one day. That those who do not study AI, "will be replaced by those who do."
I have been challenged in ways that I have not been since college a long time ago. And that is a good thing. This mastery has given me back something that I thought that I could never get back, a sense of wonder and curiosity. I have discovered that I have many new ideas for project that I want to explore and build instead of just being retired.