Models in spreadsheets Reading markets Presenting to people with money

• Ankur WarikooLeft a PhD to start over
• Sundar PichaiMetallurgy graduate to Google CEO
• Indra NooyiChennai to PepsiCo CEO
• Leena NairEngineer to Chanel CEO
• Falguni NayarLeft banking at 50 to start Nykaa
• Nithin KamathCall-centre nights to Zerodha
• Asha SharmaMarketing to product to running Xbox

• WEF expects 170 million jobs created and 92 million displaced by 2030Big data, fintech and AI/ML specialists grow fastest and clerical work shrinks fastest; graphic designers now appear among the decliners while UI/UX designers grow, so aim for the judgement-heavy end of any field.
• ILO: one in four jobs worldwide has some exposure to generative AIClerical work is the most exposed and the ILO expects most jobs to be transformed rather than replaced, so move away from the routine slice of any office job.
• Microsoft study: writers, journalists, data scientists and web developers are among the jobs AI applies to mostIf most of a job is finding, writing or explaining information, AI already does part of it; the authors stress this is not a forecast of job loss, so build the parts it can’t do: judgement, people and hands-on work.
• India hosts over 1,700 global capability centres employing over 1.9 million peopleGlobal companies run their own technology and business teams in India, a large employer beyond IT services firms, so aim at GCCs as well as campus placements.
• RBI publishes the FREE-AI framework for AI in financeRBI’s committee set 7 principles and 26 recommendations for using AI in finance, so people who understand models, risk and audit gain an edge.

• Chartered accountantKeep companies honest about their money
• EntrepreneurStart something and make it work

1. Bingy's career notes (hand-written for the prototype; salaries are rough ranges)Estimate
   As of 2026-10-15

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