How I Became Irrelevant. And How I Made Myself Relevant Again.

The three-step loop that took me from irrelevance back to relevance: the Do-Fail-Learn Method to become AI fluent.

TL → DR

• Two and a half years ago, a college intern on a consulting job I was working with zero hours in Excel and a $20 ChatGPT subscription completed work in 24 hours that I had blocked 25 to 35 hours to do myself, work built on skills I spent 20 years sharpening.

• Being made irrelevant took 24 hours, and I never got a vote. Deciding to become relevant a…