In AI, the highest earners aren't the most technical people but the best salespeople. A top engineer might get a $100 million offer from OpenAI, but most skilled freelancers on Fiverr earn far less than sales-focused professionals. The move: master sales and marketing, then hire technical talent to build.
The most technical people are not the richest. Now, there's rare exceptions for this, like the $100 million offer with OpenAI, but that's for the elite, the top 0.0001%. The reality is you can go on Fiverr, Upwork, and find a lot of people that are more technical than you who are earning a lot less money. What does this mean? It means the people that sell the best and market the best get paid the most in AI at the moment. Now, you could hire one of these technical people, bring them in-house, have them do the technical side for you. That's a great combination. You're out pitching on the front end, pushing this, selling this, marketing this, and ensuring you're getting paid the best rate. Again, the most technical person isn't the highest paid when it comes to business.
