I started at Microsoft as an executive assistant and pivoted to an AI role. I don't regret my English degree.

Brit Morenus worked a contract role at Microsoft for five and a half years.

Brit Morenus

• A Microsoft employee transitioned from being an executive assistant to a role in AI gamification.
• Brit Morenus said she spent a year upskilling when she switched from marketing to gamification.
• She said she now leverages her English degree to understand the inner workings of AI.

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Brit Morenus, a 37-year-old senior AI gamification program manager...