As a kid, I have always been fascinated with artificial intelligence and computer science.
I loved movies that featured futuristic technologies and sentient robots, and I would be glued to the screen and thinking of the possibilities in the next few weeks.
Then, I scored a job in the public service working as an engineer, walking the same steps that many of my peers in the same university course did.I felt honoured to be a public servant, and it certainly provided security of tenure that was hard to come by.One year into the job, I began to feel there wasn’t much opportunity for a breakthrough in my career, even though I was comfortable being where I was.
I felt that the longer I stayed in my current career trajectory, the harder it will be to break out of it. By chance, I heard about the Alibaba Talent Programme during my undergraduate studies, a PhD programme by Alibaba and NTU catered to individuals looking to pursue further studies in areas such as AI, machine learning, and cloud computing.
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