From Consultant to AI Specialist

As of 2026-05-29

AI specialty premium: +€100-150K/yr over Senior Datasphere baseline for ~6 months focused upskilling. Five gates: Joule Studio (M052) · Grounding (M054) · EU AI Act (M050) · Bias audit + red-teaming (M057+M059) · Pricing (M060) = ~135 hours. Ship 5 custom skills + 1 grounded RAG + 1 mock dossier + 1 bias report + 1 CFO brief. The artefacts are the rate-band proof. BDC architect pool < 2,000 worldwide vs 10,000+ needed by 2028.