Google Engineer Pivots Into AI-Focused Role

Gautami Nadkarni, a customer engineer at Google Cloud, transitioned into an AI and machine-learning specialist role in November 2025 after starting targeted upskilling in late 2024 and making a formal pivot in early 2025. She devoted roughly 20% of her time to learning—earning a GenAI certification, using NotebookLM and automated news digests, and pursuing speaking and networking opportunities—to secure the internal role and handle AI customer issues.