There is a new category of jobs quietly emerging in the tech world. It doesn’t require you to live in Silicon Valley, and it doesn’t require a traditional corporate resume.
What it does require is deep domain expertise and the ability to teach artificial intelligence how to think.
Over the last four months, I’ve made $37,000 working on Mercor, a platform that connects experts with top-tier AI labs. I am currently a top performer at one of the leading AI training data companies and rank in the top 10% of earners.
This is my first article breaking down exactly how this ecosystem works—and more importantly, how you can break into it.


