Daybreak

Back in 2019, an ed-tech called Scaler Academy decided to do for tech education what Masters’ Union did for the traditional MBA. 

The tech-upskilling platform launched in 2019 with a simple pitch: take AI, machine learning, and data science courses, get placed at top tech firms, and make a lot more money.

But five years later, that formula is breaking down. The very thing Scaler trained people in—AI—is making it redundant.

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