Your AI Roadmap: Actions to Expand Your Career, Money, and Joy - Paperback

by Joan Palmiter Bajorek (Author)

As seen at VentureBeat, CES, Forbes, and Harvard Business Review

An uncomfortable truth of the age of AI is that everyone's day job is at risk, but we all still need money. We need to future-proof our careers and finances ASAP.

Your AI Roadmap is not just an advice book, it's a modern blueprint for your career and income. One part modern careers and one part wealth building, this book is your guide to securing financial success.

With humor and data-driven examples, serial entrepreneur, investor, and AI influencer Dr. Joan Palmiter Bajorek provides fresh and tactical career advice as well as ways to expand your income and get your finances in a world where artificial intelligence layoffs are announced daily. With a career in AI, Joan has lost her job in two large AI layoffs. She has built 22 revenue streams and closed business contracts that boost her resilience and path to financial freedom.

Playful, inclusive, and real, Your AI Roadmap includes frameworks and exercises that shows you how to:

• Learn financial literacy, saving versus investing, and money management
• Ride the workforce waves, even when your career isn't smooth sailing
• Set meaningful goals using clinically validated methods to achieve them
• Own your story and accomplishments and confidently communicate them
• Build, grow, and optimize your personal brand online
• Expand your network through coffee chats and modern people-first techniques
• Uncover the three-step recipe for financial independence
• Find joy, confidence, and meaning by crafting your own AI roadmap

Whether you're early in your career or rebooting for a second act, this book is perfect for anyone from the classroom to the board room, including college grads, executives, pivoters, managers, directors, investors, founders, entrepreneurs, parents, and career counselors. Your AI Roadmap is your essential guide for career and money through the age of AI.

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Praise for YOUR AI ROADMAP

"Joan's message is visionary and practical, and everyone is invited."
--Rebecca Evanhoe, Visiting Assistant Professor, Pratt Institute

"Dr. Bajorek is one of the most driven and high-achieving AI leaders I know. She's got a knack for closing 6- to 8-figure deals, building community, and empowering others to reach their goals."
--Marion Desmazi?res, Portfolio Development, M12 Microsoft's Venture Fund

"As a Person of Color, I deeply resonate with the idea that crucial information is often hidden for marginalized communities. It's a must-read for anyone wanting to enhance their financial literacy and knowledge in the age of AI."
--Miguel Angel Velasco, Social Worker

"This book is another tool in your arsenal to quiet the trolls in your mind who tell you you're not good enough."
--Stacey Gordon, Executive Advisor, Rework Work

"I wish I could have referenced it during those pivotal moments in my career journey."
--Meera Patel, Industrial Engineering Student, University of Washington

"Joan's voice is extremely clear, hopeful, and inclusive--a rare find! I enjoyed the personal finance stories, jokes, and down to earth grounded advice. Her advice is on-point and I would happily recommend it to friends and clients alike as a starting point."
--Jenni Monahan, Vice President, Private Wealth Management, Bernstein

Author Biography

Dr. Joan Palmiter Bajorek
Entrepreneur, investor, and AI influencer, Dr. Joan Palmiter Bajorek is a global AI leader known for technical and social innovation. She has held CEO, VP, and advisory roles at startups and enterprises including Clarity AI, Nuance, VERSA, and Edwards Lifesciences. Joan is the Founder of Women in Voice, a 501(c)(3). Her work has been featured at CES, VentureBeat, Harvard Business Review, Adobe XD, and Google I/O. Dr. Bajorek holds a PhD in the field of multimodal AI from the University of Arizona and lives in Seattle, WA.