How do I leverage my niche skills to climb the company ladder?
I am a fresh graduate and was absorbed by an international company after my internship. I major in AI and at my country it is quite niche yet. On the team that Id be working with, they barely have any AI background. They had training but the PoC for the AI system that was proposed to the shareholders are made by me, alone and Yes, as an intern. I am not someone with years of experience but I know I am good at this field. I started programming at 8th grade and started professionally at 9th grade.
The main problem now is i will be continuing that project as soon as I start together with the team. That means that I have to discuss things to everyone, possibly how I made this and that, the thought process behind and etc…
Now the thing is I don’t want that, I want to leverage this skill and use it to my advantage. I don’t want to teach everyone the skill that boosts my worth to the company. I want to climb the ladder but how do I work from here on out considering that I have a skill that is so niche but yet so important and impactful at this state of the world.
Posted Jul 3, 2026, 6:23 PM UTC