A few months ago, I started consulting with an AI platform. Before that, my entire career was in the food industry. Kitchens, shifts, real-world urgency. Not product launches, not SaaS, not AI.
I m also still working toward my business degree, so a lot of this feels like learning to swim by being tossed into the deep end.
What surprised me most wasn t the tech. It was the mental load of building something new. The constant second-guessing. The pressure to say it right. The endless conversations about positioning, trust, and whether people will actually understand the value you re trying to create. I hope others feel encouraged to share their experiences, knowing they're not alone in these struggles.
One thing I ve quickly learned is that users don t struggle because the tools aren t powerful enough. They battle because clarity is fragile. Context gets lost. Confidence erodes fast when answers conflict or feel shaky. That realization has shaped how our team thinks about the work we re doing at CiRQA, but it s also changed how I approach learning in general. Slower. More questions. Less pretending I already know.
