With the explosive rise of generative AI in the past half a year, prompt engineering is the exciting new career that's growing along with it. If you want to get a gig as a professional prompt engineer, we've outlined six skills you need to hone. With professional AI prompt engineering jobs going for $175,000 to well over $300,000 per year, prompt engineering is an attractive gig. But being a good AI prompt engineer involves more than being able to ask leading questions. You need to combine the disciplines of AI, programming, language, problem-solving, and even art to thrive on this career path.