| ▲ | jimbobimbo 5 days ago |
| "Forward Deployed Engineer" is a bodyshop with LLM. |
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| ▲ | Squeeeez 5 days ago | parent | next [-] |
| Weell, you probably don't want to serve "Backwards Deployed Engineers" to your clients |
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| ▲ | jordanb 5 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Pretty sure this title came from Palentir who got it from the military. |
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| ▲ | bigiain 5 days ago | parent [-] | | "Forward Deployed Software Engineer - This role includes working in locations that include risks of getting shot and possibly killed" | | |
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| ▲ | Avicebron 5 days ago | parent | prev [-] |
| They could just call it "Field Service Tech" like the rest of the universe. I understand using title inflation/deflation to keep pushing the engineer title (and pay expectation) into the dirt, but still, this is dumb. |
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| ▲ | dbreunig 5 days ago | parent [-] | | I also dislike the term. It feels concocted to evoke “tacticool” vibes. Unless you’re pushing new firmware onto a drone in Ukraine, FDE is stolen valor. | | |
| ▲ | gherkinnn 4 days ago | parent | next [-] | | Might I interest you in "In the trenches" and "war stories"? | |
| ▲ | aspenmayer 4 days ago | parent | prev [-] | | Ehh, I don’t think folks are claiming to be active duty or former military personnel, which is the bar for stolen valor accusations in my book. I agree with the sentiment but not with the determination of finding fault. Folks hired for a specific role rarely pick their own job titles. |
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