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Why Forward Deployed Engineers Are the Rage

AI researchers may have the hottest job in tech, but forward-deployed engineers who put the AI to good use are becoming indispensable too. The military-inspired job title, which Palantir began using in the context of business software more than a decade ago, has spread to all corners of the industry. Last week, for instance, Meta formed a new organization involving FDEs that aims to get more advertisers to also use its AI tools. Google Cloud recently said it plans to hire hundreds of FDEs to...

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