[jimbobimbo]

"Forward Deployed Engineer" is a bodyshop with LLM.

[Squeeeez]

Weell, you probably don't want to serve "Backwards Deployed Engineers" to your clients

[jordanb]

Pretty sure this title came from Palentir who got it from the military.

[bigiain]

"Forward Deployed Software Engineer - This role includes working in locations that include risks of getting shot and possibly killed"

[Avicebron]

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.

[dbreunig]

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.