The FDE model has a cool story starting at Palantir. It’s also why so many startups come out of Palantir. They build in ambiguous environments, have to iterate on the product, and provide value fast to the customer.
Most don’t realize, but there’s been 4 different waves/eras of the role, too.
I did find the salary range to be a little less when I analyzed hundreds of current job openings.
Killer post!
The FDE model has a cool story starting at Palantir. It’s also why so many startups come out of Palantir. They build in ambiguous environments, have to iterate on the product, and provide value fast to the customer.
Most don’t realize, but there’s been 4 different waves/eras of the role, too.
I did find the salary range to be a little less when I analyzed hundreds of current job openings.
Lots of other interesting stuff in a recent deep dive I wrote: https://gtmedownload.substack.com/p/forward-deployed-engineering-101?r=2dk6&utm_medium=ios