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Forward Deployed Engineer = Consultant I will not allow Palantir to extend their reality distortion field to me. They are consultants. They are also engineers.
by throwaway5752 1y ago
Forward Deployed Engineer = Consultant
I will not allow Palantir to extend their reality distortion field to me. They are consultants. They are also engineers. Other places call them FEs. But they didn't invent some new class of engineering, they just rebranded one.
- geetee 1y agoReality distortion, or they're just using military terminology?
- throwaway5752 1y agoOne and the same. It would be like if I tried to call my product Tactical Software as a Service It would still only be software as a service, but I would just brand it in a way to make it more appealing to certain buyer personas without any actual investment or commitment on my part.
- geetee 1y agoWhat's wrong with that?
- jrvarela56 1y agoNothing, their argument is that it’s not worth adopting Palantir’s marketing wording.
- boston_clone 1y agoWhen applying strange military terminology to something clearly non-military, is that not a distortion of reality?
- djeastm 1y ago>They are consultants. They are also engineers. Good lord the egos must be massive.
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- dogman144 1y ago“Forwarded deployed” is just national security jargon adopted by to a tech co, as I recall.