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๐Ÿ‘‹ Welcome to the community โ€” here's your roadmap
Welcome! Forward Deployed Engineers community is built to take you from wherever you are today to becoming a ๐…๐จ๐ซ๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฉ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฒ๐ž๐ ๐„๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ž๐ซ (๐…๐ƒ๐„), one of the highest-paid, highest-demand roles in tech right now.
Don't try to jump into everything at once. Follow this roadmap in order ๐Ÿ‘‡
๐ŸŸข ๐’๐ญ๐ž๐ฉ ๐Ÿ: ๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฅ๐Ÿ
Reply to this post with:
  1. Your background (SWE, data, QA, complete beginner, etc.)
  2. Why FDE, why now
  3. What you want to be able to say you've built 90 days from today
This is how the community gets to know you and how we point you to the right path.
๐Ÿ—บ๏ธ ๐’๐ญ๐ž๐ฉ ๐Ÿ: ๐†๐ž๐ญ ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐
Your roadmap course. Learn what FDEs actually do, assess your current skills, find your gaps, build your first AI-powered solution, and leave with a personalized plan. Start here no matter your background.
๐…๐ƒ๐„ ๐‹๐š๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ก๐ฉ๐š๐: ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐…๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽ ๐ƒ๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ :
https://www.skool.com/fde/classroom/6349d94a?md=8c6b9441980243f697b58759629f5afd
๐Ÿงฑ ๐’๐ญ๐ž๐ฉ ๐Ÿ‘: ๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐œ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ
Every FDE lives and dies by how well they can direct AI. This course takes you from basic prompts to reliably engineering the output you want, a skill you'll use in every course after this.
๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ญ ๐„๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ : ๐…๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐…๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ:
https://www.skool.com/fde/classroom/b3bcc67f?md=a9a19090a6104f62b2e507189318cdf5
Want to sharpen your AI skills further? Once you've got the basics from Step 3, level up with Advanced Prompt Engineering: Build AI Systems.
๐ŸŽฏ ๐’๐ญ๐ž๐ฉ ๐Ÿ’: ๐‚๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ค
Once you know your gaps, pick the course built for your background:
๐Ÿง‘โ€๐Ÿ’ป Software Engineer
SDE to FDE Part 1: Builder to Deployed Engineer โ†’ SDE to FDE Part 2: Trusted Technical Owner
๐Ÿ–ฅ๏ธ Backend Engineer
Backend Engineer โ†’ FDE: Foundations (Part 1) โ†’ Backend Engineer โ†’ FDE: Practitioner (Part 2)
๐Ÿค– AI Engineer
AI Engineer โ†’ FDE | Part 1: Field Foundations โ†’ AI Engineer โ†’ FDE | Part 2: Field Mastery
๐Ÿ› ๏ธ Data Engineer
Data Engineer โ†’ FDE ยท Part 1: Foundations โ†’ Data Engineer โ†’ FDE ยท Part 2: Advanced Mastery
๐Ÿ“Š Data Scientist
Data Scientist โ†’ FDE: The Foundations Course
๐Ÿงช QA / Software Tester
Software Tester โ†’ Forward Deployed Engineer
๐ŸŒฑ Starting from zero / no coding background
The 100-Day Forward Deployed Engineer(FDE) Planner
๐ŸŽจ Creative background
Forward Deployed Creative: Foundations โ†’ Forward Deployed Creative: Practitioner โ†’ Forward Deployed Creative: Expert โ€” Get Hired
๐Ÿ’ฐ Accounting / Finance background
Forward Deployed Accountant: Part 1 Foundations โ†’ Forward Deployed Accountant: Part 2 Pro Program
๐Ÿค Customer-facing / non-technical background
Customer Engineering: Zero to Hire-Ready
Not sure which one fits? Drop a comment on your intro post with your background and we'll point you to it directly.
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