I've seen Forward Deployed Engineer coming up a lot more lately and was curious to understand more about the origin.

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The best frontline eng managers in the world are the ones that are never more than 2-3 years removed from hands-on work, full time down in the trenches. The best individual contributors are the ones who have done time in management.

And the best technical leaders in the world are often the ones who do both. Back and forth. Like a pendulum.

When the data and the anecdotes disagree, the anecdotes are usually right.