58% of Engineers Want FDE Roles, but 90% Lack Upskilling Roadmap: Report
The report says 9 in 10 engineers lack a structured path to FDE roles, even as companies seek more applied AI and customer-facing skills.
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58% of engineers want FDE roles, but 90% lack upskilling roadmap: Report
A report reveals that nearly 58 percent of engineers desire to transition into forward-deployed engineering roles. Despite this interest, nine in ten engineers are not aware of pathways for upskilling. Furthermore, most engineers feel unclear about the FDE role and career advancement opportunities. Indian enterprises are anticipating a growing demand for FDEs by 2030, particularly in multinational companies.
Scaler and CMR Report Highlights India’s Forward Deployed Engineering Skills Gap - Business News Week
India, Oct 22: For most of the industry’s history, an engineer’s focus was writing code. That is changing fast. As enterprises build AI into everyday operations, they increasingly need engineers who can sit with the customer, understand what the business needs, and take an AI solution from idea to deployment. That is the work of […] The post Scaler and CMR Report Highlights India’s Forward Deployed Engineering Skills Gap first appeared on Busine…
Scaler and CMR Report Highlights India’s FDE Career Opportunity
For most of the industry's history, an engineer’s focus was writing code. That is changing fast. As enterprises build AI into everyday operations, they increasingly need engineers who can sit with the customer, understand what the business needs, and take an AI solution from idea to deployment. That is the work of a Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), and it is rapidly becoming one of the most important and coveted roles in India. FDEs help bridge …
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