Forward Deployed Earnings

No. 3 · August 19, 2026

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Stuff that inspired this week’s comic

• Forward-deployed engineers are the AI industry’s latest talent obsession (TechCrunch)

• r/ProductManagement - My PM role seems to be quite... threatened. My company has been exploring Forward Deployed Engineers… (Reddit)

• I was asked recently what are the top reasons AI stalls inside companies (X@clairevo)