If you are looking for a job right now, one number deserves your attention.<\/p>\n
Tech job postings grew about 13% this year.<\/p>\n
Postings for one role grew more than 1,000%.<\/p>\n
The role is called Forward Deployed Engineer, or FDE.<\/p>\n
A company buys an AI product. The FDE goes inside that company, connects the AI to their old systems, writes the software, and stays until it works.<\/p>\n
Median advertised salary: over $188,000. A regular software engineer: about $145,000. Lightcast data, reported by Fortune on September 3.<\/p>\n
Now the part that matters for you.<\/p>\n
Look at what companies are paying extra for. Not more code. A person who can code, understand a business, and work with the people inside it.<\/p>\n
You do not need the FDE title to use this. Three small steps.<\/p>\n
Pick one industry you already know. Insurance, retail, healthcare, banking. Your experience is an advantage.
\nBuild one small AI solution for a real problem in that industry. Start to finish. Something that works, not a certificate.
\nShow it. When you apply, lead with what you built and the problem it solved.<\/p>\n
One caution. One fast growing role will not fix the job market, and nobody switches careers overnight. It takes practice and an employer willing to give a chance.<\/p>\n
But the direction is clear. Companies adopting AI need people who can make it work.<\/p>\n
If you are hiring right now, what skill are you struggling to find?<\/p>\n
Krishna Lakamsani | Serial Entrepreneur | Investor | I write at the intersection of AI, capital, and the future of the human job market,\u2028sharing my life lessons, reflections, and honest takes from the founder-investor’s seat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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