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OpenAI pays $785K/year to developers who know how to apply Forward Deployed Engineering in AI. in 40-minute talk, Head of FDE at OpenAI revealed full roadmap for how they actually use FDE internally: • 10% → 2:46 - why Morgan Stanley was their first FDE case • 30% →...

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me_cool_off1 month ago

i'll be watching this while sipping milk and eating cookies

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Codez1 month ago

Happy this topic caught your attention. More is coming.

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DEFCON11 month ago

@coder0214h come and see roadmap

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Alpha Batcher1 month ago

$785k/year so big money

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Codez1 month ago

Yeah, so true, bro. But I don’t think OpenAI pays for it for no reason. FDE is actually really hyped right now.

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starmex1 month ago

both anthropic and openai paying $785k for this role, the market is speaking

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Codez1 month ago

Yeah. This is true bro

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rewind1 month ago

fde turns demos into production

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Codez1 month ago

Yeah, this is how the future of engineering should look!

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African Talent Plug - ATP 🔌1 month ago

@dre_kwasi

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Gentlechessman1 month ago

eval-driven engineering is the missing piece for most AI builders. Even for simple workflows—like turning long-form videos into viral Shorts in 3 mins—without proper evals, the output gets noisy fast. FDE principles are a must-read for anyone building practical AI toolkits.

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Fokki1 month ago

40 min of smart content

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Codez1 month ago

Tier 1 content, I’d say. By the person who actually ships FDE at the world’s #1 AI company.

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Alex1 month ago

Tier 1 video about FDA

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Codez1 month ago

Yeah. When the Head of FDE at OpenAI talks, I’m listening.

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Kaivorn1 month ago

Forward deployed goldmine at $785K!

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Codez1 month ago

yeah, FDE is crazy !

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Aparna Soneja1 month ago

Great video!

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Rick | DMKTZ | FITzOn1 month ago

honestly wondering if that salary is real or just a rumor floating around ai circles would love to know what the actual day-to-day looks like for these folks

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Chandraprakash Darji1 month ago

"forward deployed engineering" is consulting with a cooler name and better equity math attached.

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TriDung.sol1 month ago

finally someone highlighting the deploymeny gap

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StarHaze1 month ago

$785K at OpenAI here, $785K at Anthropic in @0xMovez's post three minutes earlier. either FDE comp has fully converged across the industry or that number is doing a lot of travelling

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Nurvia1 month ago

The eval driven development part is the real shift. Most teams build first and evaluate later. FDE flips that.

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Chris Schofield1 month ago

@grok summarise

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Trever Jackson1 month ago

This is not the norm guys.

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Mithun Kumar1 month ago

$785k/year" is doing a lot of work here... one comp package isn't a market rate, it's recruiting theater.

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Gregor1 month ago

The Morgan Stanley case being first is the detail I'd pull on. What specifically from that deployment shaped how they structure FDE engagements now?

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AI Mastery Guide1 month ago

$785K for FDE skills shows how valuable real deployment experience is now.

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dhinna ship .ico1 month ago

Morgan Stanley case required embedding engineers for on-site regulatory data handling

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Rohit1 month ago

That's a solid salary for anyone good at that! Sounds like a really interesting talk.

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Granite1 month ago

fde isnt new, palantir did it for years but everything else in here is actually gold

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