AI-proof jobs of the future: inference, agentic AI, and FDE roles
ashishllm · x · 2026-09-16
Amid warnings of whole LOB departments being cut from senior directors to entry level, the author predicts three AI-proof roles: LLM Inference Engineer, Agentic AI Engineer, and Forward Deployed Engineer. The quoted post advises keeping connections alive, building a 6-month financial cushion, avoiding big purchases, and upskilling in agentic coding and end-to-end pipelines.
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