Most forward-deployed engineers are solving fake problems, argues AI practitioner
IgorCarron · x · 2026-10-06
A practitioner's contested take, endorsed by Igor Carron: most FDEs solve BS problems. Enterprise workflows were designed around people, not agents; real AI gains require rebuilding the org chart; execs lack incentives to do it. So FDEs automate a status quo that is easy to sell but doomed. She also questions whether FDEs on critical workflows get real trade secrets, or learn anything repeatable on non-essential ones.
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