xAI and OpenAI are hiring forward-deployed engineers en masse as agentic data workflows eat consulting
teodorio · x · 2026-10-23
The author notes the only parties reaching out have been xAI, making him bullish on Cursor. He argues xAI and OpenAI are both hiring forward-deployed engineers like crazy because everyone is becoming a data engineer: legacy consultancies charge millions per year for "digital transformations" with no results, while a few tens of thousands per month can get clients up to speed with the latest agentic data workflows.
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