Forward Deployed Verifier will soon be as valuable as FDE, argues poster
vaibhavbetter · x · 2026-11-02
The poster argues that the Forward Deployed Verifier role will soon become as valuable—or more—than the Forward Deployed Engineer, because judgment rooted in domain expertise and experience is the capability that will be 'modelled away' last. In other words, once models can do the building, the scarce skill is verifying whether the output is right.
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