FDE tops fastest-growing engineering roles; builder bets on AI FDE over AI SWE
ivory_tang · x · 2026-11-12
Lenny cites data showing the fastest-growing engineering roles: 1. FDE, 2. hardware engineer, 3. AI engineer, 4. security engineer. ivorytang argues you should build an AI FDE in a world where everyone is building an AI SWE.
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