It also riffs on military terminology which, for better or worse, is "in" right now..","title":null,"type":"comment","url":null},{"author":"bnova","children":[],"created_at":"2026-06-12T18:13:17.000Z","created_at_i":1781287997,"id":48507475,"options":[],"parent_id":48507410,"points":null,"story_id":48507410,"text":"I'd guess it's popularized by Palantir which did the FDE model on a large scale (to great success) though it seems now the competitive landscape for AI implementation is broadening (such as openai implementation partners for ex)","title":null,"type":"comment","url":null},{"author":"Eridrus","children":[],"created_at":"2026-06-12T18:18:13.000Z","created_at_i":1781288293,"id":48507539,"options":[],"parent_id":48507410,"points":null,"story_id":48507410,"text":"Why did we invent the term Data Scientist a decade or so ago to replace Business Analyst?
To try and give the position a rebrand with more prestige and hire better people for it.","title":null,"type":"comment","url":null},{"author":"Bender","children":[],"created_at":"2026-06-12T18:18:49.000Z","created_at_i":1781288329,"id":48507551,"options":[],"parent_id":48507410,"points":null,"story_id":48507410,"text":"Mo said to and people listened [1]
[1] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juHv_Vi4giU","title":null,"type":"comment","url":null}],"created_at":"2026-06-12T18:06:26.000Z","created_at_i":1781287586,"id":48507410,"options":[],"parent_id":null,"points":4,"story_id":48507410,"text":null,"title":"Ask HN: Why is the term forward deployed engineer (FDE) popular all of a sudden?","type":"story","url":null}