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FDE / Applied deploy

Why FDE, decomposition, discovery→MVP, client simulation

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01Why Forward Deployed Engineer — not pure SWE or pure ArchitectStudy →
02Ambiguous customer decomposition (Palantir-style case)Study →
03Customer discovery to production MVP wedgeStudy →
04Client simulation — pushback, bad news, and unblockStudy →
05Production AI deep-dive — evals, cost, guardrails, take-home defenseStudy →
06Enterprise discovery call — "VP wants a chatbot"Study →
07Enterprise deploy — VPC, SSO, hosted vs self-hosted AIStudy →
08Practical FDE coding — production-shaped drillsStudy →

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