Forward Deployed Engineer = Consultant

I will not allow Palantir to extend their reality distortion field to me. They are consultants. They are also engineers. Other places call them FEs. But they didn't invent some new class of engineering, they just rebranded one.

>They are consultants. They are also engineers.

Good lord the egos must be massive.

Reality distortion, or they're just using military terminology?

One and the same. It would be like if I tried to call my product Tactical Software as a Service

It would still only be software as a service, but I would just brand it in a way to make it more appealing to certain buyer personas without any actual investment or commitment on my part.

What's wrong with that?

Nothing, their argument is that it’s not worth adopting Palantir’s marketing wording.

When applying strange military terminology to something clearly non-military, is that not a distortion of reality?

As opposed to the more commonly known 'Reverse Deployed Engineer', who sits behind the product manager who can deal with the goddamn customers so the engineers don't have to.

The product manager deals with the god damn customers so the engineers don't have to. He has people skills; he is good at dealing with people. Can't you understand that? What the hell is wrong with you people?!?