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The future of work is not science fiction. It’s happening right now — quietly, rapidly, beneath the surface of corporate boardrooms. And the job at the center of this revolution is one most executives have never even heard of:
Forward Deployed Engineers (FDEs).
While some companies are still debating AI governance frameworks and writing 40-page PowerPoints, the real action — the real transformation — is happening on the ground. FDEs at Palantir, Cohere, Anthropic, OpenAI and dozens of hyper-growth startups are embedding with customers, building prototypes in days instead of quarters, and translating impossible workflows into scalable AI solutions.
And here’s the shockwave:
📈 170 million NEW jobs by 2030.
📉 92 million jobs disappearing.
= +78 million net new roles, many of them hybrid, human-centered, and deeply underestimated.
In this episode, Malcolm breaks down why FDEs have become the fastest-growing role in AI (800% YoY), how companies like John Deere, Tesla, Amazon and global banks are using them to unlock billions in operational value, and why this role fundamentally proves one thing:
Humans are not being replaced. Humans are being upgraded.
This episode goes beyond hype. It’s a grounded, data-driven look at AI adoption, the real tasks disappearing, the new skills emerging, and why the companies that refuse to invest in FDE-style talent will lose entire markets to competitors who move faster, learn faster, and deploy faster.
If you want to understand the real future of AI work — not the headlines, but the mechanics — this is the episode.
Key Topics Covered🔹 The Rise of the Forward Deployed EngineerShip First. Study Later.
Get your team to working AI workflows by Week 2, or 100% refund — no questions asked.
Start here → https://www.werchota.ai/ai-fit-academy
By Malcolm WerchotaThe future of work is not science fiction. It’s happening right now — quietly, rapidly, beneath the surface of corporate boardrooms. And the job at the center of this revolution is one most executives have never even heard of:
Forward Deployed Engineers (FDEs).
While some companies are still debating AI governance frameworks and writing 40-page PowerPoints, the real action — the real transformation — is happening on the ground. FDEs at Palantir, Cohere, Anthropic, OpenAI and dozens of hyper-growth startups are embedding with customers, building prototypes in days instead of quarters, and translating impossible workflows into scalable AI solutions.
And here’s the shockwave:
📈 170 million NEW jobs by 2030.
📉 92 million jobs disappearing.
= +78 million net new roles, many of them hybrid, human-centered, and deeply underestimated.
In this episode, Malcolm breaks down why FDEs have become the fastest-growing role in AI (800% YoY), how companies like John Deere, Tesla, Amazon and global banks are using them to unlock billions in operational value, and why this role fundamentally proves one thing:
Humans are not being replaced. Humans are being upgraded.
This episode goes beyond hype. It’s a grounded, data-driven look at AI adoption, the real tasks disappearing, the new skills emerging, and why the companies that refuse to invest in FDE-style talent will lose entire markets to competitors who move faster, learn faster, and deploy faster.
If you want to understand the real future of AI work — not the headlines, but the mechanics — this is the episode.
Key Topics Covered🔹 The Rise of the Forward Deployed EngineerShip First. Study Later.
Get your team to working AI workflows by Week 2, or 100% refund — no questions asked.
Start here → https://www.werchota.ai/ai-fit-academy