I know there's a lot of gloom with the MS buyouts and implications for Microsoft
BUT I wanted to remind that there's still massive pull for FDE hiring across the industry, and AI-related infra folks as I hear. Eg Salesforce is hiring FDEs like mad.
Keep up with the cutting edge, and you'll see more demand than if you don't!
Gergely Orosz
@GergelyOrosz
Source: I get inbounds asking for pointers for strong FDE hires or strong AI infra hires every now and then, even though I don't keep tabs on this.
Suggest lennysjobs.com by @lennysan as a good collection of roles currently hiring
Suggest lennysjobs.com by @lennysan as a good collection of roles currently hiring
9:33 PM UTC · Oct 26, 2026 · 49.5K Views
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Gergely Orosz
@GergelyOrosz
Also food for thought on how well it pays
There's demand, but hiring managers are picky
This is not the cloud solutions engineer role many devs assume it is... not at lots of companies
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There's demand, but hiring managers are picky
This is not the cloud solutions engineer role many devs assume it is... not at lots of companies
x.com/davidshimel/st…
FVN STVFF @davidshimel
Data point: as an Agent Engineer (essentially an FDE) at Sierra, I'm making over 2x what I earned as a SWE at Google and Stripe.
8:55 PM UTC · Oct 27, 2026 · 8K Views
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