Former Snowflake CRO States Top Engineers Avoid Forward-Deployed AI Roles

Ex-Snowflake CRO says top engineers don't want this booming AI job

Top engineers want to work on the core product instead of being forward-deployed, ex-Snowflake CRO Chris Degnan said. Maskot/Getty Images Snowflake's former chief revenue officer said the forward-deployed engineer is a "glorified professional services person." Top engineers would rather work on the core product than be an FDE, Chris Degnan said. Google and OpenAI have staffed up on FDEs as the role balloons in popularity. Investor Chris Degnan is pouring cold water on one of the buzziest jo...