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Java backend developer to FDE: services skill, client-facing gap
A Java backend developer is one of the more natural candidates for forward deployed engineering (FDE) at a professional level: you already build services, contracts and failure handling, which is what AI agents call.…
IT support engineer to FDE: tickets, scripts and client calls
An IT support engineer can move into forward deployed engineering (FDE) because the job already involves the two halves FDE combines: fixing a live problem for a specific user, and explaining it to someone who is not…
IT services trainee offer vs analytics startup offer: a worksheet
If you hold two offers, a trainee role at a large IT services firm and an analyst role at a small analytics startup, compare them on the things that decide your first two years: whether you'll actually work with data…
Calculate billable utilisation from an IT services timesheet
Billable utilisation is billable hours divided by available hours, where available hours are the period's working days, minus holidays and each person's approved leave, times the standard day. Compute it from a…
From IT services delivery to FDE: what carries over and what doesn't
If you have spent years in IT services delivery, much of what forward deployed engineering asks for is already familiar: client stakeholders, unfamiliar environments, change requests and acceptance sign-off. What…
IT services bench ageing and shadow allocation: where margin leaks
Bench ageing in an IT services firm is the number of days each unallocated person has gone since their last billable assignment ended, or since joining if they have never been placed. It belongs beside two other numbers…
Is a Generative AI add-on worth it? When yes and when no
A Generative AI add-on is worth it when you already have working Python or SQL, your target role actually involves building or evaluating AI features, and you will finish with a tested project you can explain. It is…
Does winning the toss matter at IPL venues? A Cricsheet project
Commentators say the toss decides matches at some grounds. This project tests that claim with Cricsheet's IPL match files. It estimates how often the toss winner goes on to win, overall and at each venue, with…
IPL death-over bowling economy from Cricsheet ball-by-ball data
Economy rate in the last five overs of an IPL innings is one of the most quoted and most misunderstood bowling numbers. This project computes it properly from Cricsheet's ball-by-ball files: runs charged the way…
Interviewing while serving notice: planning your dates and risks
Interviewing while serving notice can work in your favour, because employers with urgent roles may prefer candidates who can join soon, but it also puts a deadline on your income. Before resigning without an offer, plan…
Interview day at an NCR IT park or SEZ: gate-to-desk checklist
In-person interviews in Delhi NCR are often held inside an office campus or a Special Economic Zone, with security at the outer gate, again at the tower, and once more at the company's floor. The candidates who arrive…
Internships during college: how many, which year, what each proves
Aim for two or three internships across college, each chosen to add a new kind of evidence: a first exposure to real data, then an analysis you own, then work close to the job you want. The summer after second year and…
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