EPISODE · May 27, 2026 · 26 MIN
S1 E1 · The Economics of the AI Era — GROW by Good Combinator
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Why the collapsing cost of intelligence rewrites who builds — and what an FDE actually is.In Lesson 1.1 of GROW Course 1 (Forward Deployed Engineer Foundations), Doug Liles works through it with you: a clear definition of the Forward Deployed Engineer role and the economic shift that created it.What you'll take awayThe cost-of-intelligence shiftWhat a Forward Deployed Engineer isWhy the role exists nowChapters(0:00) Cold open & the promise(4:21) The cost-of-intelligence shift(8:42) What a Forward Deployed Engineer is(13:03) Why the role exists now(17:24) Where you fit on the track(21:45) The artifact & what to do MondayStudy guide, slide deck, blog companion, infographic (free): fde.goodcombinator.ai/lessonsAudio companion is AI-narrated using NotebookLM. Explainer video is human-produced.ConnectFree FDE library: fde.goodcombinator.aiPaid library and ecosystem: goodcombinator.com/growPodcast: AI for Good — Transforming Communities
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Why the collapsing cost of intelligence rewrites who builds — and what an FDE actually is.In Lesson 1.1 of GROW Course 1 (Forward Deployed Engineer Foundations), Doug Liles works through it with you: a clear definition of the Forward Deployed Engineer role and the economic shift that created it.What you'll take awayThe cost-of-intelligence shiftWhat a Forward Deployed Engineer isWhy the role exists nowChapters(0:00) Cold open & the promise(4:21) The cost-of-intelligence shift(8:42) What a Forward Deployed Engineer is(13:03) Why the role exists now(17:24) Where you fit on the track(21:45) The artifact & what to do MondayStudy guide, slide deck, blog companion, infographic (free): fde.goodcombinator.ai/lessonsAudio companion is AI-narrated using NotebookLM. Explainer video is human-produced.ConnectFree FDE library: fde.goodcombinator.aiPaid library and ecosystem: goodcombinator.com/growPodcast: AI for Good — Transforming Communities
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