Guides
Long-form, sourced guides on the Forward Deployed Engineering role. Each opens with a direct answer and closes with FAQs.
Straight answers
Guide questions
What do the FDE guides cover?
Seven long-form guides that follow the role end to end: what the job is, the skills it needs, the interview, the portfolio, certification options, production delivery, and hiring FDEs. Each guide opens with a direct answer and cites its sources with check dates.
Are the guides free to read?
Yes. Every guide, the roadmap, 40 supporting articles and the glossary are readable without an account. Membership is optional and only stores progress.
Are the guides available in Turkish?
Eight guides are published in Turkish under /tr, including the definition, skills, interview, portfolio and hiring guides. The remaining guides are English-first while translation continues, and every page links to its counterpart when one exists.
How current are the guides?
Each guide shows an updated date and a tech-checked date, and lists its sources with the date each was checked. Claims that depend on external hiring or tooling practice are re-checked before publication and when the page changes.
Do the guides replace the course?
No. The guides explain the role and its context; the free Foundations course teaches the craft through 48 lessons and 24 practice tasks. Reading both together maps the role, then builds the skills.