03 · A career path The Forward Deployed Specialist
You sit inside a client’s team, in their standups and on their deadlines, and own the step from “someone built a thing” to “the business runs on it.” Then you train someone on their side to take over, and you move on. Making yourself unnecessary is the promotion.
Measured on: rules enforced by the computer, and problems per piece of new work. Both are shared with the client every cycle.
Not measured on: billable hours, ticket counts, or how indispensable you’ve made yourself.
What you’d need: enough engineering depth to be right, and plain enough language to be understood by someone who isn’t technical.
Where you’d be: Kochi, working inside client teams. Some travel, but mostly not.