Track 02 · Build your career
FDE Track
Is it for you?
- You can code and want real projects, not tutorials.
- You want to build software for real customers.
- You want your engineering career to move faster.
You Leave With
The skills and projects for an FDE role
The 4 steps
Skills
Sharpen the engineering the role demands.
Projects
Ship real projects instead of exercises.
Deployment
Take your work to where it is actually used.
Career
Use what you built to go after an FDE role.
What you get
A Path From Skills to Career
A clear route from where your engineering is now to an FDE role.
Hands-On Work
You build and deploy real software instead of finishing exercises.
Practice in the FDE Role
Engineering done close to the customer and the problem they have.
Engineers Beside You
Other people on the same track, building their own careers.
Looking for something else? See the Founder Track
What is 100xFounders?
A programme with 2 tracks. The Founder Track is for people building startups. The FDE Track is for engineers building their careers.
What is the difference between the 2 tracks?
The destination. The Founder Track works towards a startup you built: idea, build, launch, company. The FDE Track works towards an FDE career: skills, projects, deployment, career.
What does FDE mean?
Forward deployed engineer: an engineer who builds software right next to the customer’s problem, instead of far away from it.
Applications
Which track is yours?
Entry is by application. The form takes a few minutes.
The Application Asks For
- 1Which track you want to join
- 2Your name and email address
- 3A few sentences on what you want to build
