The ADaSci Journal
Field notes for people who ship AI.
504 articles: deep dives on agents and LLM systems, career guides for AI engineers, and case studies from enterprise programmes.
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AI Training for Employees: A Buyer's Guide for L&D Leaders
AI training for employees: role-based needs, formats, outcome measurement, a vendor checklist, credentials vs certificates and real enterprise examples.
Corporate AI Training Cost in India (2026 Guide)
What drives corporate AI training cost in India: formats, cohort size, labs, exam fees and published per-seat prices, with a worked budget example.
Forward Deployed Engineer Interview Questions (2026)
45 forward deployed engineer interview questions grouped by round, from scoping and system design to RAG, security and behavioural, with strong answers.
Forward Deployed Engineer Salary India and US (2026)
Forward deployed engineer salary in India and the US for 2026, by level, with sourced figures, top hiring companies, skills that move pay and career path.
Cypher 2026: Hands-On AI Workshop Pre-Requisites & Technical Setup Guide
Official pre-workshop technical guide for Cypher 2026 Learning Pass holders. Complete your Python 3.11+, Ollama local model downloads, GitHub, and Colab environment setup prior to attending the live sessions.
From PoC to Production
The engineering discipline behind enterprise AI
Loop Engineering for Agentic AI
Loop engineering is the design of controlled AI cycles in which an agent plans, acts, observes, evaluates and repeats until it can safely stop.
The $385K Engineer Who Doesn’t Write Code in a Vacuum: Why the Market is Obsessed with Forward Deployed Engineers (FDEs)
Over 95 percent of enterprise Generative AI pilots stall before reaching production due to CISO security gates, legacy system bottlenecks, and unmonitored token costs. This failure rate has sparked a massive 700 percent hiring surge for Forward Deployed Engineers (FDEs)—client-embedded technical leaders pioneered by Palantir and now actively recruited by OpenAI, Anthropic, Databricks, and Accenture at compensation bands ranging from $180,000 to $385,000+ globally. This article breaks down the three core skill gaps holding developers back—client discovery, zero-trust container security, and agentic orchestration—and outlines how the 1-month ADaSci CFDE Pro Live Incubator bridges these gaps through live masterclasses, line-by-line GitHub code reviews, and four shipped enterprise projects.
Best FDE Course 2026: CFDE vs Bootcamps vs Self-Study
Best FDE course in 2026: compare four Certified Forward Deployed Engineer credentials, Scaler and IIT programmes, and self-study, with INR and USD costs.