Anantha Subramaniam

Engineer, Product Manager, IndieHacker and Family Man.

Building FDE Interview Practice tool

[Anantha Subramaniam @pingananth]

@anjanps5 exactly every poster is looking same and it is working in reverse i.e. repelling customers. like the basics of marketing, if you want to pull, stand out and now standing out is not use AI or don't have the output look like AI

[Anantha Subramaniam @pingananth]

@kabirnagral Doing this for a niche area already ( Toastmasters ) which has a specific structure.

https://t.co/0uAQeOs0eT

[Anantha Subramaniam @pingananth]

Yet another week of debating between building and distribution but no one cares to explain how to crack distribution or marketing. what playbooks are working and what isn't. e.g. I see old content creation strategies not working due to AI slop.
Any good resources here to learn?

[Anantha Subramaniam @pingananth]

Note the "Decomposition round".. This is the round where more than 60% rejections happen because engg. jump to conclusions. I have put up a mock fde interview youtube video for this purpose . 👇

https://t.co/ws9qXKKOML

[avrl ☘ @avrldotdev]

Anthropic Forward Deployed Engineer Interview Guide 2026

[Bhanu Teja P @pbteja1998]

There isn't a better validation for https://t.co/HMjWoQP8jq than this... 😀

@MCHQ_AI is exactly like Grok Bot but much better and more mature...

You can use @MCHQ_AI with your existing Subscription like Codex, Claude, Grok, etc.

Every user gets their own Cloud VM assigned specifically to them...

[Anantha Subramaniam @pingananth]

@hnshah By any chance was this recorded?

[Anantha Subramaniam @pingananth]

@gokulr wow, 700 in 28 days is pro level.
Can you share some tactics that helped you?

[Anantha Subramaniam @pingananth]

@jingwangtalk @luisvelasco check if this customer facing tips helps

https://t.co/p9gqUpCYjy

[Anantha Subramaniam @pingananth]

@Shensetta @luisvelasco see if this discovery loops helps

https://t.co/p9gqUpCYjy

[Anantha Subramaniam @pingananth]

@chetangaikwad46 @luisvelasco problem solving is non negotiable

[Anantha Subramaniam @pingananth]

@hamzasaraswat @luisvelasco Great qn as you start with problem first mindset. you can learn this problem decomposition skills from here:

https://t.co/p9gqUpCYjy

[Anantha Subramaniam @pingananth]

@bubu111021 @luisvelasco great skill to have where most SDEs fail. check this out and see if it helps:

https://t.co/p9gqUpCYjy

[Anantha Subramaniam @pingananth]

@Wheres_TheFood_ @luisvelasco prepare for ai architecture, system design and problem decomp / client simulation rounds

[Anantha Subramaniam @pingananth]

@nrvntkk @luisvelasco Great qn. Professional services limit to your product. they won't go above and beyond it. And also they pretty much just implement, config etc. they don't usually extend the platform or productm. FDE does everything including getting data from your other softwares if reqd

[Anantha Subramaniam @pingananth]

@whynesspower @luisvelasco you don't need to learn sales. you need to learn consulting / problem discovery skills. sales need persuasion, consulting need empathy. slightly different

[Anantha Subramaniam @pingananth]

@Teddeny2 @luisvelasco Consulting skills along with technical skills and soft skills in general

[Anantha Subramaniam @pingananth]

@JigneX @luisvelasco Trade offs , scoping, decision making under pressure are all the soft skills required exactly to become an FDE.

check this out if you want to learn them:

https://t.co/p9gqUpCYjy

[Anantha Subramaniam @pingananth]

@BSnisar @luisvelasco If you are interested in learning about product discovery, give this a try :

https://t.co/p9gqUpCYjy

[Anantha Subramaniam @pingananth]

@jessielbb21 @luisvelasco Focus on learning consulting mindset and problem solving skills in addition to technical skills. The number 1 thing most SDEs miss.

[Anantha Subramaniam @pingananth]

@rdjooo @luisvelasco a standard workforce has to practice problem solving skills in addition to technical skills to become proficient FDE and that's exactly where most Dev's miss.