Big Tech Careers

The Role of Forward Deployed Engineers (FDE) in the AI Era

How FDE role overlaps with Solutions Architect role

Sep 4 • 

Prasad Rao

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August 2025

How ownership can fast track your promotion (Staff Engineer, Meta)

Hey, Prasad here 👋 I'm the voice behind the weekly newsletter "Big Tech Careers."

Aug 28 • 

Prasad Rao

 and 

Sidwyn Koh

13

How BeSA Started and What's Next!

A free mentoring program that helped thousands excel in their cloud careers

Aug 21 • 

Prasad Rao

15

4

How to come on top of re-orgs and manager changes

Learn to navigate re-orgs instead of feeling victimized

Aug 14 • 

Prasad Rao

13

Pre-sales vs Post-sales Solutions Architect

Difference between the roles and the skills set required

Aug 7 • 

Prasad Rao

16

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July 2025

Want to start writing a newsletter? Here's how.

An year of writing newsletter | Learnings from reaching 20K subscribers in 1 year

Jul 31 • 

Prasad Rao

13

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The Future of Solutions Architect Role with Agentic AI

Hey, Prasad here 👋 I'm the voice behind the weekly newsletter "Big Tech Careers."

Jul 24 • 

Prasad Rao

25

2

The Role of a Field Solutions Architect in Product Launches

The role of SA in product pre-launch, launch, and post-launch

Jul 17 • 

Prasad Rao

9

4

How to break into cloud careers when you're stuck in on-premises roles

My Top 3 Pieces of Advice

Jul 3 • 

Prasad Rao

15

June 2025

The role of a Solutions Architect and how they spend their time

Too Many Hats, Not Enough Hours!

Jun 5 • 

Prasad Rao

21

May 2025

Your journey to Big Tech will not be linear

And that's perfectly okay. Even mine wasn't!

May 29 • 

Prasad Rao

13

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Public Speaking - a skill should develop

Here is how!

May 8 • 

Prasad Rao

 and 

Ron Melanson

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