Changelog

This is the dated list of changes to fdeclub.ch, the site of FDE Club, the community for forward deployed engineers in Switzerland. Each entry has a date and says in a line or two what changed for visitors and members. The newest entry is first.

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  • The guide to the role now answers five more questions: how a forward deployed engineer differs from a solutions engineer, a sales engineer, a consultant and a software engineer, who hires for the role, and what published sources say about pay. Every figure names its source.
  • The first three field notes were written: on the difference from solutions engineering, on what postings in Switzerland ask for, and on preparing for an interview. Each has a source list, a Markdown version and an entry in the feed.
  • The library grew to eleven entries. Each links to the original and carries a short note from the club.
  • Every role on the roles list was read again on the employer's own careers system. A posting that could not be found there is not listed.
  • Events got their pages: a list, a page per event with a calendar file, and a way to ask for a place.
  • The member directory and member profiles were built. A member chooses what the directory shows.
  • A page for offering a talk was added.
  • The site now calls FDE Club a community, and the about page says who runs it.
  • Public pages now count page views with the web analytics of the host, with no cookie. The privacy notice says so.

  • The first version of fdeclub.ch was built: the home page, the membership page with its questions, the guide to the role, the roles list for Switzerland, the about page, the house rules and the legal pages.
  • The roles list can be downloaded as JSON and as CSV. Every row links to its source and shows the day it was last checked.
  • Applying was built. An account is made with a passkey, GitHub, LinkedIn or a code sent by email, and has no password. A person reads every application.
  • The pages meant to be cited got a Markdown version. The site got a sitemap and the two text files that describe it to language models.

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