Workflow discovery
Can you observe real work, ask useful questions, map exceptions, and define an outcome before choosing a tool?
0 · none1 · guided2 · independent3 · repeated
Candidate resource
Forward Deployed Engineer Readiness Scorecard + 90-Day Skill Map
Score each dimension from 0 to 3: 0 means no evidence yet, 1 means guided practice, 2 means independent practice, and 3 means repeated evidence in real delivery.
Part 01 · Score yourself
Do not score confidence. Score evidence.
For every rating above zero, write the project, artifact, decision, or result that supports it.
Technical implementation
Can you build, integrate, test, instrument, debug, document, and operate a complete workflow?
0 · none1 · guided2 · independent3 · repeated
AI and software judgment
Can you explain when to use an agent, deterministic logic, an integration, a human decision, or no new technology?
0 · none1 · guided2 · independent3 · repeated
Data and governance
Can you handle permissions, sources, privacy, testing, change control, incidents, and evidence responsibly?
0 · none1 · guided2 · independent3 · repeated
Client communication
Can you write clearly, run a working session, explain tradeoffs, surface risk, and confirm decisions?
0 · none1 · guided2 · independent3 · repeated
Delivery ownership
Can you manage scope, next actions, acceptance criteria, quality, handoff, and the operating measure after launch?
0 · none1 · guided2 · independent3 · repeated
Part 02 · Build the next 90 days
One proof-producing cycle.
Foundation
Choose one role direction, close the highest-risk technical gap, practice workflow discovery, and create one small end-to-end system with tests and documentation.
Simulation
Work from a realistic brief with changing requirements, a stakeholder review, data and access boundaries, acceptance criteria, and a recorded demo.
Delivery evidence
Contribute to a supervised project or credible practicum, then document the problem, decisions, contribution, controls, result, and lessons without exposing client information.
Portfolio evidence
Show how you think and deliver.
What was happening?
Explain the user, workflow, constraint, consequence, and evidence that change was needed.
Why this design?
Show the tradeoffs between people, software, agents, integrations, data, controls, time, and cost.
What did you own?
Separate your work from the team’s work and identify the artifacts you produced.
How was it accepted?
Use tests, reviews, operating measures, user feedback, or documented delivery evidence, not inflated claims.
Use the scorecard to choose your next proof, not your next badge.
Return to the candidate page to join the network or update AIthical.Pro when you have stronger evidence.