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Why this role exists now
Answer "Why does an AI-native editor like Cursor need engineering-grade support rather than a traditional scripted support team?" Use one lesson detail to support it.
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Two forces created this role: a product that changes weekly and a user base growing faster than any headcount plan can follow. Both push support away from scripts and toward engineering.
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The same dimensions that make generic support work are the ones an AI-native editor breaks.
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The flywheel that justifies the seat
Engineering-grade support feeds a flywheel: novel issues get root-caused, the fix becomes a doc or automation, the aggregate becomes roadmap signal and the product gets better, which earns more demanding users - who need engineering-grade support. A TSE who only closes tickets stalls the flywheel. A TSE who builds and feeds signal keeps it spinning.