[philomath_mn]

AI bills are already trivial compared to human time. I pay for claude max, all I need to do is save an hour a month and I will be breaking even.

[oblio]

$200h * 8 * 5 * 4 * 12 = $384 000 per year.

You're like in the top 0.05% of earners in the software field.

Of course, if you save 10 hours per month, the math starts making more sense for others.

And this is assuming LLM prices are stable, which I very much doubt they are, since everyone is price dumping to get market share.

[CMCDragonkai]

Across most anglosphere countries and tech cities - wages and salaries far outstrip what you can get for AI. AI is already objectively cheaper than human talent in rich countries. Is it as good? Yea I'd say it's better than most mid to junior engineers. Can it run entirely by itself? No, it still needs HITL.

[lumost]

The percentages in the field are skewed, FAANG employ a vast number of engineers.

[byzantinegene]

on the other hand, it could also you mean you are overpaid