Paul ReinheimerFeb 16

If an "AI" company can sell you access to software that will replace a $250k/year software engineer. They're going to charge $249k/year for it.

That's how capitalism works.

Well, they're going to charge $20k/year at first, during the land rush phase. Wait for some competitors to die off. Keep it low a while longer to kill off the incumbents. Then it'll jump up a bunch, before finally being even more expensive than the original thing.

See also: Uber & AirBnB.

Show threadPaul ReinheimerFeb 16
Get ready for surge pricing on your developer hours.
Show threadSimonFeb 17
@preinheimer uuuh I might do surge pricing on my consulting hours. This needs a proprietary formula based on weather, caffeine intake, technical debt status of the client project, percentage of time spent in status meetings and moon phase
Show threadslotosFeb 18
@tritone @preinheimer WTFs/hr is a timeless metric.
Show threadSimon
@slotos @preinheimer Well akschually not. It's per hour
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