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Spending Too Much Money on a Coding Agent

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152 points GavinAnderegg | 4 comments | 01 Jul 25 12:26 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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lvl155 ◴[03 Jul 25 15:11 UTC] No.44455862[source]▶
Is $200/month a lot of money when you can multiply your productivity? It depends but the most valuable currency in life is time. For some, spending thousands a month would be worth it.
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nisegami ◴[03 Jul 25 15:29 UTC] No.44456068[source]▶
My butt needs to be in this chair 8 hours a day. Whether it takes me 20 hours to do a task or 2 doesn't really matter.
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1. artursapek ◴[03 Jul 25 16:30 UTC] No.44456727[source]▶
If you're salaried, you are not a task-based worker. The company pays you a salary for your full day's worth of productive time. If you can suddenly get 5x more done in that time, negotiate a higher salary or leave. If you're actually more productive, they will fight to keep you.
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2. henryfjordan ◴[03 Jul 25 17:16 UTC] No.44457218[source]▶
Your salary is not determined by your productivity, it's determined by market rates. 5X productivity does not mean 5X salary. Employers prey on labor market inefficiencies to keep the market rates low.

Any employer with 2 brain cells will figure out that you are more productive as a developer by using AI tools, they will mandate all developers use it. Then that's the new bar and everyone's salary stays the same.

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3. freehorse ◴[03 Jul 25 17:17 UTC] No.44457224[source]▶
Yeah a 20$ plan is prob enough for the AI slop you need to fill in your 8h working time. Unless you have many projects that require more AI slop that is.
4. chairmansteve ◴[04 Jul 25 05:28 UTC] No.44461375[source]▶
Your salary is determined by whether you play golf with your boss's boss.