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Spending Too Much Money on a Coding Agent

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152 points GavinAnderegg | 2 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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bad_haircut72 ◴[03 Jul 25 15:30 UTC] No.44456084[source]▶
This is why communism doesnt work lmao
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tough ◴[03 Jul 25 15:36 UTC] No.44456141[source]▶
maybe the issue is capitalism where even if your productivity multiplies x100

your salary stays x1

and your work hours stay x1

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koakuma-chan ◴[03 Jul 25 15:42 UTC] No.44456191[source]▶
But aren't you supposed to be incentivized to work harder by having equity?
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1. tough ◴[03 Jul 25 16:36 UTC] No.44456804[source]▶
As a non-founder / not a VC you max get a few percentage points, and its mostly paper toilet money until there's an exit or IPO, and the founders will always try to squeeze you if they can, not because they're bad people, but because the system incentivises it. (you'll keep getting diluted in future rounds)

tbh, if im gonna bust my ass I'd rather own the thing.

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2. chillingeffect ◴[03 Jul 25 17:42 UTC] No.44457449[source]▶
A recent job offer for a startup was a 5 year vest with a 2 year cliff. Seriously?