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CharlieDigitalyesterday at 2:25 PM1 replyview on HN

You're a content creator; you define your revenue stream.

Uber engineers do not define their revenue stream; the product leadership team does.

$1500/mo of AI spend by engineers does not equate to revenue. They need to figure out revenue first before zeroing in on AI spend.


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Daishimanyesterday at 7:09 PM

$18K a year is a fraction of the salary of a junior engineer.

Claude has allowed me to do refactors that would have taken weeks to instead take a couple of days. It has, objectively, increased the velocity of the engineering component of greenfield features by 40% in my org. You can put a number value on that and decide if it gives you favorable ROI.

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