Will I Be Paid in Tokens?(tomtunguz.com)
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Will I Be Paid in Tokens?
https://tomtunguz.com/inference-as-compensation/
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$100k?!?! Damn, what were you doing with all of those tokens?
I reposted this here since it's not getting enough attention here: https://outspeaker.com/post/8
indeed. It tells a lot of about token ecosystem
Not sure who this person is but they seem to be a partner at a VC? What could they possibly be spending 100k on? Genuinely curious
It's obvious money is irrelevant to them when they used to have three $200 plans for Claude code, gpt and Gemini which is completely unnecessary for 99.9% of individuals.
Technology companies are adding a fourth component to engineering compensation : salary, bonus, options, & inference costs. Levels.fyi pegs the 75th percentile software engineer salary at $375k. Add $100k in inference & the fully loaded cost is $475k. That’s 21% in tokens.