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0 pointsco_king_32mo ago0 comments

I don't know about you, but I benefit so much from using Claude at work that I would gladly pay $80,000-$120,000 per year to keep using it.

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gchamonlive2mo ago

Why would you gladly pay more than what it's worth? It's not an engineer you are hiring, it's AI. The whole point of it was to make intelligent workflows cheaper. If it's going to cost as much as an engineer, hire the engineer, at least you'd have an escape goat when things invariably go wrong.

toyg2mo ago

> an escape goat

Autocorrect hall of famer, there.

gchamonlive2mo ago

Scapegoat, got it. Can't blame the autocorrect though... I honestly thought it was spelled like that, which is a shame since I've been studying English my entire life as a second language.

_aavaa_2mo ago

At least that misunderstanding didn’t cause a nuclear accident: https://practical.engineering/blog/2025/4/15/when-kitty-litt...

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ilikepi2mo ago

There's a name for this sort of phenomenon...

https://eggcorns.lascribe.net/english/242/escape-goat/

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lewispollard2mo ago

Etymologically speaking, "scapegoat" does mean "escaped goat" so it's not a crazy mistake to make.

co_king_3OP2mo ago

I agree with you, I was just joking.

gchamonlive2mo ago

Oh now I see... Joke's on me then I guess :D

enobrev2mo ago

It wasn't clear to me that this was a joke either. I assume the same for others since the post is grayed out.

knodi2mo ago

What do you use it for, do you have example? For you to be ok with paying 80k to 120k I'm guessing its making you 375-450k a year?

co_king_3OP2mo ago

I'm joking, my point is that it's already quite expensive and I don't think it's making anyone money.

rahkiin2mo ago

Oh come on. That pays for more than 10 fte in some countries

co_king_3OP2mo ago

I made this joke with "$1,500-$2000 per month" last night and everyone thought I was serious

nine_k2mo ago

I know people who burned several hundreds a day and still were finding it worth it.

co_king_3OP2mo ago

Were they actually making money though? A lot of the people on the forefront of this AI stuff seem like cult leaders and crackheads to me.

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kadushka2mo ago

I would probably pay $2000 a month if I had to - it's a small fraction of my salary, and the productivity boost is worth it.

co_king_3OP2mo ago

It's *worth it* when you're salaried? Compared to investing the money? Do you plan to land a very-high-paying executive role years down the line? Are you already extremely highly paid? Did Claude legitimately 10x your productivity?

edit: Fuck I'm getting trolled

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numpad02mo ago

that means customers will pay minimum 2x that much I think

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gchamonlive2mo ago

toyg2mo ago

> an escape goat

Autocorrect hall of famer, there.

gchamonlive2mo ago

Scapegoat, got it. Can't blame the autocorrect though... I honestly thought it was spelled like that, which is a shame since I've been studying English my entire life as a second language.

_aavaa_2mo ago

At least that misunderstanding didn’t cause a nuclear accident: https://practical.engineering/blog/2025/4/15/when-kitty-litt...

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ilikepi2mo ago

There's a name for this sort of phenomenon...

https://eggcorns.lascribe.net/english/242/escape-goat/

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lewispollard2mo ago

Etymologically speaking, "scapegoat" does mean "escaped goat" so it's not a crazy mistake to make.

co_king_3OP2mo ago

I agree with you, I was just joking.

gchamonlive2mo ago

Oh now I see... Joke's on me then I guess :D

enobrev2mo ago

It wasn't clear to me that this was a joke either. I assume the same for others since the post is grayed out.

knodi2mo ago

What do you use it for, do you have example? For you to be ok with paying 80k to 120k I'm guessing its making you 375-450k a year?

co_king_3OP2mo ago

I'm joking, my point is that it's already quite expensive and I don't think it's making anyone money.

rahkiin2mo ago

Oh come on. That pays for more than 10 fte in some countries

co_king_3OP2mo ago

I made this joke with "$1,500-$2000 per month" last night and everyone thought I was serious

nine_k2mo ago

I know people who burned several hundreds a day and still were finding it worth it.

co_king_3OP2mo ago

Were they actually making money though? A lot of the people on the forefront of this AI stuff seem like cult leaders and crackheads to me.

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kadushka2mo ago

I would probably pay $2000 a month if I had to - it's a small fraction of my salary, and the productivity boost is worth it.

co_king_3OP2mo ago

edit: Fuck I'm getting trolled

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numpad02mo ago

that means customers will pay minimum 2x that much I think

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