If the actual rate is .9x then it matters a lot.
Or even if it's like 1.1x, is the cost worth the return?
Meta pays $750k+ TC and makes far more profit/eng, do you think they care about $5k/eng/mo in inference? A 1.1x increase would be so significant that it would justify the cost easily, especially when you can just compress comps to make up for it
Do you really think they go on vibes - "welp, this AI thing seems to improve developer performance, I guess. Heck, what's an extra 5k per developer anyways, amirite".
Well, maybe they really do in your neck of the woods. Explains a lot, I guess.
Would it matter?
