One thing that fucks with juniors is the expecration of paying for subscriptions for AI models. If you need to know how the AI tools work, you need to learn them with your own money.

Not everyone can afford it, and then we are at the point of changing the field that was so proud about just needing a computer and access to internet to teach oneself into a subscription service.

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boulos 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

You can get by pretty well with the ~$20/month plans for either Claude or Gemini. You don't need to be doing the $200/month ones just to get a sense of how they work.

	▲	tommica 34 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Again, not everyone can afford it, and it becomes a hurdle. Computers are acquirable, but 20$ extra a month might not be. And yes, that plan can get you started, but when I tested it, I managed to get 1 task done, before having to wait 4 hours.

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ares623 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

If the AI gets so good then they shouldn’t need to pre-learn.