It's an extra 18k a year for developer tools when they're paying how much a year per developer? Having software developers at all isn't cheap.

Also, I don't believe you need to spend $1500 a month on a coding agent if you optimize usage at all.

ecshafer 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

$18k a year is a non starter in most companies. Ive seen companies balk at Intellij.

mrweasel 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

That depends on where you are. $18K is the equivalent of paying around 15% more for your developer.

	▲	ricardobayes 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		In hcol locations yes, but in south of spain you can get full time talent for that figure. It's also an entry-level salary in eastern europe, with ukraine and turkey even being somewhat cheaper.