> The average SWE costs $200/hr.

And this is how I find out I'm woefully underpaid.

icedchai 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

That "cost" includes all the overhead provided by the company: benefits, rent for offices, utilities, equipment, etc. The average SWE is not taking home anything close to that, outside of Silicon Valley and a few other limited areas.

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jacquesm 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Whatever you are making this year as SWE you'll be making less next year if the current trend in improvement of AI coding aids is going to be sustained. Think about it : programmers used to derive a lot of their value from the fact that it was a hard skill to acquire. My kids can now 'vibe code' stuff faster (and better looking) than what I could come up with as the beginnings of a design plan. And then I still need to implement it.

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alfalfasprout 5 hours ago | parent [-]

There's a massive difference between your kids vibe coding something and an engineer using AI to implement something. If you're unable to discern the difference, that's something to reflect on :)

	▲	throw-the-towel 5 hours ago \| parent [-]
		It doesn't matter if GP is able to discern the difference, it matters if your CEO is forced to care about the difference.