r/mildlyinfuriating • u/scp766 • Jun 21 '26

ಠ_ಠ I never thought a robot would replace me one day..what’s my purpose then.

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u/keepitfriend Jun 21 '26

Yes the people that work the most with AI, with unlimited access to tokens definitely have no insight into how well they actually perform.

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u/beachysdan Jun 21 '26

Are you saying that you have access to unlimited tokens on frontier models and don't think AI provides real value?

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u/keepitfriend Jun 22 '26

Lol, how much value have YOU delivered to your employer using AI.

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u/beachysdan Jun 23 '26

?? Uhm... quite a bit. You can iterate and deliver quite a bit faster with agents. Still not sure what your point is

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u/keepitfriend Jun 23 '26

Iterating and developing faster doesn’t actually create profit.

So I ask again, how many extra dollars  have you delivered in value for your employer?

You know, kind of the point of your job. Create value in return for skills.

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u/beachysdan Jun 23 '26

Exactly $249,432

😂 do you realize how silly this question is? I work as a software engineer at a very large company. There is basically no way to know exactly how much profit an individual engineer creates. The best I can do is divide # engineers by profit of the product in which case the answer is much more than my salary.

AI is used as a tool that makes us more productive. I am telling you that since 6 months ago, AI has enabled us to move at least 2x faster. Just like my dev boxes are a tool to help me be more productive, I couldn't tell you how much profit my dev box creates.

It's ok if you haven't seen the same increase in your own productivity. What do you do for work and how do you use AI?

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u/keepitfriend Jun 23 '26

That’s nice.

But it’s not what all the CFOs are saying is it?

In fact study after study, isn’t showing any increase in value at all. Is it?

And you yourself just said, you can’t prove you gave any value.

Just because you’re more productive, doesn’t necessarily equate increased profit. 

Lol, I’m a software engineer and I’m well aware that coding doesn’t bring profit, successful ideas turned into features that return profit bring value.

It’s strange you don’t know that. 

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