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Re:GitHub Copilot Coding Agent by shepherdjerred on Monday May 19, 2025 @04:59PM (#44034783)
$15 in an evening sounds like a great deal when you consider the cost of highly-paid software engineers
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Re:GitHub Copilot Coding Agent by ipaddr on Monday May 19, 2025 @07:14PM (#44035983)
The money won't be flowing forever. This will cost you $6,000 a year.
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Re:GitHub Copilot Coding Agent by shepherdjerred on Monday May 19, 2025 @09:27PM (#44036840)
A new grad at a FANG costs ~$200k-$250k a year after benefits
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Re:GitHub Copilot Coding Agent by lesuorac on Tuesday May 20, 2025 @10:03AM (#44041844)
So the fully loaded cost of copilot is ~206k~256k a year?
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Re:GitHub Copilot Coding Agent by ipaddr on Tuesday May 20, 2025 @08:56PM (#44047356)
If the market is new Grad at 200-250k then this product won't sell many copies.

If this product is going to be successful they are going to need the bulk of their customers at 40-100k employees.

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Re:GitHub Copilot Coding Agent by echelon on Monday May 19, 2025 @07:13PM (#44035968)
> highly-paid software engineers

For now.

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