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Re:GLM-5.2 is the step change for open agents by holoduke on Wednesday June 24, 2026 @06:13PM (#48666236)
Here most of my colleagues have +200 dollar rates. It's really a no brainer. But sure, in south America or some Asian countries maybe it is. But still most devs need it anyway. Also in the poor regions.
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Re:GLM-5.2 is the step change for open agents by folkrav on Wednesday June 24, 2026 @08:15PM (#48667161)
Most of the world's developers, even in not-poor regions, make significantly less than what your colleagues charge.
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Re:GLM-5.2 is the step change for open agents by HDBaseT on Wednesday June 24, 2026 @06:43PM (#48666473)
$200/h is on the extreme end and I would argue most people here aren't anywhere close to that.

The median hourly wage in the US is $28/h, this equates to nearly 7.5 hours. A full day of work a month for the average person to use Claude with reasonable limits.

Yes, the people on $28/h may not be the software development types, so their income might not be as high, but these are the people who would probably be vibe coding the most since they aren't day to day programmers!

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Re:GLM-5.2 is the step change for open agents by ray_kay777 on Wednesday June 24, 2026 @07:47PM (#48666929)
I suspect the reply above is referring to charge out rates rather than wages.
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Re:GLM-5.2 is the step change for open agents by HDBaseT on Wednesday June 24, 2026 @10:35PM (#48668157)
My fault, thanks for the correction (:
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Re:GLM-5.2 is the step change for open agents by Kuxe on Thursday June 25, 2026 @03:00AM (#48669921)
In Sweden $200 is ~5% of average programmer monthly income after tax. $200/h rate is not a representative salary for SEs in South America, Asian countries nor Europe.

If you're running a business I agree it's a no-brainer, but the context here is for personal projects.

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Re:GLM-5.2 is the step change for open agents by holoduke on Thursday June 25, 2026 @03:40AM (#48670205)
Come on. The 200 spend on Claude is easily earned back. A few hours of work maximum.
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Re:GLM-5.2 is the step change for open agents by selcuka on Thursday June 25, 2026 @09:09PM (#48681212)
According to your parent comment, even in Sweden, it's 8.7 hours of work, more than a full day.
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