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With Claude Code Ultrathink, I used 3 million tokens in 20 minutes. At API prices, that would be around 30$. So 90$/h. Model cost is not that much lower.
by rolisz 3mo ago
With Claude Code Ultrathink, I used 3 million tokens in 20 minutes. At API prices, that would be around 30$. So 90$/h. Model cost is not that much lower.
- kennywinker 3mo agox40hrs/week * 50 weeks = $180k Congrats, now you’re paying an engineer’s salary to make your engineer at best 20% more productive. Better to hire another engineer, or two jrs, and build up your in house talent.
- cicko 3mo agoexcept this is way more than an engineering salary. At least in Europe.
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- kennywinker 3mo agoI’m sure there are engineers making $180k usd / year in the eu. Maybe it’s unusual, but hey, now you can cancel your claude subscription and hire a really good engineer
- kopirgan 3mo agoOnly you get things done lost faster and don't need to pay entire years salary?
- kennywinker 3mo agoHow so? If you’re doing a one-off project, sure. But if you’re coding like this full time, you’re paying the year’s salary anyway. And faster? Not so sure about that. Sure they can write code faster, but writing code is a small part of building something.
- kopirgan 3mo agoThat's a good point.. Writing code vs building