On: Epic Games is laying off 16% of its staff

[0xjmp]

Second this. From using LLM within my daily IC workflow, its not that developers are getting a productivity boost, its that our job became more enjoyable. I didn't even realize how much frustration builds up over time while relying on google search for things such as that one obscure api method i forgot the name of. I have to dig and dig... Somehow using GPT in its place has brought a noticeable bump to my quality of life. Most of my dev colleagues share this sentiment. Impact on the tech economy from this? Unknown.

[smabie → 0xjmp]

I would imagine that if your job is more enjoyable, you're getting a productivity boost.

Unless you're suggesting that using an llm is just as efficient as not, but is somehow more fun?

[pineapple_guy → smabie]

Possibly, but why assume that developers are passing on that increased productivity without expecting a relative pay increase?

[smabie → pineapple_guy]

Why would they get a pay increase? Everyone can use LLMs.