We are in desperate need of another jr dev. But my work rather spend tokens.
So I setup agentic workflows which works 90% of the time. The 10% requires a me, a senior developer to babysit the workflow. My hourly cost are significantly higher.
After calculating the token usage and my hourly rate there are still some savings using the agentic workflows. But not much.
But we end up sacrificing is a pool of junior developers that I can train to be a senior. If I ever leave the company the entire company is screwed.
I’m a dev at work with 1 dev Jr dev under me.
We are in desperate need of another jr dev. But my work rather spend tokens.
So I setup agentic workflows which works 90% of the time. The 10% requires a me, a senior developer to babysit the workflow. My hourly cost are significantly higher.
After calculating the token usage and my hourly rate there are still some savings using the agentic workflows. But not much.
But we end up sacrificing is a pool of junior developers that I can train to be a senior. If I ever leave the company the entire company is screwed.
I’m looking for an intro dev role. You just confirmed why I’m not getting interviews.
You sacrifice far more than that, it’s just not all immediately apparent
Agreed. The entire industry engineer/developer industry is fucked.
Hearing all this stuff makes me soooo glad I switched from CS to mechanical halfway through college. I’m safe for a little longer…
(/¯ ಠ_ಠ)/¯ so glad for you.
Ya, I think your industry is safe.