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herf • yesterday at 8:04 PM • 3 replies • view on HN

Total software developer comp (worldwide) is ~$1T


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hirako2000 • yesterday at 8:25 PM

And that's why those CEO keeps promoting the threat AI may displace many white collar jobs, not just developers.

They already figured they would need trillions revenue. So they paint an economic where such amount is plausible.

throwaway0q5347 • yesterday at 9:10 PM

Information worker compensation might be something like 14T total.

A ~40% reduction in employee compensation to source 6T, globally, seems a little more plausible.

Clearly, I'm eliding a ton of complexity/nuance.

wnmurphy • yesterday at 9:09 PM

Yes, and it's $30T when you include all knowledge worker roles.