this post was submitted on 05 Apr 2026
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FWIW a rule of thumb is that an employee costs a (US) company roughly twice what their annual salary is because of benefits, administrative costs, office space etc. That's still like 6 human engineers.
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Ah right I knew that rule but forgot to apply it here.