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Databricks' Yuchen Jin says software engineers are spending more on AI tokens than their base salaries

Shital Shah suggests measuring shipped product output per token.

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Yuchen Jin@Yuchenj_UW#427inAI

More and more engineers are now burning more money on AI tokens than their base salaries.

Tech companies are facing a brutal dilemma: > let everyone tokenmaxx and move at AI speed > add token budgets and kill the vibe > lay off 50% of people and give the rest unlimited tokens

10:32 AM · Jun 3, 2026 · 35.1K Views
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Shital Shah@sytelus

@Yuchenj_UW > find out what people actually shipped per token used

Yuchen Jin@Yuchenj_UW

More and more engineers are now burning more money on AI tokens than their base salaries.

Tech companies are facing a brutal dilemma: > let everyone tokenmaxx and move at AI speed > add token budgets and kill the vibe > lay off 50% of people and give the rest unlimited tokens

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