[physicsguy]

This assumes that the bottleneck to profitability is the limit of software engineers they can afford to hire.

If they’re happy with current rate of progress (and in many companies that is the case), then a productivity increase of 100% means they need half the current number of engineers.

[flimsypremise]

what company have you ever worked for that was happy with the current rate of progress in software development?

[physicsguy]

Is the reason for development on features going slow usually the number of developers though? Nowhere I’ve worked has that really been the case, it’s usually fumbled strategic decision making and pivots.

[snowwrestler]

None, of course.

And the “current rate” is competitively defined. So if AI can make software developers twice as productive, then the acceptable minimum “current rate” will become 2x faster than it is today.

[kzzzznot]

Sure that means they need half the number of engineers to stand still. Most companies aim to grow not stand still.