Just because AI is more and more capable of writing the part of the Lion code, which does not necessarily mean that engineers will be “10x as productive,” said Varun Mohan, CEO and co-founder of Windisurf.
“Engineers spend more time than writing code. They examine the code, test code, debugging code, design code, deployment code, right?” He said in an episode of “Lenny’s Podcast”.
Windsurf, which offers coders a development tool powered by AI, has survived the recent wave of media atmosphere coding. Founded in 2021 under the codeium name, the company is said to be in talks which will be acquired by Openai for around 3 billion dollars. He previously raised $ 243 million in VC funding, according to Pitchbook.
The concerns concerning the injection of AI into a technological job market by reporting are endemic – but Mohan thinks that many companies should invest more strongly in their teams of engineers, rather than starting hiring again.
“We certainly see more than 30, perhaps almost 40% of productivity improvements,” said Mohan. “But I think that for the vision for which we resolve, even if I had to say that the Long Tail company had 200 engineers, it would probably be too low, at that time. So, the question is, how much productivity do you get by anyone?”
He uses the hypothetical example of the IOC of JPMorgan Chase to illustrate the reflection of a renowned company with a budget – he expects that these types of businesses realize that it is time to integrate more employees, rather than slimming ranks.
“Its budget on software each year is $ 17 billion, and there are more than 50,000 engineers within the company, and you said to it:” Hey, each of these engineers is now able to produce more technology “, said Mohan. “This is indeed what you did, right? The good calculation that JPMorgan Chase, or one of these companies, is – the return on investment of construction technology has really increased.”
Mohan believes that in the short term, companies could benefit from the conduct of “even more engineers”.
“Thus, the opportunity cost of not investing more in technology has increased, which means that you should simply invest even more,” he said in the podcast interview. Windsurf did not immediately respond to a request for additional comments by Business Insider.
Although Mohan is eligible for this is not a general solution – some of those who bet on a team of boosted engineers will probably benefit considerably.
“Now this is not true in all areas. There are companies that are satisfied with the amount of technology they build, and there is a ceiling on the amount of technology they want to build,” he said. “But for companies that actually have a very high technology ceiling, it does not mean that you stop. It actually means that you hire more.”
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