So people's salaries may vary, but voluntarily paying 1k usd out of one's pocket a month seems like quite a high cost I'm sure many wouldn't/couldn't pay.
Like if I had to choose between Claude Code and income -12k USD, I would most certainly work the extra hours without it.
I was going to say, in Australia you would be able to claim that as a work expense against your income, reducing your tax owed.
But it looks like in the US, you would need to be self employed or own a business where it is an expense. Which is a bummer.
Well yeah. Like my bills aren’t going down, so taking a haircut on the salary isn’t really a great option.
> I would most certainly work the extra hours without it.
If PRs dropped by 95% then you'd have to work 20 times more hours to compensate. If you work 2 hours per week it's doable but if more than it's strenuous to impossible.