Jason Lemkin
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EPD, your budget was just headcount, right?
EPD, your budget was just headcount, right?
Everyone costs the same, $300,000 a year.
Everyone costs the same, $300,000 a year.
It didn't matter if they were an office manager or your top, just to keep it simple.
It didn't matter if they were an office manager or your top, just to keep it simple.
OK, now we're going to have much more sophisticated budget discussions going into 2027, which is your budget is this much.
OK, now we're going to have much more sophisticated budget discussions going into 2027, which is your budget is this much.
You decide where you want to spend it, leaders.
You decide where you want to spend it, leaders.
And I'm going to be sitting around.
And I'm going to be sitting around.
I'm going to say, do I want to have another 20 mediocre engineers on my team or do I want to give my best guys unlimited tokens?
I'm going to say, do I want to have another 20 mediocre engineers on my team or do I want to give my best guys unlimited tokens?
And that may fuel the real whether they're AI layoffs or just AI backfires.
And that may fuel the real whether they're AI layoffs or just AI backfires.
It may fuel another wave of this, which is very distinct from the click up, whatever excuse for getting fit.
It may fuel another wave of this, which is very distinct from the click up, whatever excuse for getting fit.
This may be a rational choice at the end of the year.
This may be a rational choice at the end of the year.