Broadcom CEO: One Engineer with Claude Opus Does in a Week What Ten Engineers Do in Three Months
aigleeson · x · 2026-08-12
Broadcom CEO Hock Tan told investors that a senior engineer using Claude Opus can produce in one week what ten engineers earning $300k/year produce in three months, implying a labor cost of $750k for that output. He also noted that engineers skilled with AI tools not only work faster but may produce better designs, prompting a rethink of engineering team sizing.
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