Future job ladders will be measured by how many tokens your employer lets you spend
dh7net · x · 2026-10-09
A pithy observation: coming job ladders will be based on how many tokens employers are comfortable letting employees spend at each level — AI usage quotas replacing years of experience as the measure of seniority and trust. Behind the joke is a real trend: token spend is becoming a proxy for employee productivity and how much an organization trusts you.
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