Spend $200 of your $10k salary on Claude Max yourself — it's positive EV, says engineer
generativist · x · 2026-10-17
Quoting the take that "if your employer caps your AI usage at $30/month, you don't work at a serious company," Aaron Bergman argues that absent explicit policies against it, spending $200 of your $10k monthly salary on your own Claude Max plan to outperform coworkers is likely positive EV — the resulting raise or promotion is worth far more than the AI spend.
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