Engineer says client replaced him with Claude, ending his remote gig
Ok_Corgi_6593 · reddit · 2026-10-19
A Reddit user says he lost his remote engineering job after the client confirmed they'd handle all future needs through Claude. The post's image riffs on a workplace plaque: "I'm humble enough to know I am replaceable at work. But I'm confident enough to know that it would take 4 people 830 billion tokens." Another real-world anecdote of AI directly substituting for an individual contractor.
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