'We'll see the $100,000 billable hour before the end of the billable hour' — AI and professional services
sherwinwu · x · 2026-11-13
- jboehmig predicts we'll see the $100,000 billable hour before we see the end of the billable hour.
- The aphorism captures AI's twin effect on professional services: top-end human judgment gets scarcer and pricier while standardized work gets commoditized, tearing the time-based billing model from both ends.
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