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📜Your Salary Will Soon Depend on How Much AI You Use

A $500,000 engineer might soon be judged by how much AI they actually use.

NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang made that clear in a recent conversation, where he argued that top engineers should be consuming massive amounts of AI compute as part of their daily work, not treating it as an optional add-on.

His point is simple. If AI is increasing productivity, companies should expect that to show in how much it is used.

He explained it with a direct comparison to traditional engineering tools, saying:

“If that $500,000 engineer did not consume at least $250,000 worth of tokens, I am going to be deeply alarmed. This is no different than a chip designer who says ‘I’m just going to use paper and pencil. I don’t think I’m going to need any CAD tools.’”

The idea behind this is that tokens are starting to be treated like a real productivity input, similar to cloud infrastructure or software tools. Instead of minimizing usage, the expectation may shift toward using more AI if it leads to better output.

This reflects how companies like NVIDIA are positioning AI not just as assistance, but as a core part of how engineering work gets done.

What are your thoughts on this? 🤔💬

Credits @nvidia @nvidiaai