Gartner warns AI coding costs could rival developer salaries by 2028
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Fanie van Rooyen
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Gartner warns that AI-powered coding costs are rising rapidly and could rival or surpass average developer salaries by 2028, driven by surging LLM token consumption and consumption-based pricing models. The shift from experimentation to scaled deployment of AI coding agents is creating financial pressures that organizations may be underestimating, with lower-cost markets like South Africa likely to feel the impact sooner than Silicon Valley.
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bskyGartner warns AI coding costs could rival developer salaries by 2028techcentral.co.zaKey quotes
· 3 pulled"Organisations are rapidly moving from experimentation to scaled deployment of AI coding agents, but many are underestimating the financial impact."
"The price of letting an AI write your code is rising fast, and by 2028 it could rival what you pay the developer sitting next to it."
"It may come sooner in lower-cost markets than in Silicon Valley."
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