# How AI Productivity Gains Could Change Work and Compensation

DevFeed: [How AI Productivity Gains Could Change Work and Compensation](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/ai-made-me-10x-more-productive-now-what-39870.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://mende.io/blog/ai-made-me-10x-more-productive-now-what/>)

Author: tobi@techunicorn.builders (Tobias Mende)

Published: 2025-12-05T05:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Tobias Mende](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/tobias-mende.md>)

Topics: [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>), [Claude Code](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/claude-code.md>), [code productivity](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/code-productivity.md>), [AI Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai-development.md>), [Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/development.md>)

Tags: [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [ai-productivity-software-development-leadership-future-of-work](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai-productivity-software-development-leadership-future-of-work.md>), [claude-code](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/claude-code.md>), [development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/development.md>), [productivity](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/productivity.md>), [software-development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/software-development.md>), [speed](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/speed.md>)

## AI overview

The author reflects on using Claude Code and other AI tools, reporting substantial productivity gains in software development and daily activities. The article considers whether these gains should lead to shorter workweeks and fairer compensation, while acknowledging that productivity increases may benefit employers more than workers without deliberate intervention.

## Source excerpt

Thoughts on AI, Productivity, and What We Should Do Differently In the last couple of months, I got to use Claude code a lot for software development, and I am at a point with it, where it gives me consistently high-quality results at incredible speed. In 99.5% of all cases, I get the results that I expect/desire. In other areas of my life, (other) AI tools have a drastic influence on my productivity and (sometimes) even my ability to do certain things, too.