# Bad Influence story: Andreessen says AI coding pushes developers to work longer hours

Active · 1 article · 1 source · First reported 11-11 14:54. Times are ET.
Story page: https://badinfluence.news/story/cf9b9ddd-610b-49c3-bfc1-96fb5893b5a8

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Latest update (11-11 14:54): Andreessen says AI coding drives developers to work more hours

Overview: Marc Andreessen says almost everyone he knows is working more hours because AI coding makes them so productive they cannot stop, and he calls the effect the "AI vampire." He also says the top AI coders make $50M a year. Andreessen's remarks are reported in a post by Rohan Paul on X.

The same post argues that manually switching between models and managing token budgets is now the main time sink for developers, and says ARC by Rayline routes each agent step to the right model automatically. That claim comes from the post's author and is not supported by other sources in this record.

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1. 11-11 14:54 · Rohan Paul · [Andreessen says AI coding drives developers to work more hours](https://badinfluence.news/items/fwqav6cjnb1q31nqnbxrjeust)
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