This is a hilariously misleading "study" and I would bet "beer" wasn't chosen arbitrarily for comparison:
The important difference WRT beer is that the water used in the process likely in a larger part goes towards... the beer itself. This in turn is going into the person who drinks it. So, the water here is actually hydrating human beings.
This can be argued as one of the 2-3 absolutely necessary uses of water. Hydrating people.
So, spending less than the beer industry is not that great of an achievement.
However, a casual reader may see comparison to "beer" and think "oh yeah, beer, just a random thing out of a million, so yeah AI is totally ordinary".
Step Mobile | Software Engineer, Data | Full Time | Palo Alto or Remote (US timezones) | https://step.com
We are building the best bank for the next generation.
Still a small team, strong traction.
Lots of stuff to build and an outsized impact for individuals.
I'm the hiring manager. Looking for someone who's versatile and a strong end-to-end owner.
Step | All Engineering Roles | Palo Alto, CA | Onsite OR Remote in the US | https://step.com
Our mission is to improve the financial future of the next generation.
To do so we're building the best bank for young people.
We're at the most interesting point in time in a startup: strong traction and PMF, a ton of stuff to build nearly from scratch and growing our team fast.
Very well funded and it's still very early. Make a huge impact and learn a lot.
I'm one of the hiring managers in eng - feel free to reach out: pasha at step com
Step | All Engineering roles | Palo Alto, CA and REMOTE | Full-time | https://step.com
Step is building the best bank for the next generation.
We're at the most interesting point in time in a startup: strong traction and PMF, a ton of stuff to build nearly from scratch and accelerating growing our eng team.
Very well funded and it's still very early on, make a huge impact and learn a lot.
I'm one of the hiring managers in eng - feel free to reach out: pasha at step com
Step | All Engineering Roles | Palo Alto, CA | Onsite OR Remote in the US | https://step.com
Our mission is to improve the financial future of the next generation.
To do so we're building the best bank for young people.
We're at the most interesting point in time in a startup: strong traction and PMF, a ton of stuff to build nearly from scratch and growing our team fast.
Very well funded and it's still very early. Make a huge impact and learn a lot.
I'm one of the hiring managers in eng - feel free to reach out: pasha at step com
Step | All Engineering Roles | Palo Alto, CA | Onsite OR Remote in the US | https://step.com
Step is building the best bank for the next generation.
We've reached 1.5 million users (!) in less than six months from launch.
We're at the most interesting point in time in a startup: strong traction and PMF, a ton of stuff to build nearly from scratch and accelerating growing our eng team.
Very well funded and it's still very early on, make a huge impact and learn a lot.
I'm one of the hiring managers in eng - feel free to reach out: pasha at step com
Step | All Engineering Roles | Palo Alto, CA | Onsite OR Remote in the US | https://step.com
Step is building the best bank for the next generation.
We've reached 1.5 million users (!) in less than six months from launch.
We're at the most interesting point in time in a startup: strong traction and PMF, a ton of stuff to build nearly from scratch and accelerating growing our eng team.
Very well funded and it's still very early on, make a huge impact and learn a lot.
I'm one of the hiring managers in eng - feel free to reach out: pasha at step com
Step | All Engineering roles | SF Bay | Full-time | https://step.com
Step is building the best bank for the next generation.
We've reached 1.5 million users (!) in less than six months from launch.
We're at the most interesting point in time in a startup: strong traction and PMF, a ton of stuff to build nearly from scratch and accelerating growing our eng team.
Very well funded and it's still very early on, make a huge impact and learn a lot.
I'm one of the hiring managers in eng - feel free to reach out: pasha at step com
Looking for a co-founder to do growth, sales and bizdev for a new project:
https://less-dev.com - a tool for software engineering teams to accelerate development of cloud software components (e.g. databases, APIs, batch processes).
The differentiator vs. no-code and low-code tools: enterprise-grade features built-in and no loss of control: it's open-source, can be run on your own cloud, can always export everything, data and code.
I am Pasha, previously technical co-founder at a startup and many other roles in software engineering co's. I'm in the Bay Area.
The important difference WRT beer is that the water used in the process likely in a larger part goes towards... the beer itself. This in turn is going into the person who drinks it. So, the water here is actually hydrating human beings.
This can be argued as one of the 2-3 absolutely necessary uses of water. Hydrating people.
So, spending less than the beer industry is not that great of an achievement.
However, a casual reader may see comparison to "beer" and think "oh yeah, beer, just a random thing out of a million, so yeah AI is totally ordinary".
Which is a very incorrect conclusion to reach.