Sure. The benefits will be for the company, no the engineer.
One way to make our job better is to remind ourselves that not data-backed claims of productivity might not be real at all.
I've written about it as well: https://jcarreras.es/posts/let-engineers-enjoy-the-benefits-...
Re:100x Developers
by andriy_koval on Wednesday November 11, 2026 @03:36PM
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> Actually, the most depressing part is that programming languages don't matter as before, the fun on open source projects is gone, and 2x as a team, means management now can do the same with 1/2 of the previous team sizes, most think they always land on the lucky half
I see it very differently:
* AI automated most tedious parts of coding leaving us creative parts (design, research)
* while individual productivity increased, but also complexity of products, systems, problems increased too, I am not sure corps who downsize task-force will benefit from it in long run
Actually, the most depressing part is that programming languages don't matter as before, the fun on open source projects is gone, and 2x as a team, means management now can do the same with 1/2 of the previous team sizes, most think they always land on the lucky half.