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Re:AI is not Making Engineers 10x as Productive on Tuesday August 05, 2025 @11:30AM (#44799310)
I think even claims of 2-5x are highly suspect. It would imply that if your team is using AI then all else equal they accomplish 2-5 times as much in a quarter. I don't know about you but I'm certainly not seeing this and most people on my team use AI.

[And to those saying we're using it wrong... well I can't argue with something that's not falsifiable]

Re:AI is not Making Engineers 10x as Productive on Tuesday August 05, 2025 @11:25AM (#44799231)
This is the point that the author is making. 10x bigger diff is probably not leading to 10x productivity.

[In fact you can sometimes find that 10x bigger diff leads to decreased productivity down the line...]