Yes
I would consider myself today 2-3x more effective than where I was 12 months ago
phyalow on Hacker News
2-3x more effective
In the thread “Ask HN: AI Replacing Engineers – Firsthand Stories?”, replying to this comment
Helped: Explaining codebases and generating sprint programs
On the contrary, I would class myself a mid to high skill dev, I have a CS degree and about 10 years of Java/C++/Rust/Python under my belt (focused on Financial Market applications). I would consider myself today 2-3x more effective than where I was 12 months ago. I can grok on a new code bases much faster by having an AI explain things to me only a grey beard could previously, I can ask Gemini 2.5 (1M context length) crazy things like “please create a sprint program for new feature xyz” and get really good high quality answers. …