Mixed
I'd say even myself at a large company that moves slow have been able to realize this type of multiplier on my work using cursor/claude code
Jcampuzano2 on Hacker News
1.5-2x multiplier
In the thread “Things that helped me get out of the AI 10x engineer imposter syndrome”
Helped: Using Cursor and Claude Code for personal work efficiency.
Got in the way: Code review processes remained slow, negating speed gains.
… But that doesn't mean you can't get a 1.5-2x multiplier. I'd say even myself at a large company that moves slow have been able to realize this type of multiplier on my work using cursor/claude code. But as mentioned in the article the real bottleneck becomes processes and reviews. …