No
despite everyone at my current employer using these tools we don't seem to be going any faster
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Helped: Rote and boilerplate work.
Got in the way: Higher level work.
… I think the article's premise is basically correct - if we had a 10x explosion of productivity where is the evidence? I would think some is potentially hidden in corporate / internal apps but despite everyone at my current employer using these tools we don't seem to be going any faster. I will admit that my initial thoughts on Copilot were that "yes this is faster" but that was back when I was only using it for rote / boilerplate work. …