Today at Collision Conference we unveiled breaking new research on the economic and productivity impact of generative AI–powered developer tools. The research found that the increase in developer productivity due to AI could boost global GDP by over $1.5 trillion.
In the article they proudly report that less experienced devs are “getting much better productivity gains” (by accepting more copilot suggestions).
As a natural-born cynic, I instead would say that maybe: “less experienced devs lack the experience to know why some copilot suggestions have unintended consequences / are a bad design choice”.
They are also probably being posed significantly easier challenges as well. I would say I’m not necessarily faster than a junior developer, I just spend my time wrestling with harder questions.
In the article they proudly report that less experienced devs are “getting much better productivity gains” (by accepting more copilot suggestions).
As a natural-born cynic, I instead would say that maybe: “less experienced devs lack the experience to know why some copilot suggestions have unintended consequences / are a bad design choice”.
They are also probably being posed significantly easier challenges as well. I would say I’m not necessarily faster than a junior developer, I just spend my time wrestling with harder questions.
What, your company doesn’t throw the hardest jobs at the newest devs to give them a proper trial by fire? Smh 😂