There are 15x engineers, 4x engineers, and 1x engineers. If you don’t use AI at all, you may be sub 1x. P99 at lines of code automatically places y…

Engineers who optimize for lines of code written are net-negative contributors when AI tools can generate boilerplate instantly. The argument is that AI adoption is now a baseline productivity requirement, not an advantage, and those ignoring it fall below average output relative to peers who use it.