72% of Software Engineers Are Now Using GenAI, Boosting Productivity

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I have a hard time taking seriously a poll with n=500 and absolutely no other sample observations provided.

Are all respondents from US? Are they using it at work or at home for pet projects? What's the median size of the company they work at?

Anecdotally, everyone on our team uses either ChatGPT or Copilot or both. We're not a small shop.

I'm surprised it's only at 72% to be honest.

If I'm hiring a junior/mid level guy, I'd want this person to be good at using LLMs to increase productivity.

What sort of work does your company do?

It is difficult for me to imagine how an LLM would be any help at all in the work I do, but I think that "software engineer" covers a great range of different kinds of work these days.

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