[matt_s]

AI tools are super helpful if you know what they are good for and where the limits are currently. If you work at a place where your expected "time" is constant, aka has a good work/life balance, then its important to be more productive because your competitors will certainly be.

There are parts of the SDLC that cannot be made more productive with AI - all the human parts, communication about changes, testing often involves manual work, etc. So if you have management that just thinks a blanket X% more productivity is achievable across the board, find someplace else to work, its about as smart as a RTO mandate because they like seeing butts in seats.