[gregjor]

If you're just copying someone else's code, whether from StackOverflow or an LLM, you haven't made yourself a 10x developer. You may have found a shortcut through the boilerplate and repetitive code that occurs across many applications, but have you learned anything? Do you understand the code? Could you write it yourself? Using a forklift doesn't make me a 10x weight lifter. Finishing a paint-by-numbers canvas doesn't make me an artist.

Learning programming languages and writing the trivial bits doesn't describe the hard part of programming: domain knowledge and skillfully translating complex business requirements into working code.

[a3n]

[ignorant bystander]

Since LLMs are trained, by their training, and I guess by your prompts (per session at least?), the only participant progressing toward 10X status would be the LLM.