2. Staff engineers should think of it as "pair programming" but not everyone has experience with this.
3. The easiest way to get started is with things like unit tests.
4. Having a 30 day goal to get everyone onboard drives progress, but practically it takes 6 months to migrate over totally. Expect a 2x productivity improvement at least.
5. Junior engineers should think of AI as a staff engineer they can ask questions to all the time.
6. There is no substitute for jumping in and using the tools.
Here were my key takeaways:
1. Using AI to create code is inevitable
2. Staff engineers should think of it as "pair programming" but not everyone has experience with this.
3. The easiest way to get started is with things like unit tests.
4. Having a 30 day goal to get everyone onboard drives progress, but practically it takes 6 months to migrate over totally. Expect a 2x productivity improvement at least.
5. Junior engineers should think of AI as a staff engineer they can ask questions to all the time.
6. There is no substitute for jumping in and using the tools.