> The thing is that there's no way to objectively measure this.

Sure. But isn't that a bit like if someone likes VSCode, & someone likes Emacs.. the first method of comparison I'm reaching for isn't "what objective metrics do you have", so much as "how do you use it?".

> > This is insulting to smart and capable engineers with many years of experience working with software.

> Experienced programmers, or any domain expert for that matter, would be able to gauge the output quality much more accurately.

My experience is that smart and capable engineers have varying opinions on things. -- "What their opinion is" is less interesting than "why they have the opinion".

I would be surprised, though, if someone were to boast about their experience/skills, & claim they were unable to find any way to use LLMs effectively.