> But the reality is that with Claude, I can get the work done in 1 day that would take me 5 days of struggling,

Is it really a 5x ROI? Where are all the apps, games, platforms, SAAS's, feature s that have been backlogged for 5 years that are all of a sudden getting done? Because I see a modest ROI, and an _awful lot_ of shovelware.

> I'm new to my team and the codebase isn't huge, but it's large enough that there are plenty of parts I have little understanding about.

When you're new to the codebase, things that take an experienced colleague one day to do can take a newbie 3-5 days to do.