My boss uses chatgpt to code all the time. I watched his workflow and he will use chatgpt not for code, but to act like a search engine. He seems to be effective using it like this.

I struggle to include chatgpt in my workflow at all. I am using it to help learn C# to clarify things I cannot find in search. It doesn't always help.

So I have mixed feelings about using it in my work flow.

Sometimes it can be really great for finding stuff since you can just explain your idea in plain english unlike on google

But it's mostly just good as a quick encyclopedia, I don't trust much of the math or code it gives me

What @12bitfloat says. Same for me, and I'm the same as your boss. I use it as a search engine too. It's so amazing if you know what you are searching for. ChatGPT has increased my productivity a lot. I have paid GPT now, and now I can automate beautiful devrant stats! The API is very cheap. Somehow, everything in GPT is made for mass generation. What kind of psychos will do such a mass of generated content? I give you an idea:

- The thickest Harry Potter book is 250,000 words, thus tokens.

- GPT costs $5 per 1 million tokens.

The only way to make some decent profit is mass, but I can't imagine what people do with the mass. They probably generate something in one LLM, use chat content for the next (and yes, that will cost a lot of tokens). It must be generating LLM content for other LLM's.

@retoor I have this nagging feeling I am only scratching surface on uses.

It’s really good at giving you suggestions and alternatives. Because even hallucinations can be insightful at times.
I use it when I’m not sure what to proceed on, or where to start with an issue.