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I'm curious to hear do you notice a difference in performance of team members using the tools vs not?
Are the ones using them blowing past the rest of the team in terms of features shipped, bugs fixed, productivity?
Are faster promotions/higher ratings going to these people?
Yes. I can tell who uses it and who doesn't. Also who is good at using it and who isn't.
It's very easy to churn out code that isn't particularly additive (or in some cases, actively destructive), so adjusting for that would be important.
Heavy users: "this (works)|(doesn't work)|(is there)|(isn't there) and I have no idea why"
0 or near 0 usage: "this (works)|(doesn't work)|(is there)|(isn't there) and I know exactly why"
So to sum up: absolutely not. Heavy users drag the rest down when someone has to switch context and spend hours figuring out why something they "created" does not work, only to get aneurysm from atrocious code, dependency hell, practically 0 security and stupid decisions.
If you care about your career you should be one. If you care about engineering you might have other concerns.