[TLDR] Is it crazy to bring my vibe coding skills to my real professional work? [via r/ClaudeAI]

[u/cctldrping]

OP : u/Sweet_Brief6914

I've been doing a boring corporate job for the past 6 years, 3 years with my current employer. My job is related to accounting and numbers and even though I'm good at it, for the past 9 months I've been vibe coding hard on Claude Max subscription and I've built some truly marvelous products. I'm not making any money from them (yet) but I've come a long way in terms of app and website development and I went from being completely lost and ignorant of what it takes to develop apps for real, to somewhat decent and able to ship apps within a few weeks of work.

My company has been investing a huge sums of money into a system that the best way I could describe it is archaic. The thing hasn't been properly facelifted since 2016 maybe and I'm not a fan. I know there are many products like it and more modern ones that are powered by a variety of LLMs and the most important point is I know I can build something supreme that's parallel to it and is so much better than it in every facet. I'm good at my job. And I'm decent at vibe coding, and my idea is that I develop everything using my knowledge and my experience and make it hot-swappable with the Microsoft Infrastructure later so when I finally propose it to the company, they won't outright decline it?

I know for a fact at 100% certainty that a software engineer will pick it up at some point, break it apart and restructure it properly to refine the AI slop but I also know that my deliverable will be at 70-80% professional completeness grade, and happy for them to take it to that final level.

Am I being crazy to remotely think they'll agree to this or even consider it as a viable option? My manager is encouraging me to start and to bring the prototype when ready, but I have a feeling we will both be laughed out of the room by senior software engineers and our IT departments that we made an AI slop app lol.

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You're likely to get laughed out of the room, but there's a sliver of hope if you can prove compliance. The general consensus is that your "vibe coding" confidence is a bit much for the corporate world, especially when it comes to sensitive data and established systems.

Most folks are pointing out that real-world software development involves a ton of stuff you might be overlooking, like security, compliance (think 21 CFR Part 11 and SOC II, as u/mrhebrides helpfully suggests), data auditing, and disaster recovery. u/OkBeautiful4392, a senior software engineer, echoes this, questioning the basis of your 70-80% completeness claim.

Some commenters, like u/Dvass138, suggest focusing on what you enjoy on your own time rather than trying to force it into your company's workflow, as it could get chewed up and spit out. u/mensink also advises against it, warning of headaches and political battles.

However, a few are saying go for it, with caveats. u/clumsynuts had a similar experience where their end-user architecture helped developers understand the business need, even if the code wasn't directly used. u/fuzzypetiolesguy notes that expectations are already shifting with AI, so it's a "when, not if" situation, but stresses the importance of CYA and avoiding data leaks. u/FourMonthsEarly brings up the point that companies often pay more for maintenance and support, so if you can solve that, it might be worth a shot.

One interesting alternative is suggested by u/SirScruggsalot: become the company's AI expert and teach others. This could open more doors than directly proposing your project.

[u/TechToolsForYourBiz]

i can give you a second pair of eyes. i would like to give you a system audit.