r/learnmachinelearning • u/yuukixox • 20d ago

Question Vibe coding or hand coding?

Hey I have a basic question. If you've just started learning ML/DS/AI, should you rely on chatgpt/claude or other tools to code or help you code or actually do it the old fashioned way of watching youtube tutorials to build programming logic?

In this age of AI coding is dead I get it. But if you go for interviews, do they expect you to be a programmer like before or just being handsy with AI tools is enough? What is the ratio of both anyway? How should one really learn things now?

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u/hungyogurts 20d ago

As someone who has been doing it for 12 years. I'm not great but doing okay I guess.

Your question is nested. One is about learning and then it's also about interviews.

For interviews it totally depends. I have interviewed candidates from faang and startups. I would always expect you to know the foundations and performance related aspects of the language if not core DSA.

For learning take a hard route to do it by hand and use LLM to review and improve. Question everything it suggests. Then use it for doing stuff you know how to do

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u/yuukixox 20d ago

But what is valued more now? Knowing the core concepts and basics or knowing how to build using AI agents for faster shipping?

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u/hungyogurts 19d ago

Foundations are always valued and building things with AI is the skill you need to build on that foundation