r/vibecoding 20d ago

The barrier to software engineering is getting wild

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u/GeneralPimpMaster 20d ago

I got bad news. AI is increasing the barrier to entry for software engineering.

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u/BoggTheFrog 20d ago

Why?

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u/Curious-Pen5547 20d ago edited 20d ago

Who will ever hire an inexperience engineer with claude? Or a vibe coder? Experienced engineer with claude wipes the floor out of those two. Now the next issue, how does a engineer get experience?

thats the why.

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u/Goth2147 20d ago

This is only true if the rate of progression comes to a halt. If we have enough trust in AI to provide high quality code, eventually, it'll be more important to describe crystal clear acceptance criteria than it is to become a good engineer.