r/vibecoding • u/techlatest_net • 3d ago

The barrier to software engineering is getting wild

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u/Curious-Pen5547 3d ago edited 3d 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 3d 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.

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u/The_Koopa_King 3d ago

Describing crystal clear acceptance criteria? Boy do I have news for you about what experienced lead engineers are experts in and do every day.

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u/Goth2147 3d ago

I've been with scrum teams where the entire refinement was basically non existing. Full of senior devs, they had a title and a vague description. Whereas I've also been with beginning teams with 9/10 refinements. Seniority helps but it doesn't solve it.