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Re: Ask HN: Is vibe coding a new mandatory job requirement?

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Post by bigstrat2003 »

bitwize wrote: post #30
dasil003 wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I suspect it’s not about agentic coding being a special skill, and more about why a competent programmer wouldn’t have tried it by this point, and whether that is a sign of ideological objections that could cause friction with the team. Not saying I agree with that thinking, but I definitely see why a hiring manager could think that way.

If you aren't taking advantage of it, you are not a competent software engineer in 2026.

On the contrary. That's the only kind of competent software engineer in 2026. Competent engineers don't hand things off to the tool that generates terrible code really quickly.

Re: Ask HN: Is vibe coding a new mandatory job requirement?

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Post by tantivy »

bitwize wrote: post #30
dasil003 wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I suspect it’s not about agentic coding being a special skill, and more about why a competent programmer wouldn’t have tried it by this point, and whether that is a sign of ideological objections that could cause friction with the team. Not saying I agree with that thinking, but I definitely see why a hiring manager could think that way.

If you aren't taking advantage of it, you are not a competent software engineer in 2026.

Claude has been a big boost to my sense of competency. I get to point out so many poor solutions in slop PRs now

Re: Ask HN: Is vibe coding a new mandatory job requirement?

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Post by tantivy »

akerl_ wrote: post #3

I'd say that a this point, if your job involves computers and you aren't at least familiar with how you can leverage AI tools, you're basically admitting that you really enjoy the art of working with one hand tied behind your back. That's not vibe coding. Imagine if you were hiring a chef and a candidate came in who'd never used a stove. Sure, technically there are other ways to heat food, but it would be a bit odd.

Bizarre perspective. Imagine if you were hiring a chef and you found out they mostly do not go in the kitchen?

Re: Ask HN: Is vibe coding a new mandatory job requirement?

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Post by tantivy »

sph wrote: post #22

Jesus Christ. Imagine reading these comments even just a year ago. Don’t know/care about coding with AI? You’re unhireable now. Grim.

HN has a disproportionate quantity of 23yo founders trying to vibe-code the "Stripe for pickleball gyms" or whatever. Don't fret about it

Re: Ask HN: Is vibe coding a new mandatory job requirement?

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Post by mcdeltat »

peacebeard wrote: post #26
mcdeltat wrote: post #23

Depending on your standards, seems like a potential indicator of companies to avoid? Personally I still believe that despite AI being moderately useful and getting better over time, it's mostly only feasible for boilerplate work. I do wonder about these people claiming to produce millions of lines of code per day with AI, like what are you actually building? If it's then Nth CRUD app then yeah, I see why... Chances a…

When doing more technical / novel work you can’y vibe code it but you can still use ai tools to make things faster. Having Claude implement small chunks with strict direction and oversight is underrated in my opinion. Or just using it to search the codebase (where is the code that does x), implement tests, and do code review are all helpful. There is a lot of e-peen measuring around vibe coding but I think it’s reall…

Out of curiosity, can you elaborate on the size and nature of the "small chunks"? I'm very curious for examples!

Re: Ask HN: Is vibe coding a new mandatory job requirement?

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Post by P-MATRIX »

The accountability asymmetry feels like the real problem. The person prompting claims completion; the reviewer absorbs the cleanup. That gap exists because there's no record of what the agent actually decided — just the output, not the sequence that produced it. If you had a trace of tool calls and decision points, at least you'd know where the slop came from and who should own it. Right now review is just guessing backwards.

Re: Ask HN: Is vibe coding a new mandatory job requirement?

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Post by nmeagent »

fatih-erikli-cg wrote: post #40
Arainach wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> E.g., Nobody wants to continue working with someone who create sound effects, movie player, operating system, etc. What do you mean by this?

This is personal. I wouldnt like to work with someone who is creating sound effects or rap songs etc. Every sound is some piece of pain. Doing html-web stuff is more useful. Internet is a good thing. Noone knows how the internet works still. Sound-movie makes it understanding even more difficult. It is the click sound of browser originally.

So when you bring this up with your coworkers, do they tell you just what to do with or where to put your value judgments of their hobbies?

Re: Ask HN: Is vibe coding a new mandatory job requirement?

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Post by nmeagent »

ziml77 wrote: post #8

I couldn't imagine wanting to hire someone who doesn't use LLMs for coding unless they are bringing something very special to the table. It accelerates many coding tasks significantly. But you have to know the limitations to use them efficiently and that only comes with experience.

I don't understand why anyone would want to work for a firm that will not allow their employees to do their entire job properly, but will instead insist that they delegate a large portion of it via natural language of all things to some stochastic parrot from hell and hope after enough iterations of this that it will all somehow turn out okay. This sounds like a complete nightmare! To be frank, this entire situation is absurd and honestly sours me on the entire field.
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