Counterpoint…

I am not worried about losing my programming role to AI.

I am worried about hiring employees and contractors. I haven’t had to hire anyone i office since, but I have specially avoided Upwork and new contractors. It’s too hard to tell if anyone knows anything anymore.

Everyone has the right or right enough answers for an interview or test.

The bar to detect bullshit has been moved deeper into the non-detectable range. It’s like everyone has open-book testing for interviews.

Even if I can sus out who is full of shit in a video or phone interview… the number of people I need to sort through is too large to be effective.

For Upwork specifically, this was an issue for years already. With people buying US accounts and lying about their location or subcontracting to cheaper foreign labor.

So, is vibe coding something I want to hire? Absolutely not. But, I don’t see being able to avoid it or at least not suffering from someone cutting corners.