This is pretty interesting.
Today, I read a Bloomberg article claiming that Vibe Coding will eliminate entry-level engineers, and my first thought was: Finally, someone said it out loud.

1. The Industry is Changing
Now, any designer or small business owner can casually chat with an AI in plain language and generate functional code. Honestly, this is even more disruptive than the “everyone is a product manager” era—back then, at least product managers had to sketch prototypes. Now, AI can directly turn those prototypes into executable code.

The CRUD (Create, Read, Update, Delete) tasks that junior engineers used to handle? AI can figure them out in seconds. Companies used to hire fresh graduates to write basic code, but now? They might just let the marketing team solve it themselves using AI.

2. Is Education Collapsing?
Bloomberg’s warning about “destroying the talent pipeline” isn’t an exaggeration. Think about it: Computer science students used to practice by grinding LeetCode or building toy projects. Now, AI can solve algorithm problems instantly. So what should they learn? How to chat with AI?

The scarier part is the knowledge gap at the foundational level. It’s like relying on a calculator for so long that you forget how to do square roots by hand. If young engineers can’t even understand basic code structures and rely entirely on AI-generated solutions, who’s going to debug when systems fail? You can’t just tell the AI, “Figure it out yourself.”

3. Are We Getting Dumber?
This is where tech ethics gets interesting. Right now, everyone’s happy because AI does the work for you. But if we become too dependent, our ability to control technology will degrade. It’s like how drivers lose basic road judgment skills once self-driving cars take over.

I’ve seen teams deploy AI-generated code without even reviewing it. When something goes wrong, they just blame the AI: “It wrote it, not me!”—That mindset is dangerous.

Time for Some Ranting
Some say this is unnecessary panic, that technology always淘汰s low-end jobs. But this time, it’s different. In the past, machines replaced manual labor. Now, AI is replacing the entry-level stages of mental labor. If junior engineers don’t get a chance to grow, where will senior engineers come from?

Others argue, “Well, someone still needs to direct the AI.” But directing AI requires completely different skills than writing code. Just because you can use a photo-editing app doesn’t mean you understand photography principles.

Let’s Get Practical
There’s no easy solution here. Either climb the ladder fast and focus on high-level design work that AI can’t handle yet, or pivot into becoming an “AI whisperer”—someone who specializes in making AI write better code.

As for education? It’ll need a major overhaul. Computer science departments might have to offer courses like “Collaborative Programming with AI” or even rebrand as “Philosophy of Technology” departments—because just teaching coding won’t cut it anymore.

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