Vibe Coding Is Very Not A Joke

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have you ever seen something so dumb that you have no idea how it's real this is how I feel about the entirety of the vibe coding Trend now for anyone fortunate enough to never come across this term before don't worry you're no longer fortunate enough basically the idea is you don't write code you rely on these AI llm tools prompting them to write the code for you now this can work relatively okay for small scale projects like a small python script a small game a small website okay not great but fine but the second something goes wrong you want to do some refactoring you want to do some bug fixing you have to explain to the AI what you want to change about the code you're up creek with without a paddle and when the project gets a little bit too big for the AI to be able to handle and understand the entire context well good luck it has no idea what's going on anymore and we are seeing people and companies think they can replace engineering Talent developing engineering knowledge entirely or mostly with an llm now maybe one day that is the case I'm not going to say it's not not but today not that day now in case you're curious why it's called Vibe coding it's basically because you're a and instead of trying to understand the code and be an engineer you go off of Vibes if it seems fine it's probably fine and continuing the trend of I have no idea how this is real and I'm honestly not certain that it is but links to things that are real Vibe code careers the number one job board for Vibe coders find exclusive Vibe coding jobs prompt engineering positions and AI collaboration opportunities if you've been on social media been on Reddit other places like that you've probably seen these listing for Vibe coding jobs floating around well all of that gold is listed here for the vibe coders of the world this is where you belong now I'm not a Vibe coder so instead I here to show you just how absolutely wild some of these listings are now some of these are on upwork others are from companies that claim to need these positions filled and from what I can tell these seem to be real positions now whether you're going to get hired for them and whether they're actually looking for a position well that's up for debate but at least the listings are real let's start off simple it's listed on y combinator so you already know it's going to be great automating debt collection calls for banks Vibe coder AI engineer 80k to 120k a year domu is an Enterprise voice AI startup crushing it in the financial services industry now 50% of our code is written by AI so we are a small engineering team I guess 50% of your team is engineering but sure putting in 12 to 15 hour days the engineering team has traveled to 10 plus cities in the past half year for product launches this is an AI sweat shop now what will you be doing we ship new features for our product daily 50% of our code is written by AI we ship new features for a product daily oh I'm sure I'm sure we're not going to find any crazy vulnerabilities here no no no no no everything's good and the requirements are just as fun at at least 50% of the code you write right now should be done by AI Vibe coding experience is non-negotiable if you want me to work 50% of the time for 80 to 120k a year hey look I'm not going to tell you how to spend your money if you want to scam yourself I'm more than happy to oblige three plus years of experience I assume that's in coding because who in the world has three plus years of experience in Vibe coding these AI tools haven't been good enough to do coding work for three years by this point maybe if you were there from the very start when they were completely useless but like of what we expect today absolutely not and down to do whatever it takes including direct client inter actions I don't like the sound of do whatever it takes yeah also this is very good ready to grind long hours including weekends to hit our ambitious goals once again 12 to 15 hour days maybe look maybe I don't want maybe I don't want to be at this company even for that much money now some of the listings are just something else senior software engineer could become startup CTO that is Chief technology officer this is a remote position in Vietnam most of this here is just normal full stack developer slop you would expect to see in pretty much every sort of job listing let's go to the requirements proven proficiency with reactjs nestjs and remix strong typescript expertise and deep understanding of software development fundamentals minimum of four years of professional software engineering experience and enthusiasm or interest in cursor for Vibe coding and automating development workflows see this is a lot more reasonable of a listing right this is someone who is trying to fill a position with an engineer but also they're willing to let their engineers make use of these I tools here's the benefits $400 a month salary plus Equity now this is in Vietnam so before you freak out saying oh my God $400 a month that's awful it is awful but not for the reason you think for an unskilled worker just you know someone doing manual labor things like that the average monthly salary is about at $200 to $400 a month for a senior software engineer which is what this position calls itself about 1,800 a month but hey you get that equity which basically means you're going to get paid nothing and hopefully the company becomes valuable because otherwise all of this Equity you get is literally worthless but hey you could become the CTO for $400 a month plus Equity or you could start your own business and be guaranteed a c too position because it's your business and you just make yourself the CTO but hey you can be the CTO now what you're here for are the real stupid ones so here's one that linked to upwork Vibe coding Rockstar Claude cursor no code AI build SAS tools weekly if you have ever wondered why there are so many slop applications on the Play Store on the Apple App Store things like this are exactly why we are seeking a skilled developer to build SAS apps using Vibe coding programming with AI tools like Claude cursor or other no code platforms Vibe coding lets you describe apps in plain language and the AI generates the code making development fast and efficient with cursor and AI powered editor built on vs code you can prompt it EG build a sleep meditation app and it creates a full project UI logic and all using features like composer for natural language input and agent mode for autonomous tasks our company is a multi-million dollar agency in the information product space now focused on SAS our research team identifies trending niches like ad HD tools anxiety apps sleep aids and hypnosis Solutions your job is to turn these into working apps using AI tools will handle marketing ads landing pages and hosting while you focus on building you'll be paid per project targeting one app per week of course with an equity option if you'd like to co-found again if you've ever wondered why these spaces are filled with so much slot listings like this are why now this is being sped up with AI tools and it's going to get even worse but it didn't start with AI tools now you might be wondering hm okay well how much are we getting paid for building these apps well $600 but you have an option to get equity for your app that might get like five downloads yeah so hey if you want to make completely useless apps for people who are struggling with mental illness and want some sort of app to manage it and get through life easier this is the job for you but hey maybe slop apps are not what you're looking for what if you want to make a slop website looking for design and Technical Vibe coder to use repet but hey maybe you don't want to go 100% AI maybe only 80% looking for design and Technical Vibe coder to use repet I'm looking for a Vibe coder someone who Blends great design sense with coding skills to build stylish creative apps and products if you're looking for someone with coding skills you're not looking for a Vibe coder moving on you'll collaborate with me through a repli on various projects some personal some for clients design taste is super important here maybe even more than traditional coding ability so are you looking for a designer or a programmer these are two very different positions ideally you're someone who leans 80 plus% into Aid driven Vibe coding but still knows how to read write and debug code when needed you should understand databases apis docs and and stay current with the latest AI tools always eager to use AI to level up your projects that's one way to put it and how much would someone make in this wonderful position well it's a one-month contract for 5 to $15 an hour uh-huh this must be why it says must have great English um they're trying to find someone who is in a country where you know $5 an hour actually is a good rate over on LinkedIn software engineering intern Vibe coding intern Now look for a whopping $18 to $22 a year I would expect so much more obviously that's probably a mistake I hope that's a mistake but it didn't help and once once again we have more slop applications we're building a consumer app designed to empower genz to achieve their financial goals through the power of their Social Circle whatever any of that means at the core of our development process we embrace the future of vibe coding where AI superpowers accelerate software creation allowing us to focus on solving real world problems and delivering impactful products join us to work on exciting projects learn from experienced mentors and help shape the future of social fintech as a Vibe coding intern which is an absolutely ludicrous title you will collaborate with our team to rapidly build and ship features using AI powerered coding abilities like cursor chat GPT and wind Surf use AI abilities to generate refactor and debug ensuring quality and performance oh God I can't even imagine stepping into someone else's code base and trying to debug it with an AI tool and learn and apply the best practices for debugging and evaluating AI generated code is the way you do so by learning to be an engineer is that what the internship is is this basically just like we hired a Vibe coder before now you're going to be an intern to fix all of their work sadly that's not what it is but it's probably what it should be so why should you join them well you will get mentorship collaborate with experienced engineers and product thinkers who will guide you through nuances of AI driven development do you know what'll also do that going on Twitter and going on YouTube it's another way to do so but look don't you want to make an impact don't you want to make a slop application that is going to be a buggy mess that nobody wants to use now here we have one of my favorites Vibe coding coach slor for landing pages and MVP apps someone is looking to learn how to Vibe code I am seeking an experienced Vibe coding coach or tutor to collaborate on developing landing pages and MVP applications quickly and efficiently the ideal candidate should possess strong coaching skills and Technical expertise in Vibe coding this role involves guiding me through the process providing insights and ensuring return ideas into function your products rapidly if you're passionate about Vibe coding have a proven track record of helping others succeed I'd love to work with you so if you're looking to fleece someone of their money I'm not telling you that you should but but now let's go to the last one I want to show you looking for master at Vibe coding with cursor agent this requires the tremendous skills of knowing how to push and pull to GitHub how to set up a server with either superbase versel or repet fully submit an app to the App Store and can jump into someone else's code and figure out how to take it from there preferably someone who struggles with coming up with ideas for apps but obsesses over figuring how to build and launch with AI and here is a skill testing question to make sure you're real and pay attention to detail what is the color of the Frog at this link blue or yellow h i wonder it's not like these llms are really good at image protection and this is not at all a way to validate that you're talking to an actual person no that couldn't be the case this is by no means all of the jobs listed on this site but it does give a good indication of just the kinds of vibe coding jobs out there this is only going to get more ridiculous as these tools get better expect to see just really stupid things being done and I'm all for it because it's just content and we'll come back to it sometime in the future so if you like the video go like the video If you really like the video maybe if you have a Vibe coding job and you want to tell me about it let me know down below if you really like the video and you want to become one of these amazing people over here check out the patreon subcribe silly beay Linked In the description down below that's going to be it for me and I don't like your vibes [Music]