how hard is it to compete with vibe coders for junior devs?
A question for beginner developers: how hard is it to compete with vibe coders?
I'm actually still at a pre-intern level, and I've been trying to avoid using AI because I barely know anything yet – I've only written one medium-sized project so far. Ideally, at work, I'd like to stick to manual coding in areas where I'm not yet confident and haven't honed enough to automate. But given the current demands from employers, I get the feeling I'll have to vibe code 24/7 and only have a vague clue about what the generated code is actually doing.
What are your observations on this? Is there still room to learn on the job, or is all work just mindless button-mashing on "generate" and that's it?