Comment by PinkMilkshake
7 days ago
> The hype about vibe coding lets everyone think they can now be an engineer.
Programmers are just jealous that they are no longer the only ones that get to play pretend.
I don't know anything about you personally, but most "software engineers" are anything but.
I am curious to know why you believe that?
I've worked as a software engineer with different types of engineers (electrical, mechanical and automation).
Their testing is often more strict but that is a natural consequence of their products being significantly harder to fix in the field than a software product is.
Other than that, my experience is that our way of working on projects across disciplines is very similar.
There are many camps. Some programmers embrace the prompt, some use parts of it, some reject it on principle (a dying breed?), some think that non-developers are finally getting a go at it, some gloat that tech barons are making software engineers (apply optional quotes) obsolete.
It’s all too varied to put people into one or two camps.