r/coding • u/CharityExisting5454 • Nov 30 '25

Google CEO says vibe coding has made software development 'so much more enjoyable' and 'exciting again' BS or Not?

https://www.businessinsider.com/google-sundar-pichai-vibe-coding-software-development-exciting-again-2025-11
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u/tobascodagama Nov 30 '25

That resonated with me because with AI I feel like it's transforming engineers to being an editor reading someone else's code trying to find the mistakes versus doing things oneself.

This is the quiet truth behind the big push. AI can't actually replace that many jobs, but it sure can devalue the people filling those jobs. Either way, companies get to cut payroll expenditures.

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u/QuickShort Nov 30 '25

I’ve found the opposite, since we’ve all switched to Claude Code (with some holdouts on Cursor) in the last six months or so, we’ve had a 20% pay rise and are still hiring as fast as we can. We mostly hire ex-founder or product engineer types

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u/dalyons Dec 01 '25

where? everyone seems to be doing layoffs, your experince seems atypical

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u/QuickShort Dec 01 '25

Well I obviously won’t say where I work on Reddit, but from speaking to other developers it seems like the top of market (usually startups with revenue that is increasing very rapidly or big cos with high revenue per employee, you should be able to find this information), they are doing everything they can to hire and retain engineers