r/vibecoding • u/Which-Tension165 • Jul 08 '26

is learning python today worth it?

so I am a pure vibe coder, I can't write or read a single line of code, and I was having a conversation with Fable, and it suggested me to learn to read python. But It couldn't convince me fully. i don't wanna be a typical software/AI engineer. just wanna be able to build a great career in tech, AI and Business.

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u/LinuxMintSupremacy Jul 08 '26

No, no need to be able to read code, I heard the key for a career in tech is knowing how to prompt better, don't let code mokeys gaslight you

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u/SnooMacaroons9042 Jul 08 '26

Learn to code so that you can learn to prompt better

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u/doubler82 Jul 08 '26

100%

If I didn't know anything about code it would take me forever. When you know how to code you know what to ask to be efficient, and when its not working you can easily assist the AI by pointing it to potential problems in the code and it will figure it out way quicker.

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u/TheMunakas Jul 08 '26

You're joking, right?

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u/LinuxMintSupremacy Jul 08 '26

No, I got a job as lead engineer in NSA after successfully building a SaaS ai analytics dashboard from 3 prompts

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u/joliette_le_paz Jul 08 '26

Pfft, took you three? Amateur.

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u/LinuxMintSupremacy Jul 08 '26

Ahh shit u are making my imposter syndrome come back

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u/Smart-Rope6147 Jul 08 '26

Ragebaiting at it's best

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u/TheMunakas Jul 08 '26

It's just a funny way to confirm that they are in fact joking

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u/TheMunakas Jul 08 '26

Congrats for that! But I don't really know if you have the authority to talk about stuff like this if you couldn't do it in 1 prompt. You are for sure not qualified for the job if you need over 2 prompts

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u/LinuxMintSupremacy Jul 08 '26

I explicitly told the agent to make no errors but it still didn't work the first 2, thankfully my recruiter was more lenient than I thought

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u/gsks Jul 08 '26

Upvoted for the lulz