Vibe coding is becoming a real job and a way to boost careers

Lazar Jovanovic trained as a forestry engineer and has never written code. When he builds software he starts by describing what he wants to an AI tool, and now his job title is vibe-coding engineer at Lovable. "The skill is no longer writing code," Jovanovic said.

"The skill is ownership, clarity, judgment, taste, subject-matter expertise." Part of his role is showing customers how easy the tools are for nontechnical users. Sam Schneidman, head of community at Base44, expects vibe coding to create a new professional class of creators who want to develop apps but aren't fluent in languages like Python or Java.

The era of vibe coding is "great for the ideas person," he said. Antoni Tzavelas, who began his career as a fashion designer and later trained in systems administration, built a dozen apps in five months after a friend introduced him to vibe coding. One of his projects, developed in two days, analyzes conversations to help users improve their connections; he now cofounded MiruPulse to commercialize it.

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