VC revives old post claiming prompt engineering is not a real job

Nathan Benaich of Air Street Capital resurfaced his old post claiming prompt engineering is not a real job, saying his prediction came true. Herbie Bradley countered that returns on investing more time in prompts remain widely underestimated even in 2026.

2026-10-30 ~ 2026-10-30 · 2 related posts

• 'This aged pretty well': investor's old 'prompt engineer is not a thing' take vindicated — nathanbenaich · 2026-10-30
• Herbie Bradley: people in 2026 still severely underrate the returns to more time on prompting — herbiebradley · 2026-10-30