Vibe engineers are the new quants, says a16z partner amid AI coding shift
beffjezos · x · 2026-10-07
a16z crypto partner beffjezos amplified a meme comparing "vibe engineers" to the quants of the 90s — people hired for feel and taste rather than traditional engineering credentials. The quoted post jokes about recruiting a "Qual" (qualitative specialist): a poet named Jayden who won a Bushwick poetry competition, brought on purely for his vibe. It's a self-aware riff on how AI coding is lowering the bar for who counts as an engineer.
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