Ex-Amazon QA on dev elitism: 'They'll learn or AI will get better'
saibharadwaj · x · 2026-10-18
A former Amazon QA engineer says he knew more about web development than the entire dev team years ago but was looked down on for not being full-stack. Replying to a viral list of engineering skills (Docker, Kubernetes, Saga pattern, etc.) asking who will teach vibe coders, he argues these professionals will 'learn or AI will get better' — decades of condescension toward non-tech folks meeting its reckoning in the AI era.
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