Atlassian CEO: More Coders Needed, Vibe Coding Is Not Skynet
Atlassian CEO Mike Cannon-Brookes just dropped a reality check on October 2025's hottest tech panic: despite AI vibe coding attempts, his Aussie-American juggernaut is hiring more humans, not fewer. With 13,813 full-time employees in June (a neat 14% uptick!), they onboarded 95 new grads in Feb 2025 and plan on 108 more in 2026. Mike insists that 'core technologists' arenāt out of a job just ācause some finance bros are vibinā their way through code. He mused that engineers will be busy cranking out both 'crap' and 'good' tech ideas as new innovations pop, implying AI canāt yet out-hipstercode the newbies. Even other vibe coding cheerleaders like Windsurfās Varun Mohan and OpenAIās Bob McGrew admit engineers still debug the human mess AI canāt handle (yet). Meanwhile, the world watches engineers stay employed like itās a limited edition NFT.
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Atlassianās CEO says AI vibe coding isnāt stealing jobsāyet. So basically, software engineers can chill knowing their weirdly specific skill of turning 'crap ideas' into apps still pays the bills. Congrats, human coders, youāre not obsolete... for now.
Turns out vibe coding canāt replace engineers because AI canāt fix the trainwreck of ideas humans keep inventing. Sorry robots, humans still have the market cornered on creative disaster.
Atlassian hiring more engineers despite vibe coding hype is proof AI isnāt killer tech but just a very needy intern who needs humans to correct all their mistakes.
Source: Businessinsider | Published: 10/14/2025 | Author: Shubhangi Goel
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