Google CEO Sundar Pichai Says ‘Vibe Coding’ Could Create New Careers

The internet helped unknown writers turn blogging into a career. YouTube did the same for content creation. Now, Google and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai believes vibe coding will similarly make new careers more accessible to non-tech workers.

Pichai made the comparison in a recent Google for Developers podcast interview with Logan Kilpatrick, who runs Google’s AI Studio.

“It’s making coding so much more enjoyable,” Pichai said, as people can easily experiment with building apps and websites with no prior coding knowledge. “Things are getting more approachable, it’s getting exciting again, and the amazing thing is, it’s only going to get better.”

From HR professionals to accountants, an increasing number of non-technical workers are using AI tools like ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, and Replit to vibe-code their own apps.

Pichai said vibe coding gives workers a leg up in being able to visualize ideas directly, even if they aren’t proficient enough in coding to do so. “In the past, you would have described it,” he said. “Now, maybe you’re kind of vibe coding it a little bit and showing it to people.”

In some cases, vibe coding can present opportunities within tech companies themselves. Meta’s product managers have been vibe-coding prototype apps and showing them to Mark Zuckerberg. At Google,Pichai said there’s been a “sharp increase” in people submitting their first CLs,or changelists – code changes that address specific features or bugs.

Pichai said there could also be risks

As the vibe coding market grows at breakneck speed, there are some potential risks to handing over the act of coding to AI.

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