Wired · Mark Zuckerberg · Meta · Wired
New Moms Are Returning to Coding Jobs Radically Reshaped by AI
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As Danielle settled into the rhythms of new motherhood, her profession underwent a drastic reinvention.
Key facts
- The world’s largest AI companies anticipate a future where pretty much everything is “ vibe-coded.” In April, Mark Zuckerberg predicted that AI will write most of Meta’s code within the next 18 months
- A UK project manager currently on maternity leave tells WIRED her manager suggested that she brush up on AI while she’s out
- With the release of coding automation tools by Anthropic and OpenAI in May 2025, the field became less about composition and more about babysitting
- Before she left the workforce in mid-2024, barely anybody used AI to write code; by the time she was ready to return, a year later, it had become the expectation
Summary
Danielle, who asked to use her first name to avoid damaging her job prospects, worked as a software developer at a car company in Portland, Oregon. The world’s largest AI companies anticipate a future where pretty much everything is “ vibe-coded.” In April, Mark Zuckerberg predicted that AI will write most of Meta’s code within the next 18 months. The dizzying pace of change has touched software engineers across the industry. “The kind of work the reporter was doing before, the reporter would like to do again.