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No Hacks: Future-proofing your career without shortcuts
Work is changing quickly, and AI is at the center of that shift. For many professionals, it raises tough questions: How do I stay relevant? What skills should I build? How do I make sense of the changes ahead?
No Hacks is about helping you adapt with confidence. In each episode, host Slobodan Manic speaks with leaders from different fields about the real impact of AI on their industries and what it means for people working in them. The conversations are practical, grounded, and focused on the long term, offering clarity, strategies, and perspectives to help you future-proof your career without shortcuts.
No Hacks: Future-proofing your career without shortcuts
[SOLO] Magician vs. Conductor: How to Build (and Fix) Products with AI in 2025
Heads-up: I use some salty language. Nothing hateful, just passionate about this topic. Skip if that’s not your vibe.
It’s 2 AM, your side-project just went viral, and the signup flow is on fire. Do you keep “vibe-coding” blind prompts, or step up as the conductor who actually knows the score? In this first-ever solo episode, I unpack why “anyone can code with AI” is 2025’s biggest myth and show you how to turn large language models into the ultimate co-pilot instead of a ticking time-bomb.
Key Takeaways
- Illusions break at scale. Vibe-coding can get you an MVP, but you’ll pay interest when production fires start.
- Your new super-power isn’t “no knowledge,” it’s “faster knowledge.” LLMs shrink the gap between “I don’t know” and “I can ship.”
- Learning beats prompting. Prompting is great, prompt-and-probe is better. Use back-and-forth to understand, not just generate.
- Career moat = curiosity. The people who thrive next year aren’t the ones with the fanciest prompts; they’re the ones who ask better questions and close their gaps daily.
7-Day Knowledge-Gap Challenge
- Pick one concept you avoid (CSS Flexbox? Indexing in Postgres?).
- Spend 15 min/day grilling an LLM: “Explain it like I’m 7… now show real-world code… now debug this snippet…”
- Log what surprised you, then share your aha moments
Call to Action
- Try the challenge. Tag me with your progress by next week.
- Rate & Review. If this episode saved you from a 2 AM meltdown, drop a ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ on your favorite app.
- Share. Forward the LinkedIn post or the episode link to one builder who still thinks vibe-coding is a strategy.
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