A call-to-action essay arguing that the window to gain a career advantage by becoming AI-native is measured in months, not years. Using a personal anecdote of shipping a production code fix via Cursor and Claude Code without an engineering background, the author contends that AI is collapsing the gap between intent and execution. Five concrete steps are recommended: vibe-code a version of your company's product, make AI your default for all work, retry AI tasks weekly as capabilities improve rapidly, start a side project, and find an AI-native mentor. The core argument is that the biggest career risk isn't AI replacing jobs—it's complacency while early adopters compound their advantage.

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