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He was coding at 12 like Elon Musk and became one of Google’s youngest ever CMOs—but now says Gen Z is better off ice skating
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Learning to code was once a fast-track ticket to success.
Key facts
- Alon Chen built a $2 billion product line at Google by 28, walked away from a seven-figure equity package, and went on to found Tastewise—an AI food intelligence company now trusted by PepsiCo
- Musk taught himself BASIC at 10, and sold his first video game two years later for $500
- But according to one former Google CMO who started coding at 12, AI has killed it
- Similar to Chen, Bill Gates learned to code at about age 13, sneaking into his school’s computer lab at night to practice
Summary
Alon Chen built a $2 billion product line at Google by 28, walked away from a seven-figure equity package, and went on to found Tastewise—an AI food intelligence company now trusted by PepsiCo, Nestlé, and Mars. “Coding is becoming obsolete. His explanation for why is simple: It’s not that technical skills don’t matter. He’s got a point: Zuckerberg said that AI will be writing all code by this year.