He was coding at 12 and became one of Google’s youngest ever CMOs—but now says Gen Z are better off ice skating than learning to code
- Posted on April 14, 2026
- By Fortune
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He was coding at 12 and became one of Google’s youngest ever CMOs—but now says Gen Z are better off ice skating than learning to code
Like Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg, Alon Chen coded his way to Google CMO and a seven-figure exit. Now he says AI has made the skill 'obsolete' for Gen Z
