Alexandr Wang Thinks Teens Should ‘Vibe Code” for 10,000 Hours and Follow Bill Gates...

Alexandr Wang, a 28-year-old co-founder of Scale AI (worth 29 billion), is one of the youngest AI billionaires in the world. He rose to fame back in 2016 when he founded his company. He studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; however, he dropped out to focus on his startup. He is famously referred to as the next Elon Musk. And yet another time, he became news after he advised teens to follow Bill Gates and "spend 10,000 hours" on AI coding. Is it because of AI? Or does his young experience say something? What else did he say? For all that, learn more.

Alexandr Wang and Scale AI

• He started Scale AI while studying at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2016.
• In 2021, his company, Scale AI, reached a valuation of $7.3 billion, making him the world’s youngest self-made billionaire at 24.
• Later in 2024, the company soared with $1 billion in a Series F funding round and doubled its valuation to $14 billion.
• Right now (precisely April 2025), his total net worth is $2 billion.

What Did Alexandr Wang Say

• According to Alexandr Wang, teens of today spend more time learning AI-powered coding tools. It's similar to what Bill Gates did with the software when he was in his teens.
• Alexandr mentioned how Gates used to sneak out to a Seattle company as a teen to learn coding. He also compared the current AI boom to the early computer revolution.

What Did Alexandr Wang Suggest?

• He especially suggested that teens should get into “vibe coding,” meaning use AI tools like Replit and Cursor to create code.
• In this competitive tech era, he says that if one spends 10,000 hours practising with these tools, they'll get an edge over the others.
• He also says that it's the perfect opportunity (a rare "moment of discontinuity," as he calls it) and is very similar to the time when personal computing was taking off. 

AI and Coding

• Alexandr Wang makes a big, bold prediction that soon AI will be able to write all the code he has personally ever written.
• This may happen within the next five years. Therefore, AI will become powerful enough to replicate the skills of top coders.
• To which Andrew Ng, another AI expert, agrees. He says that coding has become much easier with AI now.
• And that's the exact reason why more people should learn AI coding. Furthermore, he says that understanding coding will enable people to utilise the AI tool more effectively.
• And they'll eventually become valuable assets to the company or employers.  

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