I lecture at Stanford and interview for an AI firm. I want candidates to have 1 key quality.

Jiaona Zhang has previously worked at Airbnb, Dropbox, and Linktree. skynesher/Getty Images; Courtesy of Jiaona Zhang. Computer science degrees are no longer the key to breaking into tech, says Jiaona Zhang. Zhang, a CPO and part-time Stanford lecturer, thinks students should focus on building. People with curiosity and drive are likely to succeed in the age of AI, she said. This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Jiaona Zhang, the CPO at the AI software company, Laurel. She p...