Scale AI’s Hire Checklist: Curiosity Beats Uber, Leadership Optional
In a dazzling showcase of corporate Zen, Jason Droege took over as Scale AI’s interim CEO in June 2025 after cofounder Alexandr Wang ran off to Meta’s Superintelligence Labs—because who wouldn’t ditch a startup for Lab Kryptonite? Droege, ex-Uber Eats VP turned AI labeler whisperer, distilled hiring down to three enigmatic traits: curiosity, humble collaboration, and leadership. Forget decades of experience; adaptability’s the new black, except for researchers who apparently still need some actual skills in this 'fast-moving' market. Droege’s formula applies to giants like Meta, OpenAI, and xAI, where bot responses get rewritten, presumably because even AI chatbots have existential crises. Meanwhile, LinkedIn’s Ryan Roslansky and Grammarly’s Albert Cheng place bets on agency over degrees, proving in 2025 the tech world is less Hogwarts, more improv theater.
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Scale AI’s new CEO interviews candidates like he’s mixing a salad: throw in curiosity, a dash of humble collaboration, and maybe some leadership leaves—experience? Nah, save that for researchers who apparently still need to know stuff.
Welcome to the 2025 job lottery: you win if you’re curious, collaborative, and can rumor-mill leadership skills. Experience? That’s just vintage cosplay for those boring researcher types.
Jason Droege’s hiring playbook is basically putting together a fantasy football team where curiosity is QB and leadership is the waterboy, and experience is benched unless you’re a researcher.
Source: Businessinsider | Published: 10/10/2025 | Author: Shubhangi Goel
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