Cisco President and Chief Product Officer Jeetu Patel has assigned 27-year-old Padmanabhan "Paddy" Krishnamurthy, a former EzDubs cofounder acquired by Cisco in 2025, to lead a legacy code refactoring initiative with unlimited AI tokens and a two-person team. Krishnamurthy, previously "buried" five levels down the org chart, proposed rewriting 98% of Cisco's legacy code within 24 months, starting with a four-week proof-of-concept. Patel argues that early-career, AI-native engineers ask questions veterans cannot, creating productive friction that challenges institutional assumptions. This philosophy extends to interns treated as "reverse mentors," exemplified by a Stanford student, Baya, who earned an internship and full-time offer after solving a problem experienced staff could not. Patel structures his team in thirds: experienced operators, outside-in systems thinkers, and entrepreneurial AI-native founders. This approach mirrors investors like Thrive Capital's Josh Kushner, who prefers sub-four-year-experience hires and backed OpenAI (now raising up to $30B at a $1.25T valuation), Tastewise CEO Alon Chen, who views Gen Z as boundaryless "AI natives," and Will.i.am, who targets young MIT and Stanford innovators. Patel contends AI acceleration demands this tripartite composition, asserting no single group is as potent as their combination.