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> Before I finalized my decision to leave, Patrick asked me to go talk to Sam Altman. He said Sam had a good outsider’s perspective, had seen lots of people in
by studentrob 10y ago
> Before I finalized my decision to leave, Patrick asked me to go talk to Sam Altman. He said Sam had a good outsider’s perspective, had seen lots of people in similar circumstances, and would probably have a good recommendation on what I should do.
> Within five minutes of talking to Sam, he told me I was definitely ready to leave. He said to let him know if he could be helpful in figuring out my next thing.
Wow. Probably not what Patrick had in mind.
- pc 10y agoActually, it was. (Structurally speaking.) Greg and I had had plenty of conversations about what he was looking for and I asked Sam to share his honest assessment with him. It's no good for Stripe to have a CTO who wants to be something else :-).
- studentrob 10y agoThat's not movie making material =(