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I'd argue this line as well. A lot of the earlier stage startups who don't need this talent are trying to secure it because it offers them that halo of prestige
by wastedhours 9y ago
I'd argue this line as well. A lot of the earlier stage startups who don't need this talent are trying to secure it because it offers them that halo of prestige to grease the wheels of fundraising.
A $400k salary is nothing if it makes it easier to unlock $XXm in funding.
- ryandrake 9y agoI’d laugh if I wasn’t crying. I narrowly escaped high school where the popular kids and “school celebrities” won. All that studying in university, all those labs, grinding that entry level job, building my skills, grad school, more hard work... and at the end of the day the popular kids inevitably win again.
- willbw 9y agoI don't understand the comparison. Aren't the highly salaried AI experts also people who undertook a lot of hard work to get there?