I find it funny that the author is concerned about Scale being the kind of company people join for brand rather than "substance". He never mentions the biggest

I find it funny that the author is concerned about Scale being the kind of company people join for brand rather than "substance". He never mentions the biggest reason people join companies (esp. in SV): to get rich. It is true that undergrads will intern for company's brand and that makes sense b/c just having FAANG on your resume completely changes your job search experience. But most fulltime employees are looking primarily to maximize their pay + RSUs. Also, as others have mentioned, companies/leaders need to give people something to "give a shit about". For some people that may just be working on "High quality training and validation data for AI applications", but I imagine for most people that's probably not quite enough to make them excited about work. But, who knows? :shrug: