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Anyone worth a shit will leave and go work with Sam. OpenAI will be left with a bunch of below average grifters.

Gigablah 3y ago
Only on HN: your worth is tied to your choice of CEO.
austhrow743 3y ago
In a dispute between people willing to sacrifice profit for values and those chasing the profit, why on earth would you put grifters on team values over profit?
- throwawayhno 3y ago
  Welcome to hn. Here it's all about money
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- bertil 3y ago
  I'm assuming the original comment meant that the grifters would not be extended a new offer after their colleagues learned that they were not as good as their CV said at open AI.
  - hipadev23 3y ago
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hef19898 3y ago
What is it with all this personality cult about founders, CEOs and CTOs nowadays? I thpught the cult around Steve Jobs was, bad it pales in comparison to today. As soon as one person becomes more important than the team, as in the team starts to be structured around said person instead of with the person, that person should be replaced. Because otherwise, the team will not be functioning properly without the "star player" nor is the team more the sum of its members anymore...
- Closi 3y ago
  While your post sounds like something that would be true, there are loads of examples of where companies have thrived under a clear vision from a specific person. The example of Steve Jobs used in the above post is probably a prime example - Apple just wouldn’t be the company it is today without that period of his singular vision and drive. Of course they struggled after losing him, but the current version of Apple that has lived with Jobs and lost him is probably better than the hypothetical version of Apple where he never returned. Great teams are important, but great teams plus great leadership is better.
  - _factor 3y ago
    Newsflash. Altman is no Steve Jobs.
    - Closi 3y ago
      Newsflash. I didn't claim he was.
  - hef19898 3y ago
    Steve Jobs is actually a great example: He was, sucessfully at each time, replaced twice, once aftwr he almost ran Apple into the ground and then after his death. In fact, he shoes how to build an org that explicitly does not depend on war star player.
- HlessClaudesman 3y ago
  People love to pick sides then retroactively rationalise that decision. None of us reading about it have the facts required to make a rational judgement. So it's Johnny vs Amber time.
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Only on HN: your worth is tied to your choice of CEO.

In a dispute between people willing to sacrifice profit for values and those chasing the profit, why on earth would you put grifters on team values over profit?

throwawayhno 3y ago
Welcome to hn. Here it's all about money
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bertil 3y ago
I'm assuming the original comment meant that the grifters would not be extended a new offer after their colleagues learned that they were not as good as their CV said at open AI.
- hipadev23 3y ago
  [flagged]

hef19898 3y ago

What is it with all this personality cult about founders, CEOs and CTOs nowadays? I thpught the cult around Steve Jobs was, bad it pales in comparison to today. As soon as one person becomes more important than the team, as in the team starts to be structured around said person instead of with the person, that person should be replaced. Because otherwise, the team will not be functioning properly without the "star player" nor is the team more the sum of its members anymore...

Closi 3y ago
While your post sounds like something that would be true, there are loads of examples of where companies have thrived under a clear vision from a specific person. The example of Steve Jobs used in the above post is probably a prime example - Apple just wouldn’t be the company it is today without that period of his singular vision and drive. Of course they struggled after losing him, but the current version of Apple that has lived with Jobs and lost him is probably better than the hypothetical version of Apple where he never returned. Great teams are important, but great teams plus great leadership is better.
- _factor 3y ago
  Newsflash. Altman is no Steve Jobs.
  - Closi 3y ago
    Newsflash. I didn't claim he was.
- hef19898 3y ago
  Steve Jobs is actually a great example: He was, sucessfully at each time, replaced twice, once aftwr he almost ran Apple into the ground and then after his death. In fact, he shoes how to build an org that explicitly does not depend on war star player.
HlessClaudesman 3y ago
People love to pick sides then retroactively rationalise that decision. None of us reading about it have the facts required to make a rational judgement. So it's Johnny vs Amber time.
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