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Small detail which helps me calibrate on the quality of the article (from MSN). They list a 300k salary for a lawyer after saying open AI is hiring top legal m

Small detail which helps me calibrate on the quality of the article (from MSN). They list a 300k salary for a lawyer after saying open AI is hiring top legal minds. I'm sure they are hiring top legal experts, but $300k is very little money compared to the cost of a good corporate lawyer.

mi_lk 3y ago
What range should it be?
alfalfasprout 3y ago
In house counsel is usually not remotely as well compensated as external counsel that bills hours for a team. That said, possible this isn't counting equity?
Jabrov 3y ago
Typically these companies pay in equity on top of the cash salary
jprete 3y ago
The article states: "The company has posted a job for an antitrust lawyer — with a salary of up to $300,000" OpenAI has an actual "senior AI product counsel" role posted with a $250-300k salary range. https://openai.com/careers/search?c=legal https://openai.com/careers/search?c=legal leading to https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/openai/12b1092b-d814-4991-b23c-997445d7effd/application https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/openai/12b1092b-d814-4991-b23c-9974...
- samspenc 3y ago
  Also for OpenAI, wouldn't this be base salary? And they would pay equity on top of that?
jordanpg 3y ago
It's very likely that this person will be responsible for, among other things, farming a great deal of work out to other law firms that will bill quite a lot more than $300k/year.
nicolashahn 3y ago
They will also offer equity which will be much more than that.
ProfessorLayton 3y ago
In-house counsel don't replace big law firms? I believe their role is to guide a company legally as much as possible, and to interface with Big Law when shit hits the fan.
- ethbr1 3y ago
  I'm a bit shocked the OpenAI didn't already have a large in-house legal team preemptively preparing a defense. Did they not think they were going to get sued over training on copyrighted works?

mi_lk 3y ago

What range should it be?

alfalfasprout 3y ago

In house counsel is usually not remotely as well compensated as external counsel that bills hours for a team. That said, possible this isn't counting equity?

Jabrov 3y ago

Typically these companies pay in equity on top of the cash salary

jprete 3y ago

The article states: "The company has posted a job for an antitrust lawyer — with a salary of up to $300,000" OpenAI has an actual "senior AI product counsel" role posted with a $250-300k salary range. https://openai.com/careers/search?c=legal https://openai.com/careers/search?c=legal leading to https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/openai/12b1092b-d814-4991-b23c-997445d7effd/application https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/openai/12b1092b-d814-4991-b23c-9974...

samspenc 3y ago
Also for OpenAI, wouldn't this be base salary? And they would pay equity on top of that?

jordanpg 3y ago

It's very likely that this person will be responsible for, among other things, farming a great deal of work out to other law firms that will bill quite a lot more than $300k/year.

nicolashahn 3y ago

They will also offer equity which will be much more than that.

ProfessorLayton 3y ago

In-house counsel don't replace big law firms? I believe their role is to guide a company legally as much as possible, and to interface with Big Law when shit hits the fan.

ethbr1 3y ago
I'm a bit shocked the OpenAI didn't already have a large in-house legal team preemptively preparing a defense. Did they not think they were going to get sued over training on copyrighted works?