3 ms·
It may just be his public persona. I don’t work with him on a day to day basis of course. I find him to be very uninteresting. He speaks with an air of aloof te
by mrcwinn 2y ago
It may just be his public persona. I don’t work with him on a day to day basis of course. I find him to be very uninteresting. He speaks with an air of aloof tech-savant but it feels quite hallow, faked, forced.
I can’t think of many examples where he said something in an interview and it really challenged or surprised me. By contrast, any random hour with Lisa Su and you will come away quite impressed and easily understand why she is her company’s leader.
Plenty of smart money behind Altman, though, so maybe he shows up stronger behind the scenes.
[Edit: added "aloof" due to perceived aloofness.]
- soneca 2y agoMagicleap also had plenty of smart money behind them. It ceased to be a useful signal for me then.
- disqard 2y agoIndeed, and SoftBank flushed a ton down the toilet named WeWork because of Adam Neumann's charisma. I don't think anyone doubts Sam's ability to charm people and tell a good story. The graver concern is "should we trust him"? My gut says NO.
- botro 2y ago"Suddenly, the chat window on Sequoia’s side of the Zoom lights up with partners freaking out. “I LOVE THIS FOUNDER,” typed one partner. “I am a 10 out of 10,” pinged another. “YES!!!” exclaimed a third. What Sequoia was reacting to was the scale of SBF’s vision....We were incredibly impressed, Bailhe says. “It was one of those your-hair-is-blown-back type of meetings.” This is 'smart money' in reference to Sam Bankman Fried.
- s1artibartfast 2y agoNot really the dig you think it is. They were right but got unlucky that SBF broke the law, which is hard to predict.