I might get shit for this but 1.5m is a lot but for people who are relatively early at OpenAI - a $500B company - it’s not. I would be surprised if most enginee

I might get shit for this but 1.5m is a lot but for people who are relatively early at OpenAI - a $500B company - it’s not. I would be surprised if most engineers hired 3-4 years ago are not on paper at least worth $10m in NW. When I worked at other companies with a tenth or even a hundredth of valuation - there were tons of people who still quit knowing they were going to get $1m+/yr by staying. 1.5m to retain these people is a lot but it isn’t when you consider how much you’ve already given and/or how much they’re already getting. I suspect - like many companies in the bay right now - the work environment is incredibly demanding and toxic. This ain’t faang in 2012 with ball pits and slides.