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Even if both "sides" really wanted to get along, working with someone making 100x (if not 1,000x) more than you is poised to be a weird interaction. It must al
by moralestapia 11mo ago
Even if both "sides" really wanted to get along, working with someone making 100x (if not 1,000x) more than you is poised to be a weird interaction.
It must also be massively demoralizing, particularly if you're an engineer who has been there for 10+ years and has pushed features which directly bring in revenue, etc...
Btw,
>But Mr. Wang, who is developing the model, pushed back. He argued that the goal should be to catch up to rival A.I. models from OpenAI and Google before focusing on products, the people said.
That would be a massive mistake. Wang is either a one-trick pony or someone who cares more about his other venture than Meta's, sad.
- haliskerbas 11mo agosame is true in many startups
- hkt 11mo agoTrue enough, but do you think the usual level of disparity is so vast that it ends up on the front page of international press outlets? I'm thinking the $100m pay offers etc
- ralph84 11mo agoHappens with professional sports teams all of the time. I guess the difference is with professional sports the criteria for receiving the monster pay packages is a bit more objective.
- zeroonetwothree 11mo agoThere was a similar dynamic when FB bought WhatsApp. Although I think people kind of forgot about it after a year or two.
- micromacrofoot 11mo agoHe's not wrong, you can't compete against blue sky R&D if you're focused on making something profitable. It's the innovators dilemma.
- ozgung 11mo agoI agree, classic innovator's dilemma. It's a new business enterprise, has nothing to do with Meta's existing business or products. They can't be under the same roof and mush have independent goals.