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How can an acquired dude leave after less than 2 years?
by dudus 4mo ago
How can an acquired dude leave after less than 2 years?
- mikeyouse 4mo agoOpenAI pays for the earn out he would’ve otherwise received at Google + a new comp package. Made up numbers, if Google still owed him $10M for lasting the full two years, OpenAI can just pay him market rate +$10M.
- deadbabe 4mo agoYes, but what about the audacity of it? Get paid a lot to join a company but then decide to get up and leave again 2 years later? He just wants to be passed around?
- mikeyouse 4mo agoYou can have character and be loyal to Google (lol) or make $xx million… I’m not surprised when people choose the latter.
- quantumink 4mo agoI would argue its not the millions though, but rather that sweet rare compute - OpenAI has more of it for his interests than anyone - it is understandable why an exceptional mind would prioritize access to greater capabilities above all else
- drevil-v2 4mo agoOh my goodness think of the poor multi-trillion dollar company!! No honour among thieves these days...
- mlmonkey 4mo agoThere's a possibility that he lost out in internal political battles, and things weren't going his way. Google is full of battle-hardened political warriors who will do anything (subterfuge, sabotage, etc.) to win battles. It is possible that a guy who just wants to build cool shit would feel like a misfit in such an environment.
- fsuts 4mo agoBut he worked there previously and is Intelligent so knew all that before rejoining?
- mlmonkey 4mo agoTrue. But earlier he had the ear of people like @jeff ; but now even Jeff has been sidelined a little (Google Brain is no longer under Jeff, AFAIK). The MBA types can be brutal and since they're not technical, they don't have the same level of respect and deference for Noam. Google is a different place today than even 5 years ago.
- oblio 4mo ago$$$$
- deadbabe 4mo agoNoam Shazeer is not some super brain anymore. His raw skills are likely atrophied by now from delegating and operating at higher levels. His entire value is mostly political now. If he can’t play the political game and win, he’s useless. He would probably just go to some other organization where people aren’t immune to his lore.