> I don’t know if people realise that there really isn’t any more prestigious place to work at right now than OpenAI. You don’t leave there for a better opportunity.

My guess is they know something we don't Or they assume sama being fired means the trajectory of OpenAI as a company has changed or is likely to change significantly?

They can ask for huge salary bumps which may provide better opportunities for thier families.

OpenAI pay is competitive enough (remember the articles last week about $10M offers?) and there's still plenty of room for their stock to go up. IPO or full acquisition by MS would both translate to a huge payday.

Unless Sam is already forming a new AI company.

People who work at places of high prestige, especially in senior roles, are often the kind of people who take part in creating those "better opportunities". :)

>there really isn’t any more prestigious place to work at right now than OpenAI. You don’t leave there for a better opportunity.

it's like you wrote this comment yesterday, and not in the context of what has happened

It’s like we’re talking about the motivation of people who left a company and thereby created the very context that happened?