Has anyone here worked with Sam Altman? What's he like?

Re:Has anyone here worked with Sam Altman? What's he like? by nothercastle on Saturday September 28, 2024 @10:17AM (#41680355)

There are no incompetent people at that level. It’s just that sometimes they aren’t competent at the things you think they should be competent at because you make incorrect assumptions about what it takes to rise to the top.

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Re:Has anyone here worked with Sam Altman? What's he like? by hilux on Saturday September 28, 2024 @12:46PM (#41681384)

That is beautifully stated, and gets to the essence of my question.

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Re:Has anyone here worked with Sam Altman? What's he like? by ldjkfkdsjnv on Saturday September 28, 2024 @01:36PM (#41681706)

The guy founded/oversaw the development one of the most revolutionary companies of all time. Enough with this speculation that he is completely incompetent. People need to accept that results matter

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Re:Has anyone here worked with Sam Altman? What's he like? by muzani on Saturday September 28, 2024 @09:47PM (#41684190)

I think the question is whether Peter Principle applies. The fact that he was fired hints he wasn't able to grow into the role he holds, but there's likely a lot of politics involved there so the signal is blurry.

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Re:Has anyone here worked with Sam Altman? What's he like? by ldjkfkdsjnv on Sunday September 29, 2024 @11:41AM (#41688108)

Dude he ran Ycombinator during its most successful period. Then founded openai. get out of here with this crap

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Re:Has anyone here worked with Sam Altman? What's he like? by muzani on Tuesday October 01, 2024 @07:23AM (#41706965)

Peter Principle is when someone is competent until they are put in a position where they are incompetent. It doesn't nullify that he was great at YC or OpenAI at the start, but both of these gave him poor reviews near the end.

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