Re:Why I Joined OpenAI
by gghffguhvc on Friday February 06, 2026 @10:40PM
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I believe him. I don’t know him personally but his blog posts pop up here from time to time and this feels genuine to me.
Re:Why I Joined OpenAI
by buzzerbetrayed on Friday February 06, 2026 @10:52PM
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You believe someone taking a fat paycheck isn’t doing it for the fat paycheck?
Wanna buy a bridge?
Humans are complex and have multiple sources of motivation. You don't know whether he took the offer with the highest pay. He's likely wealthy enough that he can pay less attention to his income and focus on his other sources of motivation if he wants to. That's not to say pay is not a factor in his choice, but it need not be the only or primary one. This is a luxury of the privileged for sure, which can make it difficult to relate to.
The string "compens" appears exactly once in your post:
> But there are other factors to consider beyond a well-known product: what's my role, who am I doing it with, and what is the COMPENSation?
You did it for the money; don't try to rationalize it, because no one believes you. For that amount of cash, I'd probably jump on Altman's bubble for a year or two.