Local privilege escalation vulnerabilities in Linux

Re:Local privilege escalation vulnerabilities in Linux by saagarjha on Thursday November 05, 2026 @08:47AM (#50379010)

You mean an extra 750k

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Re:Local privilege escalation vulnerabilities in Linux by lifeisloving on Thursday November 05, 2026 @09:06AM (#50379225)

You guys have been watching too many AI silicon valley hype youtube content.

OpenAI has 5k employees now.

Yes, you see these headlines about ml researchers getting paid a ton, well thats because there's 5k of them on Earth.

Unless you're a VP or PhD you're not getting life changing compensation. And guess what, all those people can get similar compensation elsewhere without slaving away 4 days a week in an office in San Francisco.

Your average employee is not making an extra 750k. You know you can look at compensation online you cant just do vibes based analysis and just invent your own reality. Find me a position at OpenAI thats paying 750k compensation.

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Re:Local privilege escalation vulnerabilities in Linux by saagarjha on Thursday November 05, 2026 @09:25AM (#50379449)

Literally from the link above: https://openai.com/careers/researcher-frontier-cybersecurity.... $400k in cash plus substantial equity is going to easily cross 750k

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Re:Local privilege escalation vulnerabilities in Linux by lifeisloving on Thursday November 05, 2026 @11:01AM (#50380812)

The person hired for this role will almost certainly have a PhD.

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Re:Local privilege escalation vulnerabilities in Linux by IshKebab on Thursday November 05, 2026 @01:48PM (#50382827)

Right, the context was missing out on "top talent". Top talent gets those crazy salaries.

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