I might lose my job very soon. I assume I won't be able to negotiate salary at my new job... if I get a new job. I assume I will end up with a big pay cut in this market.
So I won the negotiation game with the first company by truly not wanting the job. And I got the rational desired outcome of negotation with the second, by having the right skills and right luck at the right time.
None of us would be feeling pessimistic about our career prospects if we had OpenAI experience.