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> others you get an extra 1.5mm to sit at the computer for 2 hours a day and then take a nap

A few of the most world class reserachers can do this, all of my other friends and colleagues at OpenAI work 10-14 hours day - often 7 days a weeek.

OpenAI pays eyewatering sums but you're absolutely sacrificing years of your life for it.

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This is what people are missing.

OpenAI isn't paying people to make a 30 year career over 30 years. They're paying people to make their entire career NOW.

that doesn't even make any sense. if they believe they have longevity then they absolutely should be paying people to make a career there and not just go out in a bright flash

Longevity is massively over rated.

There's a flash in the pan today. They need to capture it. Everything else is secondary to that and can be solved in the future.

sure, you can capture your biggest brains with massive salaries, but throwing 1.5mm at literally everyone is entirely silly, and to me shows that we're in a massive bubble and that is coming from someone who is fairly optimistic around AI.

They believe the company has longevity, but that all the work at the company will eventually be done by AI, in about two year at a guess based on the vesting period.

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