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OpenAI offers $10M pay packages to poach Google researchers

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Re: OpenAI offers $10M pay packages to poach Google researchers

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Post by modeless »

riku_iki wrote: post #16
modeless wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not naming sources is one thing, but which news stories from The Information were false? IMO they have an amazing track record, to the point where half the tech news you read is some journalist's distorted summary of something they read in The Information. There's a reason they can charge $400 per year and people pay.

I didn't say "false", I said rumors which are not possible to verify.

The service they provide is verifying rumors, essentially. Due to the nature of the subject matter it's not possible for them to show you all the data you need to verify things yourself. If you don't want to trust their verification that's your prerogative but IMO rather silly considering their excellent past track record. And that's coming from someone who is extremely critical of most journalism these days.

Re: OpenAI offers $10M pay packages to poach Google researchers

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Post by riku_iki »

modeless wrote: post #21
riku_iki wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I didn't say "false", I said rumors which are not possible to verify.

The service they provide is verifying rumors, essentially. Due to the nature of the subject matter it's not possible for them to show you all the data you need to verify things yourself. If you don't want to trust their verification that's your prerogative but IMO rather silly considering their excellent past track record. And that's coming from someone who is extremely critical of most journalism these days.

> IMO rather silly considering their excellent past track record

this is absolute handvawing

Re: OpenAI offers $10M pay packages to poach Google researchers

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Post by PumpkinSpice »

VirusNewbie wrote: post #13

I find it hard to believe it’s the case for an average researcher, we know their pay package for most L6 engineers is a bit under 1m. But maybe a “fellow” or distinguished engineer?

Yes, it probably applies to the most qualified hires, so probably folks who are already around $1M total comp where they are.

But the most important point is, you don't get that money now, and maybe never. The most likely scenario where you get that kind of a payday is if they go public and if the pre-IPO pie-in-the-sky valuation holds for a good while.

It might. But it's far more of a gamble than your FAANG stock.

Re: OpenAI offers $10M pay packages to poach Google researchers

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Post by modeless »

riku_iki wrote: post #23
modeless wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The service they provide is verifying rumors, essentially. Due to the nature of the subject matter it's not possible for them to show you all the data you need to verify things yourself. If you don't want to trust their verification that's your prerogative but IMO rather silly considering their excellent past track record. And that's coming from someone who is extremely critical of most journalism these days.

> IMO rather silly considering their excellent past track record this is absolute handvawing

Their past reporting on non-public information that I was personally familiar with has been 100% correct. This particular news about $10m packages was just corroborated independently by some well known researchers I follow on Twitter. Based on that and their prior track record of things they reported first that later became public and were true, I trust their reporting on other things I can't immediately verify.

Re: OpenAI offers $10M pay packages to poach Google researchers

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Post by TaylorAlexander »

nick222226 wrote: post #11

What's the fastest way to jump this ladder. Swe at Google, cross train yourself on LLM in 20% time and at home, internal transfer, then get competing offers?

Be born in 1980. Have reasonably well-off parents. Spend your childhood learning math and computers. Travel a little and learn a bit about the world. Study hard and do your homework. Get in to a top university and work on exactly the right problems. Get a job at google some time between 2003 and 2009. Spend at least a decade solving hard problems there, making good visible progress. Now wait to rake in the sweet sweet offers.

Re: OpenAI offers $10M pay packages to poach Google researchers

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Post by riku_iki »

modeless wrote: post #26
riku_iki wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> IMO rather silly considering their excellent past track record this is absolute handvawing

Their past reporting on non-public information that I was personally familiar with has been 100% correct. This particular news about $10m packages was just corroborated independently by some well known researchers I follow on Twitter. Based on that and their prior track record of things they reported first that later became public and were true, I trust their reporting on other things I can't immediately verify.

> This particular news about $10m packages was just corroborated independently by some well known researchers I follow on Twitter.

can you post the link?

Re: OpenAI offers $10M pay packages to poach Google researchers

#29

Post by [deleted] »

riku_iki wrote: post #16
modeless wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not naming sources is one thing, but which news stories from The Information were false? IMO they have an amazing track record, to the point where half the tech news you read is some journalist's distorted summary of something they read in The Information. There's a reason they can charge $400 per year and people pay.

I didn't say "false", I said rumors which are not possible to verify.

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Re: OpenAI offers $10M pay packages to poach Google researchers

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Post by dang »

Hardwalled articles (that is, paywalls without workarounds) aren't allowed on HN - see https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html and https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10178989.

theinformation.com used to open certain articles for HN readers but they stopped responding to our emails years ago

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