I just love how companies like this gaslight the whole world with announcements like this.

We started a company to make a big difference in the world and build an engineer’s dream company, and that’s why we have now decided to do the exact opposite and become employee numbers 32,463 through 32,510 at one of the largest tech companies in the world because money is nice.

Look, I’d have done the same thing, I’m not criticizing the choice. I just think we don’t need this kind of weird unnatural rhetoric.

Please just stop with the tech industry puffery. You’re not Steve Jobs, you’re just the DevOps team at OpenAI now. You’re dumping your worthless code on GitHub, and you’re kicking your customers to the curb.

There’s no PR spin left to do anymore. You’re not a company anymore and you’re not a founder anymore.

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trollbridge 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Making a statement like this is generally part of the terms of the acquisition.

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dangus 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Sure, but I imagine the terms of the acquisition doesn’t say you have to write it in this specific style.

I’m sure there’s a way to say the same thing without coming across as a bullshitter.

	▲	dbalatero 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I just don't think there's much upside to telling it how it is in the press release that gets buried after a week and everyone moves on. For better or worse.

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bartekpacia 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

More like employees number 32,463 and 32,464 - they’re two people from what I seen on GitHub over the years. (Incredibly strong two people)