Dario worried people were joining Anthropic for the money, not the mission

hightrix 16 hours ago | parent | next [-]

99.99999999999999% of all people take a job for the money. Sure, they may choose job A over job B because of some mission or overall objective, but if job B proposed a 50% higher salary, most people would take it.

Sorry not sorry. I work for money.

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cobzilla 15 hours ago | parent [-]

Depends on the sector. Lots of sectors are full of people for whom the mission is part of the comp. EdTech is one for sure.

I would imagine not too many folks work in AdTech to support the mission.

	▲	pavel_lishin 14 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I work in EdTech - that's definitely part of it. It feels nice knowing that I'm positively contributing to something that was a net-good, especially with the specific project I spent something like five years working on. Sure, it's not perfect - we live in a world run under a capitalist system - but it felt like a least-bad situation.

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saulpw 15 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

That's what happens when you inject a lot of money into a sector/company, it attracts people who only want to maximize money. This is honestly what has ruined the tech sector over the past 30 years.

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throwitaway222 16 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

The only thing that matters is a) family, b) community, c) country. Your job is very low on the list, but the money it provides makes the 3 above better.

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intunderflow 13 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

https://www.axios.com/2026/08/03/ai-talent-wars-openai-googl... is the original source and probably a better link

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feverzsj 16 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Worse. People join AI companies for quick money.

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ergocoder 15 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Anyone who joins Anthropic at the 800 valuation is probably less about money.

If it is about money, they would try to buy low, not buy high like this.

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blitzar 16 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Is this accusation a confession?

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shapefrog 14 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Did he not notice that every CV listed the previous "mission" as reimagining money with shitcoins and NFTs?

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the_real_cher 16 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

If during the interview they said that their biggest weakness was that "they are a perfectionist" they are doing it for the money.

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orphea 16 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Worried? What the heck else people are working for if not money? Is he really that clueless?