Ex-OpenAI researcher McCoy: the one meta-skill for research is theory of mind
sebgehr · x · 2026-08-20
Tom McCoy reshared his "One Big Tip" for new grad students: the many skills research requires — collaborating, writing, presenting — can be unified under a single overarching ability, theory of mind: understanding how others think about your work. Full reasoning in his linked blog post.
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