OpenAI researcher's job advice: pick teams for mission, not hype
floguo · x · 2026-10-01
OpenAI researcher Jenny Wen advises job seekers to choose the team, mission, and approach that resonate most rather than chasing the buzziest player. With model advancements, products reinvent themselves every 3-6 months and leaderboards reset often — those chasing hype will be unhappy once the cycle moves on.
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