SF vibe shift: joining an AI lab now outranks founding a startup
zebird0 · x · 2026-10-02
Quoting @pedrocomputer's observation of a vibe shift in SF: founding used to be the highest-status path (even mediocre startups earned bragging rights), but working at a big lab or a neolab like Cognition now seems to carry the most status. zebird0 argues founders attract the wrong mercenary talent: it's better for dispassionate founders to join big labs than to take VC money and chase ideas they don't care about, while urging truly passionate founders to keep going.
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