Head of ChatGPT & Codex: taste and knowing what good looks like is trending up, typing fast is down
lennysan · x · 2026-10-07
Thibault Sottiaux, Head of ChatGPT & Codex at OpenAI, told Lenny Rachitsky which skills trend up and down in the AI era. Trending up: great taste, passion to build something that matters, knowing what good looks like. Trending down: typing fast. The full conversation is now available.
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