AI safety worker: I took a nonprofit pay cut instead of a FAANG engineering job
austinc3301 · x · 2026-10-15
austinc3301 added that he earns a nonprofit salary, with FAANG software engineering as his counterfactual — acknowledging it's not typical for AI safety roles, but he personally earns far less than he otherwise would by choosing to work on AI safety.
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