Ex-OpenAI researcher mocks lab hiring SDRs while claiming to end the world
willdepue · x · 2026-10-20
Former OpenAI researcher Will Depue mocks the cult-like excitement of "I've joined OpenAI" posts, comparing them to announcing a janitorial role on the Manhattan Project in 1943. His real point: the company claiming to be building world-ending AGI keeps hiring sales development representatives — a jab at the gap between mission narratives and commercial org reality.
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