Six years building a game studio before landing the Anthropic role: no overnight success
ycombinator · x · 2026-11-11
Vivian Shen (retweeted by Y Combinator) shares an interview with @trq212, who spent 6 years building a video game company and going through YC before joining Anthropic.
- From outside, joining a top lab looks like a lottery ticket: career acceleration, money, and network.
- What's harder to see is the years of work that made someone worth hiring in the first place.
- The theme: there is no overnight success — launches and fundraises are just the visible tip.
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