““In the coming years, it will directly influence the remuneration of senior leaders, including the Board of Management,” Fouquet wrote.”
Talent & orgs
Hiring, layoffs, research culture and how teams are run.
“I think we should all be worried about sending intentionally or inadvertently or otherwise, signals that send the most talented next wave of AI software engineers to other countries rather…”
“We really set out to have the best transition ever, a textbook example that people could look back to and learn from. It actually started years ago.”
“The advice I've given him is, make it your own job. Put your time in the things that you can add the most value to around the company. And that means don't mimic me. Just like I didn't…”
“"...instead of working on a root cause and a root fix and a real solution to the problem, all they did was point fingers and blame people, we'd exit them very quickly. Those people…”
“Like all things, change is always bottom up, top down, and middle up,”
“many jobs to disappear forever”
“He believes that entry-level and mid-level jobs are the most at risk.”
“It was a difficult decision to move on. I'm incredibly proud of the amazing team at Google and everything we've built together. It has been an honor and a pleasure to work with all of you.”
“The people deciding that AI can replace your job are also the ones least likely to understand what your job truly involves, according to Box founder Aaron Levie, who pointed to this as an…”
“Personal update: I've joined Anthropic. I think the next few years at the frontier of LLMs will be especially formative. I am very excited to join the team here and get back to R&D. I…”
“My direct staff is 60 people. You know, I don’t have one-on-ones with ’em because it’s impossible.”
“Within the next year, I believe the majority of companies will reach the same conclusion and make similar structural change.”
“The reason: Artificial intelligence (AI) tools are being built that allow the business to operate in a more efficient manner.”
“The core thesis is simple. Intelligence tools have changed what it means to build and run a company. A significantly smaller team, using the tools we're building, can do more and do it…”
“I would say that we're actually not hiring fewer people. Frankly, we're growing very significantly as a company, so we actually are hiring lots of people, but we're hiring different…”
“I don't think anyone's matching those things.”
“I think that Zuck's taken a particular approach that involves sort of hiring a lot of individuals rather than maybe creating a team, and I don't really think that's the right approach.”
“Suleyman said he was "very selective" about new hires when he previously worked at DeepMind. At Microsoft, he said he has hired "incrementally," prioritizing candidates who aligned with…”
“Karp said he makes sure Palantir stays as tribal and cultish and unique as it was 20 years ago by recruiting the right people.”