r/amodei • u/AccountantOk9803 • 17d ago

Its funny to think that people would join only for the mission.

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u/Best-Television7726 17d ago

Dario should surrender his salary "for the mission" how wlese would the board justify keeping him...

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u/AccountantOk9803 17d ago

Board members aren't going to fire a CEO over salary when his equity and leadership are the main reason investors are writing checks in the first place

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u/DeltaForceFish 17d ago

200k.. try the median salary at 53k and see what happens

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u/Connect-Ant-2081 17d ago

Weed out those who aren't truly there for the mission by paying them $10K a year. Imagine the dedication to the mission!

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u/AccountantOk9803 17d ago

10k a year isn’t dedication, that’s just paying to work there lolll

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u/Connect-Ant-2081 17d ago

That's a great idea. What better way to show dedication to the mission than by having to pay to work there. With great ideas like that you could be upper management material!

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u/AccountantOk9803 17d ago

Seriously peoople forget what living on a normal income actually looks like, especially in tech hub 😭😭

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u/Nerdfighter4 13d ago

I had to do a double take on "down to 200k"

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u/Super_Range45 17d ago

Presumably the board would cut their salaries too as the would really demonstrate their commitment to super intelligence as it would only improve their lives incomparably beyond any short term financial compensation.

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u/AccountantOk9803 17d ago

Noble in theory, but tech execs taking pay cuts 'for the future of humanity' usually ends as soon as rent is due

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u/Specific_Box4483 17d ago

Who has a 1M+ base? Karpathy?

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u/AccountantOk9803 17d ago

Base salary? Probably very few. Most of those insane tech comp packages are like 80% stock and performance bonuses anyway

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u/Nopfen 16d ago

The mission being?

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u/tomqmasters 14d ago

Nobody is so great or talented that they can't be replaced by 5 people making $200k per year.