[HN Gopher] Sam Altman says era of remote work is over;worst mis...
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Sam Altman says era of remote work is over;worst mistake of tech
industry
Author : oikawa_tooru_
Score : 18 points
Date : 2023-05-05 22:18 UTC (41 minutes ago)
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| electric_mayhem wrote:
| Tech industry workers say the era of Sam Altman is over; worst
| pundit ever
| gumballindie wrote:
| This guy is hellbent on damaging everything under the sun.
| ripvanwinkle wrote:
| > He further added that OpenAI's some of the best talents are
| working remotely. He said, "some of our best people are remote,
| and we will continue to support it always, so please don't let
| hating SF stop you from applying to OpenAI! I don't like the open
| air fentanyl markets either."
|
| The above line seems to contradict the part about '..worst
| mistake of the tech industry'
| JohnFen wrote:
| I could not disagree more. At least for the last decade in the
| places I've worked (major tech companies), everyone has been
| doing "remote work" anyway even though they were in the office.
|
| I mean, meetings were held online, discussion took place through
| chat, etc., between people literally sitting in cubes next to
| each other. Everything is just more efficient and less disruptive
| that way.
|
| Working from home changed no work processes at all, at least
| where I worked, introduced no additional social separation, and
| yielded large benefits for individuals, teams, and the company.
| coffeefirst wrote:
| Cool. Can I have a private office with a door? Because I have one
| at home and just I don't see myself giving that up.
| macinjosh wrote:
| The mistake was doing the transition suddenly with no foresight
| or planning. Remote is possible but the systems and culture need
| to be ready for it first.
| blitzar wrote:
| > He said, "some of our best people are remote, and we will
| continue to support it always, so please don't let hating SF stop
| you from applying to OpenAI! I don't like the open air fentanyl
| markets either."
|
| I am going to give him the benefit of the doubt and say that the
| reporting is terrible, not that the guy is an idiot and can not
| stick to a consistent thought process in the course of a single
| 30 minute panel at a conference.
| stilist wrote:
| How does this claim interact with the claim that AI is going to
| eliminate tons of existing jobs?
| JohnFen wrote:
| > Altman also spoke about the future of AI. According to Altman,
| AI needs to be treated with "extreme seriousness" as the tech
| might have "existential risk" attached to it.
|
| I really, really wish that OpenAI would start behaving as if they
| believed this.
| pdonis wrote:
| When you actually look at the claim Altman can defend from his
| own experience, it's not that remote work doesn't work for "the
| tech industry"; it's that remote work doesn't work for _early
| stage startups_. But most of "the tech industry" is not early
| stage startups. Most of the _people_ working in the tech industry
| could still be working remotely, while at the same time the small
| fraction of them that are working at early stage startups could
| be working in person in an office (or hangout space, or
| whatever), and the tech industry would do just fine.
|
| Unfortunately, when I look at Altman's track record as a pundit
| (as opposed to as a startup developer), this kind of schoolboy
| error is what I usually see.
| observer987 wrote:
| Remote work threatens the foundation of the commercial real
| estate market. Expect a huge push to get people back into the
| office - especially if there is softness in the job market.
| daneel_w wrote:
| Does he happen to have substantial investments in real estate
| portfolios or something?
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