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Josh Achiam described what it was like to work at OpenAI in 2017.
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TL;DR
- Josh Achiam worked at OpenAI in 2017.
- The company had about 50 employees at the time.
- The environment was described as collegiate, academic, and intellectual, similar to a university graduate lab.
- Most employees were current PhD students or recent graduates.
- There was no 'publish or perish' culture.