Biglab environment selects people to be impressed enough by the thingy to work hard on it, but not so impressed that they lose interest in doing day-to-day technical work (in favor of, e.g., trying to regain sense of control/comprehension of history/future)
Users find the framing of how big AI labs select researchers balancing awe with daily technical work an interesting take on developer motivation.
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Though it seems like some might be sneakily psychorouting around this tension by subtly assuming-without-justification that the status they receive from day-to-day participation will itself confer comprehension/stability/safely in the future. Very naughty!
Biglab environment selects people to be impressed enough by the thingy to work hard on it, but not so impressed that they lose interest in doing day-to-day technical work (in favor of, e.g., trying to regain sense of control/comprehension of history/future)
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Biglab environment selects people to be impressed enough by the thingy to work hard on it, but not so impressed that they lose interest in doing day-to-day technical work (in favor of, e.g., trying to regain sense of control/comprehension of history/future)

@kellerjordan0 that’s a really interesting way to frame developer motivation.