Satirical Tweet Parodies AI Industry Job Announcements
The post flips between joining OpenAI or Anthropic, YC acceptance after rejection, and shifting project focuses.
A tweet from @CathPoaster lists contradictory claims starting with meeting someone at the San Francisco Corgi Cafe, then switching between leaving OpenAI to join Anthropic and the reverse. It continues with getting rejected by YC then accepted, declares taste is the moat, and pivots work from RL environments to data. Multiple investors and founders quoted the post as a zeitgeist read of AI career moves. Dylan Field replied with an invitation for a 2 AM dramatic spoken word reading of the text at the Corgi Cafe.
I met the love of my life in the San Francisco Corgi Cafe. Additionally, I’m leaving OpenAI to join Anthropic! Reverse that. I’m leaving Anthropic to join OpenAI! Got rejected by YC. Just got accepted to YC. Taste is the moat. I’m working on RL environments. Actually I’m working…