I had a funny thought when Anthropic was still a new startup. I was browsing their careers page and noticed:
1. They state upfront the salary expectations for all their positions
2. The salaries offered are quite high
and I immediately decided this was probably the company to bet on, just by virtue of them probably being able to attract and retain the best talent, and thus engineer the best product.
I contrasted it with so many startups I've seen and worked at that try their damnedest to underpay everyone, thus their engineers were mediocre and their product was built like trash.
Agreed with the spirit of this post. OpenAI also pays very well though and has super high caliber talent (from what I can see from friends who have joined and other online anecdotes).
1. They state upfront the salary expectations for all their positions 2. The salaries offered are quite high
and I immediately decided this was probably the company to bet on, just by virtue of them probably being able to attract and retain the best talent, and thus engineer the best product.
I contrasted it with so many startups I've seen and worked at that try their damnedest to underpay everyone, thus their engineers were mediocre and their product was built like trash.