Don't hire a straight-A student, unless it's to take exams; or a professor...

ogogmad • today at 12:03 PM • 2 replies • view on HN

  Don't hire a straight-A student, unless it's to take exams; or a professor, unless it's to write papers.
 -- Nassim Taleb

How interesting that Anthropic and OpenAI are full of professors and straight-A students!

01284a7e • today at 1:43 PM

Don't quote Nassim Taleb, unless it's to be an arrogant dick.

-- Me

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jebarker • today at 12:34 PM

It’s unclear to me what point you’re making here - can you elaborate?

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