Yuchen Jin@Yuchenj_UW · XAI 摘要
作者曾羡慕加入OpenAI等公司获巨额财富，但观察到许多新贵沉迷避税等琐事，并不快乐，认为1000万美元是财富甜点。旧金山氛围狂热，过去五年约一万人在头部AI公司获得超2000万美元财富，制造了外人难以企及的差距。同时，裁员潮和AI变革使许多软件工程师技能过时，引发广泛职业危机：职业路径混乱、工作意义丧失、中层管理者无力转型。即便成功者亦常陷入目标缺失的迷茫。科技泡沫扭曲了社会常态，对“成功”的追逐持续折磨着许多人。
I had my FOMO phase too：
"If I hadn't started a company a few years ago and had joined OpenAI/Anthropic/xAI instead， I'd probably have $100M now."
But then I watched some of those rich people. Their daily focus became： "How do I minimize taxes？" "Where should I buy a house in SF or the Bay？" Instead of focusing on creating things.
And honestly， they didn't seem that happy.
I've always felt $10M is the sweet spot of wealth. Beyond that， if money is still the only thing you're optimizing for， the game starts to feel meaningless.
The vibes in SF feel pretty frenetic right now. The divide in outcomes is the worst I've ever seen. Over the last 5yrs, a group of ~10k people - employees at An...