Sam Altman says he invests in companies within 10 minutes after talking to the founders and gauging their intelligence Among the best people you have seen, what is the sign of intelligence? Is there a different way they express themselves (facial expressions, voices, order of thoughts, reasoning)? Google Meta Apple Netflix OpenAI Databricks
Solving LC hard under 10 minutes.
Reasoning, structure and quality of responses. Also humor
There is no surefire sign. Humans are incredible at bullshitting and mimicry. Anyone who thinks they can’t be bullshitted is being bullshitted constantly and just doesn’t know better.
Just ask everyone who invested in Elizabeth Holmes
the whole point of op asking this question is so they can try to mimic an intelligent person
Humor is strongly correlated with intelligence
This seems like a smart take, but it wasn't funny, so I don't know what to make of it.
You just know after talking to someone.
Sam himself is a tool, has other smart ppl actually implement for him. Not saying hes not smart but hes no genius
Anyone else notice he copies Elon by taking long pauses before he replies, as if he’ll say something profound? Except he never says anything profound
Databricks cmon man it’s called thinking before speaking. I don’t think he’s copying Elon.
Humor, wit
Of course he invests within 10 minutes. Do you know how much filtering probably went in before a founder gets to even sit with him? Tons of other people have already vetted them. Shocking he can tell founders are smart when all of them probably have ivy league educations and people who praise their work when references call them.
The ability to jump through hoops. The more accolades and insecurity the better. Everything about your personality must be marketable and consumable by the masses. Personally, I’m an Ivy FAANG TriAthlete with a trophy wife and a SFH in Los Altos. Rock climbing and Burning Man is my personality. I have a man bun. I named my son Braydon. I am very badass.
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