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> wonderful tech but terrible product company

i couldn't have said it better, something i've been feeling for a long time. they have all the engineering expertise, why not the same for product?

it's even more surprising given Altman's ycom experience, it's not like this is a classic engineer-run corp

On top of that the CTO has a product, not engineering background. It doesn't make a whole lot of sense.

but the president was the CTO of Stripe

Who I understand has no reports and mostly codes, but yes he is tight with Sam and undoubtedly has a big influence over strategy.