talent: everyone on the record — The Minutes https://minutesof.com/on/talent/ Everyone on the record about talent: 5 verbatim quotes from 2 people, August 2011 to June 2025, in one chronology, each with a timestamp and a link to its… en Sun, 30 Aug 2026 22:33:16 +0000 Dylan Patel: Patel directly contradicts Sam Altman's claim that no top researchers have left OpenAI for Meta. https://minutesof.com/q/b7b6c883-2efe-4bf7-8a6c-bee2be63fcd9/ https://minutesof.com/q/b7b6c883-2efe-4bf7-8a6c-bee2be63fcd9/ “As far as Sam is saying that no top researchers have gone, I don't believe that's accurate. I initially the top researchers definitely did say no, the best researchers, the best people.” — Dylan Patel, Matthew Berman Mon, 30 Jun 2025 17:27:19 +0000 talent Bill Gurley: Gurley says SpaceX maps rocket clubs at colleges and high schools for recruiting like athletic pr https://minutesof.com/q/6e80a619-5655-42ae-856c-ef8f220167b4/ https://minutesof.com/q/6e80a619-5655-42ae-856c-ef8f220167b4/ “I found out from this HR person that that SpaceX is mapping the rocket clubs at the college level and the best high schools. Right.” — Bill Gurley, McCombs School of Business Fri, 24 Jan 2025 00:57:51 +0000 talent Bill Gurley: Gurley reveals SpaceX Boca Chica average age is 29, matching early NASA when his father wrote rep https://minutesof.com/q/200f1a13-03ec-40b0-8078-26e8e831bb2c/ https://minutesof.com/q/200f1a13-03ec-40b0-8078-26e8e831bb2c/ “The average age at Boca Chica is 29, which is fascinating. Yeah. Yeah. And it was funny because I asked my dad, was that true at NASA?” — Bill Gurley, McCombs School of Business Fri, 24 Jan 2025 00:57:51 +0000 talent Dylan Patel: Patel says Chinese firms offer TSMC engineers five hundred thousand dollars versus eighty to one- https://minutesof.com/q/86ac248f-4cf7-4321-a389-93eb8a7668ea/ https://minutesof.com/q/86ac248f-4cf7-4321-a389-93eb8a7668ea/ “In TSMC, they're getting paid, you know, only like 80 to 150 k. Right? Like USD. Right?” — Dylan Patel, Hidden Forces Wed, 04 Oct 2023 14:00:36 +0000 talent Bill Gurley: Gurley explains that struggling Silicon Valley companies suffer brain drain due to abundant alter https://minutesof.com/q/5a617821-0a3b-42ca-a71c-b08d375f3ca4/ https://minutesof.com/q/5a617821-0a3b-42ca-a71c-b08d375f3ca4/ “In Silicon Valley, when you have a company on the outs, there are so many job opportunities around here. You get the brain drain, the creative talent leaves.” — Bill Gurley, Bloomberg Originals Fri, 26 Aug 2011 00:33:21 +0000 talent