Subj : Inside Sam Altman's firing 🤖 , foldable 20-inch MacBook 💻, why Meta doesn't use git 👨💻 To : tldr@synchro.net From : TLDR Date : Fri Mar 08 2024 11:40 am --lKQnqvW6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable OpenAI's chief technology officer Mira Murati questioned Sam Altman's man= agement in front of the board last year=C2=A0=20 Sign Up [1]|Advertise = [2]|View Online [3]=20 =09=09TLDR=20 =09=09TOGETHER WITH [TLDR] = TLDR 2024-03-08 TLDR=C2=A0IS HIRING A PART TIME=C2=A0FULL STACK DEVEL= OPER (CONTRACTOR, FULLY REMOTE US TIME ZONES,=C2=A0$50/HR)=20 TLDR= =C2=A0is hiring a part time=C2=A0full stack dev to help us build scalable= internal tools and web apps. The ideal candidate would have at least 1= -2 years full stack dev experience and be familiar with Next.js/Postgres,= experience with Clickhouse and Vercel is also a nice to have. 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