‘Worst financial decision ever’, engineer says turned down Perplexity for FTX, netizens joke: ‘goated, hall of fame…’
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‘Worst financial decision ever’, engineer says turned down Perplexity for FTX, netizens joke: ‘goated, hall of fame…’

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It was story-time for engineers on social media platform X, as one recalled making the “worst financial decision ever” by turning down a chance to be a founding engineer with Michael Truell at now celebrated start-up Cursor. How The ‘Worst Financial Decision Ever’ Were Made “nah i’ve got you beat for worst financial decision.,” wrote X user identified as Adi. X user Adi posted a screenshot of Srinivas soliciting him for a role as “founding engineer” at what has become Perplexity AI. He added in a subsequent post: “kudos to Aravind Srinivas and team though, Perplexity is a great product” Meanwhile, X user Peter recalled his almost stint with Michael Truell's Cursor.

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Indian techie reveals he rejected Perplexity AI's offer in 2022, calls it ‘worst financial decision ever’
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Indian techie reveals he rejected Perplexity AI's offer in 2022, calls it ‘worst financial decision ever’

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Techies on social media are sharing their biggest regrets after turning down job offers from startups in the past that have now made it big in the tech world. Among them, one Indian engineer recalled his “worst financial decision ever” by turning down a chance to be a founding engineer for Aravind Srinivas' Perplexity AI back in 2022. Aditya Baradwaj …

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