{"id":12177,"date":"2026-08-14T04:25:39","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T04:25:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=12177"},"modified":"2026-08-14T04:25:39","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T04:25:39","slug":"sam-altman-is-happy-he-rejected-goldman-sachs-job-offer-tells-that-while-it-was-tough-to-say-no-then-it-should-not-be-for-students-nowadays-as","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=12177","title":{"rendered":"Sam Altman is happy he rejected Goldman Sachs job offer, tells that while it was tough to say \u2018No\u2019 then, it should not be for students nowadays, as \u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-133228532,imgsize-656325,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/sam-altman.jpg\" alt=\"Sam Altman is happy he rejected Goldman Sachs job offer, tells that while it was tough to say \u2018No\u2019 then, it should not be for students nowadays, as \u2026\" title=\"Image: AP News\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/sam-altman\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sam Altman<\/a>, CEO of ChatGPT-maker <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/openai\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">OpenAI<\/a> said he is glad he turned down an internship offer from Goldman Sachs during college, adding that while rejecting such an opportunity was difficult at the time, it should be much easier for students today because artificial intelligence has lowered the barriers to starting a company.<!-- --> Speaking at the Internapalooza Conference in July this year, Sam Altman recalled that during his sophomore year in college, working at Goldman Sachs was considered one of the most desirable career paths.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"6\"\/>\u201cI got peer pressured and kind of tricked into it,\u201d Altman said. \u201cI dutifully applied and got in and felt really cool.\u201d However, he later decided not to accept the internship. \u201cAnd then I didn&#8217;t do it,\u201d he said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"8\"\/>Instead, Sam Altman chose to work on his startup Loopt before joining Y Combinator&#8217;s first startup batch. <!-- -->He later became president of Y Combinator and went on to co-found OpenAI.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"13\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h2>OpenAI CEO Sam Altman: Working at Goldman Sachs sounds unbelievably terrible now<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>Looking back, Sam Altman said his view of investment banking has changed significantly. Altman said working at Goldman Sachs now &#8220;sounds unbelievably terrible,&#8221; adding that many corporate careers are highly hierarchical and leave little room to create new things.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"17\"\/>According to Altman, startups offer much greater freedom for people who want to build products instead of climbing the corporate ladder.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"20\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h2>OpenAI CEO Sam Altman: AI makes it easier for students to say &#8216;No&#8217;<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>During the interview, Sam Altman said rejecting a prestigious internship was much harder when he was a student because there were fewer ways to build a company independently. &#8220;I think this is much more true now than ever before,&#8221; he said. &#8220;You can make a whole startup, kind of by yourself in a room with a lot of AI tokens but not much else, and you don&#8217;t need anyone to take you seriously to do that.&#8221;<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"23\"\/>He added that young people can now make meaningful progress simply by building products. &#8220;You can get a long way in life and career just by doing stuff,&#8221; Altman said.<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/technology\/tech-news\/sam-altman-is-happy-he-rejected-goldman-sachs-job-offer-and-tells-that-while-it-was-tough-to-say-no-then-it-should-not-be-for-students-nowadays-as-\/articleshow\/133228513.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sam Altman, CEO of ChatGPT-maker OpenAI said he is glad he turned down an internship offer from Goldman Sachs during college, adding that while rejecting such an opportunity was difficult at the time, it should be much easier for students today because artificial intelligence has lowered the barriers to starting a company. 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