Garry Tan
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It's like you're always convincing people to quit their stupid jobs to come work for you, right?
And so this was just like one of like a thousand conversations that he had.
But my buddies really wanted me, I guess.
So they put him up to saying, I know you never had money, having a job.
And I was like, hey, I have health insurance.
It's like, I know all that's really important.
Let's make this a zero risk opportunity for you.
Here's a check for $70,000 from my personal bank account.
And I should have waited until after the soup course because I said, no, thank you very much, Mr. Thiel.
I might make it to level 60 next year.
I thought I was going to get promoted.
But that company turned out to be Palantir and I turned down something like, I don't know, two and a half to $4 billion.