# Bad Influence story: OpenAI's Chief People Officer KC says junior and senior titles no longer fit AI-era work

Active · 1 article · 1 source · First reported 11-09 19:00. Times are ET.
Story page: https://badinfluence.news/story/6bc19e9c-e09b-4033-9a65-421b24a0bac4

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Latest update (11-09 19:00): Tomasz Tunguz says OpenAI's KC argues junior and senior titles no longer fit AI-era work

Overview: OpenAI Chief People Officer KC says the words junior and senior lack meaning as models advance, because experience relevant to a given context fades quickly. Tomasz Tunguz reports KC's remarks from Office Hours.

KC describes modern work as a model "brain" inside a harness such as Codex or Claude Code, with people increasingly managing agents. KC says emotional intelligence now separates people.

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1. 11-09 19:00 · Tomasz Tunguz · [Tomasz Tunguz says OpenAI's KC argues junior and senior titles no longer fit AI-era work](https://badinfluence.news/items/p6062epslxnhvhm1mc2h366d0)
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