Calvin French-Owen spent a little over a year on OpenAI's technical team. In a blog post he offers an insider's take on ...

Calvin French-Owen worked for OpenAI between May 2024 and June 2025 as a technical staff member. He talked about his time at ...

A former top engineer reveals an organization that runs on secrets, Slack messages, and social media buzz, where world ...

Former OpenAI engineer shares rare insights about company culture, revealing the fast-paced work environment, secretive ...

In the end, French-Owen's message is both a reality check and a cautionary tale. While OpenAI remains a beacon for those ...

A former OpenAI employee reveals the demanding reality behind the company's innovative facade. Twelve-hour days, intense ...

The former OpenAI engineer said that there was no drama behind his decision to quit, but that he simply wanted a new ...

Former staffer Calvin French-Owen gives a rare inside look at one of the most high-profile companies in the world, describing ...

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is setting a breakneck pace with his company, rolling out feature after feature to keep the ...

Calvin French-Owen, who spent a year at OpenAI working on Codex until leaving in June, didn't speak ill of his former ...

Calvin French-Owen, a software engineer who worked at OpenAI for a year, recently left the company and shared his experience in a detailed blog post. He wasn’t unhappy or caught in any drama—he simply ...

The final product embraced an asynchronous model where users assign coding tasks and Codex returns with pull requests (PRs), ...