Jerry Wei on one year at Anthropic
Jerry Wei on one year at Anthropic: small, talent-dense teams outpace larger ones, evals must keep getting harder, and high-impact work is rarely glamorous.
Being surrounded by colleagues who embody these principles, who choose impact over recognition, who obsess over measurement quality, and who believe in the power of focused teams, has shaped how I approach my own work.
Jerry Wei reflects on one year at Anthropic. As with most things that are true, they sound “obvious” but are often quite difficult to keep in mind when trying to build successful teams.