[hluska]

Asking someone to choose one or the other is not the same as firing them. It’s clearly written that if Sam Altman had chosen YC he would have stayed there.

[crazygringo]

Exactly. I don't understand how people are getting that this is a difference.

If I offer you either chicken or pasta for a meal, and you pick the pasta, you don't get to say I denied you the chicken.

If you have a choice over which job you want to keep, you're not getting fired. It is very much a meaningful difference.