OpenAI researcher says early-career tech workers should treat jobs as test drives Job-hopping could help early-career engineers find their value, a top OpenAI researcher wrote on X. ATHVisions/Getty Images Gabriel Petersson said he doesn't think young workers need to avoid the dreaded "job-hopper" label . In several X posts on Sunday, the OpenAI researcher said young tech workers should test out different teams before anchoring themselves to one company. His view: early-career engineers need data points — on research projects, culture, and their own market value — before making a long-term bet. He called the traditional stay-put advice "braindead." "Please don't take the advice that you should stay at a company long and 'not hop around' for your first jobs," he wrote.…