New Delhi, Feb. 9 -- It was story-time for engineers on social media platform X (formerly known as Twitter), as one recalled making the "worst financial decision ever" by turning down a chance to be a founding engineer with Michael Truell at now celebrated start-up Cursor.

But he was beaten to the "worst" title by another, who then shared that he turned down an offer from Perplexity AI's Aravind Srinivas for Sam Bankman-Fried's now tanked crypto businesses FTX and Alameda Research - and now regrets the decision.

"nah i've got you beat for worst financial decision. (i said no because of how well things were going at Alameda Research/FTX)," (sic) wrote X user identified as Adi (@aditya_baradwaj).

X user Adi posted a screenshot of Sriniva...