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> "Chris just wasn't the right fit for Tesla, and we've decided to make a change," Tesla said Tuesday, according to The Wall Street Journal. I wonder what "was

> "Chris just wasn't the right fit for Tesla, and we've decided to make a change," Tesla said Tuesday, according to The Wall Street Journal. I wonder what "wasn't the right fit" meant for Chris' scenario. Did he walk away or was he let go because of team or company dynamics? Or was he not the right fit for the job? It'll be interesting as it can provide insight in company culture of Tesla vs. Apple.

macinjosh 9y ago
My guess, which I have no evidence for, is that Tesla likes to move fast (autonomous vehicle by end of '17) and at Apple he had a lot more time to focus on projects like Swift for longer periods of time.
- hacker_9 9y ago
  Questionable. I would describe Swift as 'move fast' too, judging by the fact there is breaking changes [1] every release. [1] http://blog.xebia.com/breaking-changes-swift-4/ http://blog.xebia.com/breaking-changes-swift-4/
  - jack9 9y ago
    That's not uncommon for new languages. Swift is definitely not in the "move fast" column, even taking that into consideration.
    - valuearb 9y ago
      Less than 4 years to become the dominant language for iOS development, thats pretty fast.
      - suyash 9y ago
        When you have a company like Apple backing it - anything can become dominant (at least till now).
JKCalhoun 9y ago
Guessing as well — Tesla hired him for rock-star-coder cred, then found they actually don't need tools-work.