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"“Elon Musk is an engineer, and so he treats raising capital as one element that he needs to solve,” said Andrea James, a former analyst" How is Musk an engine

"“Elon Musk is an engineer, and so he treats raising capital as one element that he needs to solve,” said Andrea James, a former analyst" How is Musk an engineer? Musk has a degree in physics and economics according to Wikipedia. At least where I'm from, you don't call yourself or someone else an engineer if you didn't go to engineering school.

buvanshak 8y ago
Even if you agree with that how is "treating raising capital as one element that he needs to solve" work any better that the, you know, the other, non-engineer like methods others use to raise capital?
- tway2888888 8y ago
  >work any better that the, you know, the other, non-engineer like methods others use to raise capital? There's a trope amongst millennials than anything Musk touches is "better" than the methods anyone has ever done before. It's how you get people saying things like "Toyota doesn't know how to produce cars like Tesla does!" I think this mindset is dangerous.
onion2k 8y ago
At least where I'm from, you don't call yourself or someone else an engineer if you didn't go to engineering school. What Musk was doing 25 years ago when he was at university isn't important any more. Are we supposed to just ignore the 25 years of experience he's gained since? It's very simple: if he does engineering then he is an engineer, regardless of what degree he holds.
- tway2888888 8y ago
  >It's very simple: if he does engineering then he is an engineer, regardless of what degree he holds." So who doesn't do engineering? Are we all engineers? I put bandaids on my wounds, am I also a doctor?
- majewsky 8y ago
  > if he does engineering Does he, though? He's CEO if 4 companies IIRC. I would be very surprised if that leaves you any time at all to do stuff that qualifies as engineering (in the traditional sense; not in the bullshit uptitling sense; "software engineer" is only one step from "ninja rockstar").
  - onion2k 8y ago
    So he's not a true Scotsman.. err.. engineer?
  - godelmachine 8y ago
    https://www.inc.com/ayse-birsel/why-elon-musk-spends-80-percent-of-his-time-on-thi.html https://www.inc.com/ayse-birsel/why-elon-musk-spends-80-perc... Ouch!!
scandox 8y ago
The word engineer is semantically bankrupt at this point.
godelmachine 8y ago
A piece of paper doesn't make anyone an Engineer. His work does. Elon's life is full of creating engineering marvel.

buvanshak 8y ago

Even if you agree with that how is "treating raising capital as one element that he needs to solve" work any better that the, you know, the other, non-engineer like methods others use to raise capital?

tway2888888 8y ago
>work any better that the, you know, the other, non-engineer like methods others use to raise capital? There's a trope amongst millennials than anything Musk touches is "better" than the methods anyone has ever done before. It's how you get people saying things like "Toyota doesn't know how to produce cars like Tesla does!" I think this mindset is dangerous.

onion2k 8y ago

At least where I'm from, you don't call yourself or someone else an engineer if you didn't go to engineering school. What Musk was doing 25 years ago when he was at university isn't important any more. Are we supposed to just ignore the 25 years of experience he's gained since? It's very simple: if he does engineering then he is an engineer, regardless of what degree he holds.

tway2888888 8y ago
>It's very simple: if he does engineering then he is an engineer, regardless of what degree he holds." So who doesn't do engineering? Are we all engineers? I put bandaids on my wounds, am I also a doctor?
majewsky 8y ago
> if he does engineering Does he, though? He's CEO if 4 companies IIRC. I would be very surprised if that leaves you any time at all to do stuff that qualifies as engineering (in the traditional sense; not in the bullshit uptitling sense; "software engineer" is only one step from "ninja rockstar").
- onion2k 8y ago
  So he's not a true Scotsman.. err.. engineer?
- godelmachine 8y ago
  https://www.inc.com/ayse-birsel/why-elon-musk-spends-80-percent-of-his-time-on-thi.html https://www.inc.com/ayse-birsel/why-elon-musk-spends-80-perc... Ouch!!

scandox 8y ago

The word engineer is semantically bankrupt at this point.

godelmachine 8y ago

A piece of paper doesn't make anyone an Engineer. His work does. Elon's life is full of creating engineering marvel.