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I'd certainly feel more 'pride' in saying "I work for Tesla" Why? SpaceX, sure. But Tesla? Just because it gets more news coverage?
by p1esk 9y ago
I'd certainly feel more 'pride' in saying "I work for Tesla"
Why? SpaceX, sure. But Tesla? Just because it gets more news coverage?
- rdl 9y agoTesla is doing more innovation than the median tech company, and probably more than the 95th percentile. Plus, it's a consumer-understandable product, so you could "explain what you do at a dinner party" to someone outside of the domain. "Engineer at Tesla" beats "engineer at IBM" but probably is socially inferior to "radiation oncologist". Obviously status is to some extent subjective and culturally/individually determined, but there's broad agreement that certain jobs are higher status than others by various groups of people.
- solarkraft 9y agoTesla is cool. But as a contractor, effectively working for Tesla, I'd probably also call it that.