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> we are fervently passionate about our mission obviously the hiring managers aren't passionate enough to hire enough smart minds to get the work done within r

> we are fervently passionate about our mission obviously the hiring managers aren't passionate enough to hire enough smart minds to get the work done within reasonable working hours. I'm sure it's not rocket science to see that if you take a job that requires 15 engineers but only hire 10 and keep the same deadline, then some member of upper management gets a fraction of those unused 5 salaries as his quarterly bonus, while you get to feel like a corporate hero for sacrificing 30-50% of your family time. FTR I love what SpaceX has done and a lot of what Mr Musk has accomplished. I'm just saying if we want to play the game of leveling moral judgments at each other, let the games begin.

anon_spx 8y ago
And yet, plenty of people sign up for it. I do what I love and nothing more. If I didn't wake up excited every day or have intense fun, I wouldn't work here. I love my job and work 50 hours a week because I want to. Maybe it's difficult for you to comprehend that some people might actually ENJOY their jobs and CHOOSE to work longer hours. It's my life and I don't see how there's a controversy that I choose to spend it doing what I love -- especially when I honestly believe that I'm contributing to something that's making the world a better place. I think if you spoke to most SpaceX engineers, they'd say the same thing; the ones that I know (and I probably know a lot more than you) feel the same.