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He prioritizes speed apparently at the cost of anything else. I wonder why he feels such urgency? I mean yeah he finally got a profit out of Tesla last quarter
by ianai 7y ago
He prioritizes speed apparently at the cost of anything else. I wonder why he feels such urgency?
I mean yeah he finally got a profit out of Tesla last quarter. But there’s really no tolerance for hiccups in a roof install.
- s_y_n_t_a_x 7y agoIsn't speed a very important factor when addressing climate change? I thought replacing ICE engines and developing more in renewable energy would be accepted.
- ianai 7y agoSpeed is of course great. But you still have to engineer and execute properly. I was hoping HN knew where he was getting his urgency from other than the obvious. Like is he short on money.
- OnlineGladiator 7y agoI don't want to turn this into a debate about Tesla's financials, but I think just about everybody can agree Tesla has always operated in a risky position - highly leveraged, relatively low on cash (in terms of months of runway), extremely risky bets (pre-orders on FSD which has yet to come to fruition). Love or hate Tesla, they are a financial engineering marvel. And it's easy to make an argument that the company needs more cash, but again I don't want to make this into a flame war.
- carlivar 7y agoMusk rejects Kanban and Toyota Production System. Chaotic pressure is only one type of production speed.
- SuoDuanDao 7y agoI suspect, from what I've read of his early life, that he is a flow addict and runs his companies to force employees into flow as well. 'Impossible' deadlines are an easy way to hack a team's flow, see e.g. the games industry.