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I'm not sure we've seen any evidence of Musk's 'incredible' engineering skills.

• loceng 6y ago
  Musk says he's doing engineering 80% of the time. If you watch him discuss the products he knows what he's talking about, he's intimately involved - he's not just the standard talking head CEO role.
  • xkjkls 6y ago
    Does he? He seems closer to a Steve Jobs type marketer than a Bill Gates type engineer.
    • loceng 6y ago
      Why not both? Also, good design and technology markets itself - especially when it's needed.
• sunstone 6y ago
  Did you see two rockets return to earth and land side-by-side?
  • nujabe 6y ago
    Do you really think Musk had anything to do with engineering design of those rockets? You really think he contributed to the rocket stabilization system or something?
    • aeternum 6y ago
      I do actually. The level at which he can describe each low-level design decision shows he has a deep understanding of rocketry, chemistry, and material science and acts as more of a chief engineer rather than CEO.
      • xkjkls 6y ago
        Give me an example. I haven't seen anything even close to the sort.
        • aeternum 6y ago
          https://youtu.be/cIQ36Kt7UVg?t=421 https://youtu.be/cIQ36Kt7UVg?t=421