I can offer a somewhat unusual perspective on Tesla and SpaceX, from the manufacturing POV, because I never did sign their production NDAs, although I have made

I can offer a somewhat unusual perspective on Tesla and SpaceX, from the manufacturing POV, because I never did sign their production NDAs, although I have made parts for them. Producing for Musk companies is a fucking shit show. Specifications change mid-production on a constant basis, to a ridiculously comical extent. I honestly can’t imagine what the hell is wrong with these people that they change hole locations and part geometry for every single order, knowing full well that 1000 of 1000 units have already been produced and boxed and loaded onto pallets. As an Elon Musk fan, it was rude surprise that their shit is so fucked. I tried holding off on production until the last possible nanosecond, but no. No good. Changes happened the day orders are due. The only Musk work I do at this point is emergency corrections for other local outfits who made parts with rapidly evolving and mutating requirements. I thought that the designers would settle down as Tesla and SpaceX get through production hell, but they seem committed to mass production of no-two-things-ever-the-same. I drive a Model S and I figure probably most things people make and do are objectively retarded, I just happen to know more than I want about this particular retardation.