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> Maybe one exception of Renewable Energy, literally could help our planet. That isn't "tech" though. without moving the goalposts to "have achieved measurable
by dontreact 5y ago
> Maybe one exception of Renewable Energy, literally could help our planet. That isn't "tech" though.
without moving the goalposts to "have achieved measurable impact on climate change" let's just ask the following two questions.
Is Tesla working on renewable energy technology? I believe the answer is yes, what do you think?
Is Tesla a technology company hiring software engineers? I believe the answer is yes, what do you think?
- matt_s 5y agoTesla is classified as a car company. They also produce renewable energy products in the form of battery packs. I would consider this an offshoot of the main business, kinda like a lumber mill might also produce bark chips or mulch for landscaping. To get pedantic, if a classification existed of energy storage companies, that's sort of where Tesla is right? They don't have products that produce energy via solar/wind/nuclear, they have products that consume energy and store it for later use. Is Duracell a renewable energy company? (sarcasm) All car companies have software engineers. Practically any company past a certain size hires software engineers. That isn't really a criteria being a "tech" company is it? By that definition Caterpillar (makes giant diggers and construction equip) is a tech company. CAT has over 200 software jobs open now. I'm not denouncing Tesla or what they are doing. I'm just pointing out that I don't classify them as Tech and those that are in the business of classifying companies don't either.