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The sheer fact she has put up with Elon this long is nothing short of amazing.

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• mlindner 5y ago
  Because she obviously likes working with him. https://www.wired.com/story/how-elon-musk-gwynne-shotwell-join-spacex/ https://www.wired.com/story/how-elon-musk-gwynne-shotwell-jo...
• grecy 5y ago
  One of my favourite passages in the SpaceX book is from Gwen after working with Elon for a couple of weeks. She worked really hard on a proposal about how they would go about selling the Falcon rocket to potential customers. Elon took one look and said "That's great. I don't want you to write reports and proposals, I want you to do it.". My god, I would give anything for a boss like that.
  • redindian75 5y ago
    which book is this? There are so many SpaceX/Musk books, would love to read a good/definitive one
    • mlindner 5y ago
      https://www.amazon.com/Liftoff-Desperate-Early-Launched-SpaceX-ebook/dp/B088FQK2K2 https://www.amazon.com/Liftoff-Desperate-Early-Launched-Spac... The book is titled Liftoff. It's the best SpaceX book there is and is very accurate involving many interviews with early employees. Musk is in the book but he's not featured majorly. It's mostly about all the employees who worked on the early rockets.
      • Robotbeat 5y ago
        Yup. And the biography by Ashlee Vance is also pretty good (I consider it definitive although it’s several years old, now). One nice thing about Liftoff is it's mostly about the other employees, most of whom we haven't heard much from publicly (although people who have followed SpaceX closely will recognize some of the names like Mueller and Shotwell).
  • giantrobot 5y ago
    > My god, I would give anything for a boss like that. You probably wouldn't. A boss that won't give explicit approval for aspects of a project is going to throw you under the bus at the first opportunity. They're not going to take any responsibility if you miss a target. They will however take all the credit for your success.
    • wildzzz 5y ago
      I don't think I'd be that much into a boss that at least isn't a little curious about the planned strategy for breaking into a very small, tight-knit, expensive market. Like I guess the only time this would make sense is if the boss had absolutely no clue how to market their product and specifically hired me to figure it out. I could see how my boss doesn't really care about how it's done because he knows he's already clueless about it anyway. But even if he doesn't really care, he should still be aware as that is kind of the job of a boss. You don't need to know all the fine details but you should be able to explain to someone else what your underling is doing and how.
  • taf2 5y ago
    Come work with me ;)
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