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> He’s like a crazy TV Lenny salesman who has never actually invented anything net new. Lol, literally nobody invented anything new by this metric.

ClumsyPilot 5y ago
When people say inventor, they think Nicola Tesla or the Wright Brothers. Elon musk is more analogous to Stebe Jobs, primarily a businessman with some engineering backgrund. Then there is the whole controversy of tesla being funded by two guys, him being an investor and forcing them out of the company.
- olliej 5y ago
  I would say closer to Thomas Edison - at least Jobs didn't go out stealing other peoples work.
  - verve_rat 5y ago
    Didn't he steal the GUI from Xerox?
    - astrange 5y ago
      Xerox licensed it to them. They had no other path to market since nothing at PARC had to do with selling printer paper or whatever it is they did in the 70s.
heavyset_go 5y ago
Musk isn't an engineer, he didn't engineer anything.
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- misiti3780 5y ago
  What is your point? You think he is literally a talking head and all of the spaceX employees and tesla engineers did the hard work lol? I suspect he has achieved more than you ever will.
  - heavyset_go 5y ago
    Given that Musk has said himself that his titles don't mean anything[1], and the fact that he chose to give himself the title of Chief Engineer in response to people on Twitter making fun of him, it makes me believe that his self-appointed title as Chief Engineer is about as meaningful as his title of Technoking at Tesla. Musk isn't an engineer, he has no engineer credentials and isn't licensed to engineer in any country. Moreover, Musk has never engineered anything. Given the fact that both companies hire hordes of real, licensed and credentialed engineers, says that, yes, the engineers at both companies are responsible for the hard engineering work. I prefer to stick with actual facts and not feelings or insults. I'm not sure why stating the basic fact that Musk is not an engineer would upset you so much. [1] https://www.cnbc.com/2021/12/07/elon-musk-ceo-is-made-up-title-prefers-tesla-technoking.html https://www.cnbc.com/2021/12/07/elon-musk-ceo-is-made-up-tit...
    - misiti3780 5y ago
      It doesnt upset me, it goes against all evidence. There are hours of video online about him answering details about rocket technology, battery technology etc. He is a very technical CEO, not some bullshit artist like the Nikola guy. He doesnt have an engineering degree, that doesnt mean a whole lot anyways.
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ClumsyPilot 5y ago

When people say inventor, they think Nicola Tesla or the Wright Brothers. Elon musk is more analogous to Stebe Jobs, primarily a businessman with some engineering backgrund. Then there is the whole controversy of tesla being funded by two guys, him being an investor and forcing them out of the company.

olliej 5y ago
I would say closer to Thomas Edison - at least Jobs didn't go out stealing other peoples work.
- verve_rat 5y ago
  Didn't he steal the GUI from Xerox?
  - astrange 5y ago
    Xerox licensed it to them. They had no other path to market since nothing at PARC had to do with selling printer paper or whatever it is they did in the 70s.

heavyset_go 5y ago

Musk isn't an engineer, he didn't engineer anything.

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misiti3780 5y ago
What is your point? You think he is literally a talking head and all of the spaceX employees and tesla engineers did the hard work lol? I suspect he has achieved more than you ever will.
- heavyset_go 5y ago
  Given that Musk has said himself that his titles don't mean anything[1], and the fact that he chose to give himself the title of Chief Engineer in response to people on Twitter making fun of him, it makes me believe that his self-appointed title as Chief Engineer is about as meaningful as his title of Technoking at Tesla. Musk isn't an engineer, he has no engineer credentials and isn't licensed to engineer in any country. Moreover, Musk has never engineered anything. Given the fact that both companies hire hordes of real, licensed and credentialed engineers, says that, yes, the engineers at both companies are responsible for the hard engineering work. I prefer to stick with actual facts and not feelings or insults. I'm not sure why stating the basic fact that Musk is not an engineer would upset you so much. [1] https://www.cnbc.com/2021/12/07/elon-musk-ceo-is-made-up-title-prefers-tesla-technoking.html https://www.cnbc.com/2021/12/07/elon-musk-ceo-is-made-up-tit...
  - misiti3780 5y ago
    It doesnt upset me, it goes against all evidence. There are hours of video online about him answering details about rocket technology, battery technology etc. He is a very technical CEO, not some bullshit artist like the Nikola guy. He doesnt have an engineering degree, that doesnt mean a whole lot anyways.

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