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From Musk’s POV, a bunch of solid, well-rounded, and experienced engineers you trust might be enough to tell you “this guy is full of shit” when talking to new
by _vertigo 4y ago
From Musk’s POV, a bunch of solid, well-rounded, and experienced engineers you trust might be enough to tell you “this guy is full of shit” when talking to new people.
Maybe it’s less about code quality and more about eng quality.
- whateveracct 4y agoI guarantee Elon is surrounded by yes-men.
- generalizations 4y agoThat's not how you build a spaceship.
- jayd16 4y agoEessh, I hope not.
- sroussey 4y ago
- ryandrake 4y agoI suspect that anyone who says No to Elon or outwardly disagrees with him doesn’t last long in leadership at his companies.
- justinhj 4y agoThen maybe he’s always right. As chief engineer at Space X for example, if he was an idiot or surrounded by idiots do you really think he would be succeeding?
- giantrobot 4y ago> As chief engineer at Space X If that line itself isn't enough to tell you he's full of shit you have hopelessly fallen for the myth of his Tony Stark-like brilliance. Do you honestly think he contributes any meaningful engineering work at SpaceX? If he didn't own SpaceX, what about his history suggests he could even be an engineering intern there?
- georgeg23 4y agoMike Griffin was the real chief engineer at SpaceX... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_D._Griffin#Career https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_D._Griffin#Career
- thepasswordis 4y agoYes? Many, many people who don’t work for musk or have a financial interest in him being competent have said in interviews that he has a deep engineering understanding of the rockets and especially their engines.
- giantrobot 4y agoMost people have shit understanding of rockets. There's plenty of otherwise very intelligent people that do not have any grasp of rocketry. A competent amateur rocket enthusiast can easily sound like a "rocket scientist" to someone otherwise uninvolved with rocketry. Additionally, anyone being interviewed about Musk can't be said not to have a financial interest in him. Musk doesn't hang out with nerdy rocket scientists in his spare time. He rubs elbows with fellow rich people. It doesn't take much actual knowledge of rocketry to sound super knowledgeable about rocketry to someone with no knowledge of rocketry. Musk isn't a nincompoop but I've yet to hear anything out of his mouth about rocketry that suggests he could intern at his own company, let alone be seriously considered their chief engineer.
- jahewson 4y agolol that’s what Gwynne Shotwell is for
- barry-cotter 4y agoIndeed, Elon knows how to hire good people, the kind who can assess others in their area of expertise.
- xeromal 4y agowho is a yes-man according the the post we're all replying to. lol
- coffeeblack 4y agoI guarantee you he isn’t.
- uni_rule 4y ago
- tootie 4y agoI think that's all besides the point. Does anyone think any of Twitter's problems are related to code quality? Literally go read the unit test suite and you'll what it does and if it works. If he just wants to cut heads, cut them from verticals you want to exit (whatever they might be). What the hell could he possibly achieve with this stunt? It feels more like the old cliche about your first day at prison where you should pick the toughest guy and beat him up to establish dominance.