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To get real numbers first we have to parse if he meant meant product manager, program manager, ux manager, and account manager, or just engineering manager.
by inerte 4y ago
To get real numbers first we have to parse if he meant meant product manager, program manager, ux manager, and account manager, or just engineering manager.
- BurningFrog 4y agoOf course he meant every employee with a "manager" title. And take "seems" to mean "I doubled the real number for effect". I assume it's a way of saying engineering is a tiny part of the organization.
- Gunax 4y agoI think Musk is a master of tapping into public sentiment. Griping about the uselessness of management is precisely the kind of folk wisdom that gets passed around. It's fun to divide the world into do-ers and managers, both because it rights the uncomfortable social hierarchy and encourages action over in-action.
- candiddevmike 4y agoThey have people skills; they're good at dealing with people. Can't you understand that? What the hell is wrong with you people?
- xivzgrev 4y agoAppreciate the reference. Tom was an engineering liaison, not manager though
- bpodgursky 4y agoI think that question is indicative of the problem.
- lupire 4y agoHe didn't mean anything. He doesn't know what he's talking about. He called their PhD turned engineer turned turned CTO turned CEO a "MBA type" and was too embarrassed to ask him any technical questions.