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Twitter probably didn't have a pre-existing title for "Member of the Musk Entourage" so they just found what they considered the next closest thing.
by hotpotamus 4y ago
Twitter probably didn't have a pre-existing title for "Member of the Musk Entourage" so they just found what they considered the next closest thing.
- dmix 4y agoIt's an obvious meaningless formality, not sure why it's news.
- ethanbond 4y agoBecause it's kind of odd for someone who makes such a big deal about high performing engineering orgs to hire his non-technical buddies into top tier engineering roles? Why not hire them into "Chief of Staff" or "Chief of Fuck You Parag" roles?
- dmix 4y agoDo you seriously think that these two advisors he brought in for a weekend are now their top engineers? They both have plenty of experience running tech companies and are advising on structuring the team… I know everyone’s trying to jump on the hate bandwagon but this is a stretch.
- ethanbond 4y agoWell, no, because if I thought that was the case then it wouldn't be silly that they have a top engineering title. I'm saying that it is silly. I agree this is a bottom-of-the-list issue, but it does strike me as weird even for Elon.
- superfrank 4y agoI don't work at Twitter, so I don't really care what they call themselves. That being said, at every company I've ever worked at the people who have responsibilities like "running tech companies and [...] advising on strutting the team" usually have manager, director, or VP titles. It is a little odd to give a staff software engineer title to someone who isn't able to write code. Like I said though, I have no horse in this race, so whatever ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
- georgeg23 4y agoMusk thinks everything is software engineering, including the universe.