I work in the bay and even met with one of his former direct reports at Tesla. Elon is a brilliant guy in certain areas and has revolutionized the stagnant auto

I work in the bay and even met with one of his former direct reports at Tesla. Elon is a brilliant guy in certain areas and has revolutionized the stagnant automobile and rocketry industries by taking immense personal and financial risks. However at a personal level, he has a reputation for being a douchebag. People who actually work for him know that he throws tantrums (and objects) like a petulant child. In recent years he's also tarnished his own name by flouting bad coronavirus science, accusing cave divers of being pedos, pumping and dumping crypto, disowning his own transgender child, and engaging with right wing conspiracy theories. It's like ever since he moved to Texas, the recommender systems on social media started pumping boomer conspiracies into him