I think Elon lovers might say that his experience with Paypal/Zip2 and more recently Starlink gives him decent credibility regarding software infra and networki

I think Elon lovers might say that his experience with Paypal/Zip2 and more recently Starlink gives him decent credibility regarding software infra and networking. However, being up on top and writing the code are very different things, so it's also plausible that he's out of touch.