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I too don't understand it. Even reading just his side of the story it seems obvious that he got caught in a power struggle between SpaceX and Starlink. A stru
by treis 4y ago
I too don't understand it. Even reading just his side of the story it seems obvious that he got caught in a power struggle between SpaceX and Starlink. A struggle he lost and apparently a struggle he never knew he was in.
I also don't think he has the right attitude for a principle engineer. Junior engineers don't "take over" your roles. They take on the easy parts of projects so that you can focus on the hard stuff. Part of being a senior engineer is training and enabling more junior engineers. A huge part of his job is to eliminate the "bus factor".
- bumby 4y agoThat was my original thought as well. But as the article went on, it was made clear that he wasn't part of the process of creating a team where he can delegate. He was later told he wasn't in a management-track position, which seems at odds with the idea that they wanted him to be leading a team of junior engineers.
- treis 4y agoYeah, that was some manager in Starlink empire building. Once that sort of thing starts you either end up on the winning side or leave.
- tiahura 4y agoIt seemed the decimation of my role through the assignments of others to my tasks was coming from managers in the Starlink organization That was my take away as well - and again, not to mention the fact that we're getting a one-sided accounting of the facts.
- startupsfail 4y agoHe has a right attitude. Top management is clearly failing at the job of being respectful and reasonable manager for him, so he should fire that management. And let them fail.