That reads like fiction to me. Someone pseudonymously posting on Tumblr about being an early SpaceX intern is not in anyway a reliable source. The story sounds

That reads like fiction to me. Someone pseudonymously posting on Tumblr about being an early SpaceX intern is not in anyway a reliable source. The story sounds 100% made up. At any rate, "managing up" is a normal thing for people in the management hierarchy everywhere.