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Elon Musk states he will resign as CEO

38 points by kondro 4y ago

philliphaydon 4y ago
Jared kushner confirmed... I'm gonna laugh if that actually happened tho.
- papito 4y ago
  Jared will not last a week with all these Elon antics. Musk will stick his d--- into absolutely every decision. Kushner does not need the grief for a measly modern CEO salary.
- cactusplant7374 4y ago
  I think the only thing Musk wants from Kushner is to bring Trump back. Kushner isn't part of Elon's circle. He likely thinks he isn't qualified.
zetazzed 4y ago
Taking a job as CEO of a troubled company… where the owner is famously mercurial and confident… and said owner REPORTS to you… and said owner RUNS ENGINEERING despite not having directly run a software team in, what, 25 years?… That would indeed be a strange choice for someone well qualified
- cactusplant7374 4y ago
  I don't believe there will be a new CEO. Elon is deflecting quite a bit: 1) questioning the legitimacy of the poll 2) stating that no one is qualified to run twitter. I would say he's correct in one sense about the media: everything they publish about him is fake because he's a liar that can't be trusted. I agree with you that it would insane for a CEO to take the job. What would even be the purpose of the CEO? Elon would continue to destroy advertiser relationships and make decisions without consulting the CEO.
mtmail 4y ago
"I will resign as CEO as soon as I find someone foolish enough to take the job! After that, I will just run the software & servers teams." He'll still be the owner and run part of everyday business. Whatever policies might change in the future, monetization, app features, funding, hiring or firing I think people will assume Elon initated those.
Finnucane 4y ago
I’ll do it! I can run the place into the ground for a lot less money than anyone else.
TillE 4y ago
Genuinely confused about why he apparently wants to do the job of a technical manager.
- Zigurd 4y ago
  It's not like he has anything better to do.
- fundad 4y ago
  He thinks he’s qualified and wants to prove the critics wrong
clouddrover 4y ago
> I will resign as CEO as soon as I find someone foolish enough to take the job! Who'd want the job as CEO? You'd be a puppet CEO at best, constantly being told what to do by Musk and constantly undermined by his latest antics and pronouncements.
ahurmazda 4y ago
One has to pity the fool that takes the job of the CEO but will forever be beholden to that one technical manager who (checks notes) owns the company. Anyone recall the comical President Medvedev and PM Putin bit?
- jacquesm 4y ago
  Never seen a guy check so quietly how far away he was from the nearest window and hoping that nobody would notice.
bravetraveler 4y ago
'software and servers teams' So, like everything? Surely development and operations covers the majority of what Twitter actually does
jacquesm 4y ago
Who ever takes this job is dumber than Musk.
- Dopameaner 4y ago
  You would be extremely surprised. There are alot of musk supporters. e.g, George Hotz twitch stream. I want innovation, and I hope this twitter drama distraction doesnt deviate from the free speech focus
  - jacquesm 4y ago
    > George Hotz twitch stream He just bailed. > I hope this twitter drama distraction doesnt deviate from the free speech focus I think if there is one thing that is clear from all this then it is that unrestricted free speech and social media are fundamentally at odds with each other, and that the bulk of the people advocating for unrestricted free speech are doing so from malicious intent rather than because they are so concerned about government repression.
    - cactusplant7374 4y ago
      > He just bailed. After taking a poll if he should continue working at Twitter. The poll was in favor of him continuing. He did not honor the poll despite using the same language as Musk to say the poll is binding.
      - jacquesm 4y ago
        > He did not honor the poll despite using the same language as Musk to say the poll is binding. Birds of a feather...
  - rsynnott 4y ago
    “Free speech focus”? You mean banning links? Is this a 1984 “war is peace” sort of definition?
- jrochkind1 4y ago
approxim8ion 4y ago
I'm going to leave the job I'm not qualified for but hold on to the jobs I'm even less qualified for!
papito 4y ago
"Just run the software and servers teams". So, he will still shadow over everything, making hit and run design and feature decisions, leaving the teams to clean up the messes.

38 points by kondro 4y ago

philliphaydon 4y ago

Jared kushner confirmed... I'm gonna laugh if that actually happened tho.

papito 4y ago
Jared will not last a week with all these Elon antics. Musk will stick his d--- into absolutely every decision. Kushner does not need the grief for a measly modern CEO salary.
cactusplant7374 4y ago
I think the only thing Musk wants from Kushner is to bring Trump back. Kushner isn't part of Elon's circle. He likely thinks he isn't qualified.

zetazzed 4y ago

Taking a job as CEO of a troubled company… where the owner is famously mercurial and confident… and said owner REPORTS to you… and said owner RUNS ENGINEERING despite not having directly run a software team in, what, 25 years?… That would indeed be a strange choice for someone well qualified

cactusplant7374 4y ago
I don't believe there will be a new CEO. Elon is deflecting quite a bit: 1) questioning the legitimacy of the poll 2) stating that no one is qualified to run twitter. I would say he's correct in one sense about the media: everything they publish about him is fake because he's a liar that can't be trusted. I agree with you that it would insane for a CEO to take the job. What would even be the purpose of the CEO? Elon would continue to destroy advertiser relationships and make decisions without consulting the CEO.

mtmail 4y ago

"I will resign as CEO as soon as I find someone foolish enough to take the job! After that, I will just run the software & servers teams." He'll still be the owner and run part of everyday business. Whatever policies might change in the future, monetization, app features, funding, hiring or firing I think people will assume Elon initated those.

Finnucane 4y ago

I’ll do it! I can run the place into the ground for a lot less money than anyone else.

TillE 4y ago

Genuinely confused about why he apparently wants to do the job of a technical manager.

Zigurd 4y ago
It's not like he has anything better to do.
fundad 4y ago
He thinks he’s qualified and wants to prove the critics wrong

clouddrover 4y ago

> I will resign as CEO as soon as I find someone foolish enough to take the job! Who'd want the job as CEO? You'd be a puppet CEO at best, constantly being told what to do by Musk and constantly undermined by his latest antics and pronouncements.

ahurmazda 4y ago

One has to pity the fool that takes the job of the CEO but will forever be beholden to that one technical manager who (checks notes) owns the company. Anyone recall the comical President Medvedev and PM Putin bit?

jacquesm 4y ago
Never seen a guy check so quietly how far away he was from the nearest window and hoping that nobody would notice.

bravetraveler 4y ago

'software and servers teams' So, like everything? Surely development and operations covers the majority of what Twitter actually does

jacquesm 4y ago

Who ever takes this job is dumber than Musk.

Dopameaner 4y ago
You would be extremely surprised. There are alot of musk supporters. e.g, George Hotz twitch stream. I want innovation, and I hope this twitter drama distraction doesnt deviate from the free speech focus
- jacquesm 4y ago
  > George Hotz twitch stream He just bailed. > I hope this twitter drama distraction doesnt deviate from the free speech focus I think if there is one thing that is clear from all this then it is that unrestricted free speech and social media are fundamentally at odds with each other, and that the bulk of the people advocating for unrestricted free speech are doing so from malicious intent rather than because they are so concerned about government repression.
  - cactusplant7374 4y ago
    > He just bailed. After taking a poll if he should continue working at Twitter. The poll was in favor of him continuing. He did not honor the poll despite using the same language as Musk to say the poll is binding.
    - jacquesm 4y ago
      > He did not honor the poll despite using the same language as Musk to say the poll is binding. Birds of a feather...
- rsynnott 4y ago
  “Free speech focus”? You mean banning links? Is this a 1984 “war is peace” sort of definition?
jrochkind1 4y ago

approxim8ion 4y ago

I'm going to leave the job I'm not qualified for but hold on to the jobs I'm even less qualified for!

papito 4y ago

"Just run the software and servers teams". So, he will still shadow over everything, making hit and run design and feature decisions, leaving the teams to clean up the messes.