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Musk is distracted and showing that he doesn’t have all the technical chops we thought he did (if reports from inside twitter are to be believed)
by JohnBooty 4y ago
Musk is distracted and showing that he
doesn’t have all the technical chops we
thought he did (if reports from inside
twitter are to be believed)
Who thought he had technical chops? I don't mean this as snarky or glib. But it was surprising to read.
The rosiest take is that he's a Steve Jobs type as opposed to a Bill Gates type. A guy who assembles and rallies teams of engineers and designers around a singular vision and often manages to pull, push, or drag them across the finish line.
I'm not a fan of Musk in particular, although I am also not demeaning this sort of CEO. The ability to form/lead/motivate teams that execute on this level doesn't exactly grow on trees. And it's all but impossible for a CEO to have deep, current "technical chops."
It's just that I've never actually heard Musk credited with having technical chops.
- lexandstuff 4y agoMusk regularly repeats that he is an "engineer, not a businessman" This video edits together examples from various interviews: https://youtu.be/e7ez_WF40hY https://youtu.be/e7ez_WF40hY
- JohnBooty 4y agoAh, okay. That explains some things. He's the one saying it, and I guess some folks bought into it and believed him.
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- sho_hn 4y ago> Who thought he had technical chops? Many, many people liked Musk, or called him more credible, for being the one CEO who also knows engineering. It also made him aspirational or a role model for many engineering types. It's a bit like when people mention that Angela Merkel has a PhD in quantum chemistry, it confers legitimacy in context. The difference, of course, is that Merkel also actually has her degree.