When he publicly talks about things I'm knowledgeable about, he just sounds like he's communicating with the public. My previous two companies did business with

When he publicly talks about things I'm knowledgeable about, he just sounds like he's communicating with the public. My previous two companies did business with SpaceX, and my coworkers who interfaced with him all said he was pretty matter-of-fact and asked good questions for being an executive. The internet culture surrounding him is pretty detached from reality. I can't imagine not wanting to hire a former SpaceX engineer into my current company because we think Elon did everything himself. I remember hanging out with friends who worked for ULA around the time when Falcon IX was pulling off its first landings. We were at a party drinking beer, and they were repeating their company's propaganda as if the ideas were their own. It's possible for even the best engineers to become irrationally biased if they're worried about their jobs.