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This quote shines light on his hiring philosophy: “When I started the business, one of the things you’ll find, there are other sub-operators out there, but they
by kyleblarson 3y ago
This quote shines light on his hiring philosophy:
“When I started the business, one of the things you’ll find, there are other sub-operators out there, but they typically have, uh, gentlemen who are ex-military submariners, and they — you’ll see a whole bunch of 50-year-old white guys,” Rush told Teledyne Marine in a resurfaced interview.
“I wanted our team to be younger, to be inspirational and I’m not going to inspire a 16-year-old to go pursue marine technology, but a 25-year-old, uh, you know, who’s a sub pilot or a platform operator or one of our techs can be inspirational,” said Rush.
- kyleblarson 3y agoUpon rereading the quote I noticed the use of "in a resurfaced interview". I wonder if that was an intentional jab.
- bambax 3y agoIt's doubtful he'll still inspire anyone where he's now.
- PUSH_AX 3y agoWhat on Earth did I just read? It sounds like startup nonsense applied to a super high stakes domain. Foolishness.
- ChuckNorris89 3y agoAh, I see he's got the 'Elon Musk school of thought' in regards to cutting corners in vehicles carrying people's lives and seeing safety regulations as a nuisance hindering his "visionary progress" that these pesky gray-beard engineers just can't grasp. Fucking idiot CEO, took 4 innocent people with him. Aero, naval, automotive, all have a a history written in blood, and all those rules and regulations aren't to hinder innovation but to save lives based on what we've learned from all the people who lost their lives in the past.
- gcgfromhell 3y ago"Ah, I see he's got the 'Elon Musk school of thought' in regards to cutting corners in vehicles carrying people's lives and seeing safety regulations as a nuisance hindering his "visionary progress" that these pesky gray-beard engineers just can't grasp. Fucking idiot CEO, took 4 innocent people with him. Aero, naval, automotive, all have a a history written in blood, and all those rules and regulations aren't to hinder innovation but to save lives based on what we've learned from all the people who lost their lives in the past." I agree, except maybe on the notion of "innocent billionaire". They too usually have a history of blood. Except maybe the 16yo tho. Maybe.
- nannal 3y agoThey'll stop doing it when it stops being profitable.
- ChuckNorris89 3y agoIt's the government's job to regulate people not being allowed to pay for trips to the bottom of the ocean in submarines that look like they were built on Linus Tech Tips.
- bell-cot 3y ago> It's the government's job to regulate... Arguable...but which government? They were operating in international waters, and it's not like the UN runs an Ocean Engineering Safety Police Dept.
- nannal 3y agoThe ship has to be under some countries flag, it's not like international waters are a totally lawless zone where you can loot, murder and rape without consequence.
- bell-cot 3y agoSadly, being able to "shop" for a county with minimal safety, inspection, and enforcement standards is a valued feature of the modern ship registration system: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_convenience https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_convenience (And, so long as you keep your rape and murder within your ship - that is also a feature. If you are a crime victim on a cruise ship, and the cruise company feels that looking into what happened to you is not in their own business interest... OTOH, you or your survivors may be able to sue the cruise company for damages in a shore-based court. Google for the obvious if your want to see stories about that.)
- rootusrootus 3y ago> the 'Elon Musk school of thought' in regards to cutting corners in vehicles You're thinking only of FSD. That is a legitimate observation. But objectively, Teslas tend to score highly for safety in independent tests.
- asynchronous 3y agoI support the hate but don’t compare this to Elon Musk, his companies have taken more people more places safer than dozens of other competitors. Tesla is one of the safest car brands to drive, SpaceX has yet to kill or maim anyone.
- bilbo0s 3y agoTranslation: "50 year old white guys have a lot of experience but would cost a fuck ton of money. I prefer to exploit, er, um, employ, 25 year old white guys and gals because they are about 1/4 the cost." When you take all the BS justifications out of it, that's really what the guy was saying. Elon Musk school of capitalism. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.
- x3874 3y agoWow, could be a Musk quote. Same vibes of 'break things fast'. EDIT: "Hide yo kids, hide yo wife; the karma snatching Tesla fanbois are rife"
- x3874 3y ago[dead]