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The Musk companies usually have a layer that protects their bottom line from their boy king. He goes on stage and says a bunch of bullshit (IMO he commits secur
by pclmulqdq 2y ago
The Musk companies usually have a layer that protects their bottom line from their boy king. He goes on stage and says a bunch of bullshit (IMO he commits securities fraud) and then his executives generally do what they think is correct for the company while making sure he feels placated. It seems to sort of work out well enough.
It may be that this layer of management is getting weaker.
- TMWNN 2y ago>The Musk companies usually have a layer that protects their bottom line from their boy king. Musk's biographer tweeted the pages from his book <https://x.com/WalterIsaacson/status/1844870018351169942 https://x.com/WalterIsaacson/status/1844870018351169942> discussing how in late 2020 Musk suggested, then insisted against considerable opposition from his engineers, that Superheavy be caught with chopsticks instead of landing on legs like Falcon 9. (If this sounds familiar, also according to the book, Musk is the person who suggested and, against considerable opposition from his engineers, insisted on Starship switching to stainless steel instead of carbon fiber. Hint: Musk was right and his engineers were wrong. Both times.)
- pclmulqdq 2y ago"Musk was right" is too early to determine on both of these fronts. Starship is an experimental vehicle still, and as a program is at least 5 years behind schedule. Musk's will was done because he is the boss. Remember that this is the architect of the cybertruck and the hyperloop.