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Tesla AI VP Milan Kovac Resigns After 9 Years Leading FSD and Optimus Projects
- peepeepoopoo132 1y agoThe standard 80 hour weeks at Musk's companies are incompatible with human life. It's very, very disappointing to see Musk publicly complain about falling birth rates but fail to recognize the connection between overtaxed employees and poor fertility. Edit: He said he's resigning because he's had to spend too much time away from family, implying that the work-life balance at Tesla has been very bad.
- troupo 1y agoHe believes that he also works 80 hours a week.
- peepeepoopoo132 1y agoAnd look what it's done to him. He's a substance addict who can barely form coherent sentences when he speaks. People aren't designed to work like that.
- fisherjeff 1y agoEasily true if you include all the content he is constantly producing for X
- lawn 1y agoHe also believes that he's a "world class Diablo player", which is of course bullshit.
- rsynnott 1y agoI mean, this is a bit like Thatcher pretending to only sleep four hours a day; it sounds deeply impressive to stupid people, but would in fact be enormously detrimental to their ability to function properly. I would assume he’s just lying about this, or else including his tweeting habit in ‘work’.
- khazhoux 1y agoI work the longest hours of anyone I know (friends implore me to stop). I'm one of the first cars in the garage, one of the last ones out. Start at 8, home at 8, 15 minute lunch, 2 hours at night with overseas team. A few hours cram-work Sunday night. 3-5 hours of sleep M-F (5.5 hours is a rare luxury). These numbers are accurate and consistent every week for last 12 months. It's still not 80 hours a week. So I get a bit miffed when people cry "Wah, we all work 80-hour weeks!" No, I don't think so.
- N7lo4nl34akaoSN 1y agoIt's easier if you don't have days off.
- BoorishBears 1y agoYou typically don't have a concept of weekend/not-weekend when you're working 80+ hours. I've done periods of what I call "sleep/work", where I wake up with my laptop next to my head, immediately start working, and work all day: definitely not leaving my house and usually only even leaving the room to grab deliveries or use the restroom. I'd work until I literally couldn't stay awake, with the laptop next to my head and ready for when I wake up to continue. So literally for entire days I'll have done nothing but sleep and work, with even eating being done while working. You can certainly do it, but it's an (unproductive) expression of mental illness that will additionally worsen every facet of your existence in short order. Elon's definitely mentally ill too: either for doing it regularly or being enough of a sociopath to claim that others should do it on his behalf.
- khazhoux 1y agoSure, I believe that, but my real point is: for how long did you sustain that sleep/work mode? Did you go a year working 80+ hours, every single week? Because what I see is people do one ultra-crunch week, and then shout "OMG I work 80-hour weeks!" as if it was the normal occurrence, when the reality is they're working ~50hrs on average.
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- kevinventullo 1y agoI wouldn’t overthink it. People like Musk do not believe in truth.
- aaomidi 1y agoHe’s like the opposite of Ford. Hey, Musk, you’re probably going to read this thread. Have you considered leaving a positive legacy behind yourself? Do something like Ford and redefine the working time to the benefit of people?
- sexy_seedbox 1y agoUntil we prioritize quality (and good amount sleep for everyone) over quantity, not much is going to change.
- gundmc 1y agoInteresting timing with the supposed Robotaxi launch later this month
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- Zigurd 1y agoTesla's SEC filings claim they have $37 billion in liquid assets. There's no excuse for under resourcing autonomy development at Tesla. Not much to do about that now. They had to have gotten serious about it three years ago or longer. Elon can only blame himself. He believes he can will anything into existence. Some investors seem to share that belief. I'd say they're going to learn differently, but this is not the first failure of this type. Elon blurted out a goal without a plan in place.
- kkkk1111 1y agoVIP Matka