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Isn't Elon Musk just the best? It's surprising that he was in charge at PayPal which has some of the least friendly customer policies. At least it's sale to eBa

by tbrock 12y ago

Isn't Elon Musk just the best? It's surprising that he was in charge at PayPal which has some of the least friendly customer policies. At least it's sale to eBay has enabled him to do other glorious things.

leeoniya 12y ago
i believe he was an early investor in paypal, not a founder or employee. he most likely was fairly hands-off a lot of the operations. EDIT: also, most underdog companies are "the best" in terms of customer service until they get huge. there's no doubt that he's one-of-a-kind, though.
- giarc 12y ago
  I think your edit is an important thing to note. Sure GM, Toyota, Ford would love to give out this kind of customer service, but it would be impossible and therefore they have to find a happy medium. If Tesla were to produce the number of vehicles that GM, Ford, Toyota do, they wouldn't be able to offer the same level and send every car or error to an engineer.
- pbreit 12y ago
  Elon founded X.com which merged with Confinity to form X.com PayPal where he served as CEO for 8 months or so. X.com had an email payments service but the PayPal service originated at Confinity.
tnuc 12y ago
At paypal he enjoyed something of a monopoly, with Tesla he needs to justify charging as much he can for an electric car.
patja 12y ago
He is smart, hard working, and makes cool products. But that hardly makes him "the best." He exhibits many of the personality traits that go along with being a driven workaholic and isn't someone I would want to see elevated to hero status for widespread emulation.
- dm2 12y ago
  Who would you recommend for hero status to tech people?
  - patja 12y ago
    Good question for which I don't have answers. Bill Gates maybe? I am not a fan in general of idolizing people. It would have to be someone who was laudable as a whole person and not just professionally. Someone who can keep a marriage together and doesn't produce large broods of offspring just to outsource their care and feeding to nannies. These are my own personal biases and judgment: family and the people around you should come first.
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by tbrock 12y ago

leeoniya 12y ago

i believe he was an early investor in paypal, not a founder or employee. he most likely was fairly hands-off a lot of the operations. EDIT: also, most underdog companies are "the best" in terms of customer service until they get huge. there's no doubt that he's one-of-a-kind, though.

giarc 12y ago
I think your edit is an important thing to note. Sure GM, Toyota, Ford would love to give out this kind of customer service, but it would be impossible and therefore they have to find a happy medium. If Tesla were to produce the number of vehicles that GM, Ford, Toyota do, they wouldn't be able to offer the same level and send every car or error to an engineer.
pbreit 12y ago
Elon founded X.com which merged with Confinity to form X.com PayPal where he served as CEO for 8 months or so. X.com had an email payments service but the PayPal service originated at Confinity.

tnuc 12y ago

At paypal he enjoyed something of a monopoly, with Tesla he needs to justify charging as much he can for an electric car.

patja 12y ago

He is smart, hard working, and makes cool products. But that hardly makes him "the best." He exhibits many of the personality traits that go along with being a driven workaholic and isn't someone I would want to see elevated to hero status for widespread emulation.

dm2 12y ago
Who would you recommend for hero status to tech people?
- patja 12y ago
  Good question for which I don't have answers. Bill Gates maybe? I am not a fan in general of idolizing people. It would have to be someone who was laudable as a whole person and not just professionally. Someone who can keep a marriage together and doesn't produce large broods of offspring just to outsource their care and feeding to nannies. These are my own personal biases and judgment: family and the people around you should come first.
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