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I worked for Elon Musk in the early days of SpaceX

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Re: I worked for Elon Musk in the early days of SpaceX

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Post by stormbrew »

This article reads like an abused partner defending their abuser. This kind of double-sidedness is extremely common in abusive relationships, in large part because it's a really effective method of exerting control over someone while encouraging them to blame themselves for being abused.

> If there are employees not aligned with that vision, he will chew them out and he will do it in a vicious way, which is his right as owner.

Is it?

Re: I worked for Elon Musk in the early days of SpaceX

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Post by brindlejim »

I agree with the author that there is a good Elon and a bad Elon.

But I think Twitter only gets the bad Elon.

At Tesla, Elon is producing EVs to help save the planet. At SpaceX, he is producing spacecraft to help save humanity. At Twitter, he is making the world a better place for unfounded conspiracy theories and Russian talking points, which he himself promotes.

In the last month, Elon has claimed on Twitter that 1) the attack on Nancy Pelosi's aging husband was due to a dispute with a gay lover; 2) Ukraine, a sovereign nation, should give up its industrial heartland to a bunch of rapists and war criminals; 3) Taiwan, a sovereign nation, should subjugate itself to the Chinese police state.

That is, Twitter employees don't get the visionary. They get an abusive boss who is also bad at filtering information, leaning into stupid theories, and willing to traffic with police states to forward his interests.

Frankly, I miss the good Elon, and I wonder where he went.

* https://www.cbsnews.com/news/elon-musk-taiwan-china-ukraine-...

* https://www.vice.com/en/article/ake44z/elon-musk-vladimir-pu...

* https://www.cbsnews.com/news/elon-musk-paul-pelosi-tweets-li...

Re: I worked for Elon Musk in the early days of SpaceX

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Post by xeromal »

stormbrew wrote: post #3

This article reads like an abused partner defending their abuser. This kind of double-sidedness is extremely common in abusive relationships, in large part because it's a really effective method of exerting control over someone while encouraging them to blame themselves for being abused. > If there are employees not aligned with that vision, he will chew them out and he will do it in a vicious way, which is his right…

This guy worked with elon for 1 year. He's says in the article that he didn't enjoy that style of management and left. Sounds like he's the perfect candidate for this topic rather than a yes man from elon

Re: I worked for Elon Musk in the early days of SpaceX

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Post by danielodievich »

I think Elon Musk is trying to be Tony Stark. Tony Stark is a fun character to read about in comic books and see fly around in a movie but he'd be insufferable in the real world. I think he's going to lose his shirt at this dumb Twitter thing and maybe that will be a humble Tony Stark post-Thanos snap style rebirth...

Re: I worked for Elon Musk in the early days of SpaceX

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Post by kenjackson »

stormbrew wrote: post #3

This article reads like an abused partner defending their abuser. This kind of double-sidedness is extremely common in abusive relationships, in large part because it's a really effective method of exerting control over someone while encouraging them to blame themselves for being abused. > If there are employees not aligned with that vision, he will chew them out and he will do it in a vicious way, which is his right…

No one has a right to chew you out in a vicious way. As owner he has a right to fire you, but if I were a Twitter employee and he raised his voice to me, I'd be right in face at twice the volume. I'd have to get paid a lot more than a "competitive" salary to be viciously chewed out.
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