Yes, I've worked for way worse managers than him. Straight-up lunatics and it was a great experience. You never knew what to expect from day to day. Way more fun than just chugging along like I do now.
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#52To be honest, I was a fan and explained away every offense he has made to date UNTIL he fired the Twitter Android app engineer publicly on Twitter. I felt that this engineer was engaging Elon about the problems at hand in a way that was admirable considering the circumstances. It was like the engineer knew he was falling on the sword, but at the same time was rational in his explanations of the current state of the app. I felt like he was being constructive.
When Elon decided that this type of person needed to go, I flipped on him. He might succeed, but I really don't like him any more. To him it's the cost of doing business, but in my opinion that single event will put more of a chill on his future hiring than any of his prior bullshit.
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#53I can't imagine why anyone would want to work at Twitter right now. Forced to live in the most expensive area of the country at a company that's burning money going into a recession, massive turnover, a CEO known for irrational and impulsive decisions, and at the end of the day its just a microblogging service. There is no awesome vision that I can see for it.
Mental health is way more important.
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#54I would work for him, I would take a cut in pay to work for him. He is a visionary, and visionaries are not always easy to get along with, or anticipate but they do get things done.
would you have worked for Da Vinci? Or the original Tesla?
I would have worked for them for free.
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#55He appears to have terrible interpersonal skills, but he gets shit done.
If you can put up with it (I can't) you probably come out the other side feeling you accomplished something great.
Slight parallels with Jobs.
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#56> I couldn’t help but wonder if any engineers would actually work for this guy going forward and why? Why not? I like money. I don't care about his politics. Or yours. It is called work not daycare for adults. My self esteem is also not wrapped up in the recognition of my peers or whomever I "report" to. Edit: I like how people are downvoting because I answered the wrong way in an open poll. What a bunch of brats. Ma…
Nobody is talking about his politics. They are talking about his management style.
I mean his politics are junk also. Its a big turn-off
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#57>Watching Elon gaslight
You don't know what the word gaslight means
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#58Absolutely, without hesitation. Very interesting projects and a lot of action. I can handle a lot of things, but I can't handle being bored.
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#59I'd work for Elon 10 years ago when he was focused on things like making life multi planetary and advancing the electrification of transport. If I didn't have a family I'd work for SpaceX 10 years ago for 1/2 my current pay and pull 80 hour weeks. Elon today seems to be focusing most of his energy on political concerns that are frankly beneath him and very very stupid. Someone with his means and skills should not car…
What if freedom of discourse was more important than spaceships or electric cars or solar panels? I think it is. My guess is Elon does too.
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#60No way. He is undoubtedly smart and well-documented as unwise. I have seen enough organizations run by smart, unwise people.
It’s not often you see people distinguish between smart and unwise. I agree with your assessment. For me, smart is about navigating difficult obstacles and overcoming them. Wisdom is overseeing and having insight in what your actions (including what you say) have for an impact.