Is he required to work in the office min 40h per week?
Maybe things have changed but I think 50-70 is more typical for SpaceX
SpaceX hires boy, 14, who became youngest graduate at California university
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#42Welcome to corporate America --- the world's most hyper-competitive, short sighted, greed obsessed machine. I hope you find the experience of working long hours to produce large profits for your corporate overlords more stimulating, fulfilling and satisfying than I did.
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Re: SpaceX hires boy, 14, who became youngest graduate at California university
#43I am sure that he is very intelligent, but this is literally child labour. Especially if you are 14, there is more to life than education and career. And I can't help but think that this might eventually harm him, a major company isn't a place for a 14 year old who should be making friends his own age. Child labour isn't just bad because it is potentially dangerous and keeps children out of education, but because it…
How can he make friends with other kids? Partying, dancing, playing baseball, going to date night, etc.?
It's clear that he's not interested in those, and forcing him to do so only causes him to withdraw further to his bubble. At least a job gets him to hang out with people closer to his ability.
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#44I am sure that he is very intelligent, but this is literally child labour. Especially if you are 14, there is more to life than education and career. And I can't help but think that this might eventually harm him, a major company isn't a place for a 14 year old who should be making friends his own age. Child labour isn't just bad because it is potentially dangerous and keeps children out of education, but because it…
I knew a 16 year old girl in university. She was taken advantage of by several adults who were in positions of authority or mentorship. She was technically above the age of consent, but she was harmed severely -- both in terms of trauma and reputationally: dating a 16 year old results in 16 year old drama and that killed her career because those were the guys that were supposed to be stepping-stones for her career. She was entirely capable of interfacing with adult peers, but she was exceedingly naive. I agree that 14 year olds, regardless of intellect, should not be working full time anywhere.
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#45Wow, that's amazing. I wish for him the best for the future! ... But damn if this doesn't me make just feel hate for myself considering my lack of achievements by that date or even now.
Don't do that. Be glad you're your own person. You don't get that far that fast without being pushed harder than any kid should be pushed.
I used to be this kid. I finished undergrad when I was twenty and had I minmaxed for age like he did I would've been sixteen or even younger. I can't overstate how much it fucked me up socially. Trust me that it's not a life you want.
I'd bet money that he has some of the same mental health issues I've had to struggle with, including but not limited to having a social identity that's defined for you before you're old enough to understand what a social identity is. We assign people's genders at birth and don't think anything of it. Everything about me was assigned before I was old enough to choose for myself, and the moment I outgrew and stepped out of that image I was basically disowned.
Re: SpaceX hires boy, 14, who became youngest graduate at California university
#46I am sure that he is very intelligent, but this is literally child labour. Especially if you are 14, there is more to life than education and career. And I can't help but think that this might eventually harm him, a major company isn't a place for a 14 year old who should be making friends his own age. Child labour isn't just bad because it is potentially dangerous and keeps children out of education, but because it…
How can he make friends with other kids? Partying, dancing, playing baseball, going to date night, etc.? It's clear that he's not interested in those, and forcing him to do so only causes him to withdraw further to his bubble. At least a job gets him to hang out with people closer to his ability.
>It's clear that he's not interested in those
How so?
Re: SpaceX hires boy, 14, who became youngest graduate at California university
#47Earlier quoted context omitted.
But he is a child, even tho he is out of school he likely still needs to develop socially. I'm betting he worked is ass of in school... i.e. there is likely improvement in soft skills
What would you have him do instead? Go to a high school for 4 years as a daycare, where all of his peers will be until 3pm? I could only see a case for ensuring a limited schedule (like being done at 3pm) because SpaceX is known for being such a grueling 60 hour week place.
>What would you have him do instead?
His parents should encourage him to go to non-technival activities with kids his age. Sports, music, chess, etc.
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#49Bluntly, the adults around him have done him a disservice: he should be allowed to be a child (with its concomitant mistakes and experimentation) -- even if a precocious one.[0]
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#50Earlier quoted context omitted.
What would you have him do instead? Go to a high school for 4 years as a daycare, where all of his peers will be until 3pm? I could only see a case for ensuring a limited schedule (like being done at 3pm) because SpaceX is known for being such a grueling 60 hour week place.
>What would you have him do instead? His parents should encourage him to go to non-technival activities with kids his age. Sports, music, chess, etc.
Kids his age are in high school until 3pm. Him doing those activities after 3pm isn’t hindered by deciding to work for SpaceX until 3pm