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Re: Tesla to Cut 10% of Jobs

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Post by deelowe » Mon, Jun 06, 2022, 3:43 PM UTC

tristanMatthias wrote: post #462

YinglingLight wrote: post #406

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When was this? There is a big difference between Elon Musk pre and post-March 2018. For reasons that would take weeks to explain.

Curious, what’s the TLDR on this? Or some resources to learn more?

Some kids got trapped in a cave in Thailand. Elon said Tesla would build a small submarine to get them out. A local cave expert who was advising the Thai government on how to handle the rescue operation said the Tesla idea was a pipedream and suggested a more practical solution. He called the Tesla proposal a "PR Stunt." Elon got upset and started bad mouthing the guy on twitter, eventually calling him a pedophile. Elon's rationale seemed to be that because the guy was an older, white male living in Thailand, he must be into pedophilia... The guy sued for defamation and Elon ended up winning because his defense argued Elon didn't really mean it. I'm serious...

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-50695593

Re: Tesla to Cut 10% of Jobs

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Post by Isinlor » Wed, Jun 08, 2022, 10:51 PM UTC

gamblor956 wrote: post #568

Isinlor wrote: post #159

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Find me another person that has his expertise in business, finances, marketing, mass manufacturing and aerospace industry. Find me another car executive that would have been bold enough to do something like Tesla Giga Castings before Elon decided to go for it. There are 4 entities to date that delivered people to Earth orbit: - Russia - USA - China - SpaceX There is only one entity that made rocket reuability profita…

Gwynne Shotwell is the reason SpaceX is successful today, and generally, every time SpaceX has an unexpected failure rather than a success, it's because Musk showed up to the facilities and started making silly demands.

Did I miss the part where Gwynne Shotwell was CEO and CTO at SpaceX? Or the part where she put all her money into the company?

Shotwell is absolutely awesome, but she did not came up with the initial capital or the idea of rocket reusability and Mars settlement. She did not convince Tom Muller to join SpaceX etc. etc.

The fact that Elon noticed Shotwell and gave her COO position is an example of excellent leadership skills from Musk.

For contrast, Jeff Bezos and Blue Origin is an excellent example of bad leadership.

Boeing is also an excellent example of bad leadership.

Re: Tesla to Cut 10% of Jobs

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Post by YinglingLight » Tue, Jun 14, 2022, 1:36 PM UTC

mdasen wrote: post #464

YinglingLight wrote: post #406

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When was this? There is a big difference between Elon Musk pre and post-March 2018. For reasons that would take weeks to explain.

It looks like it was July 15, 2018. https://www.foxnews.com/tech/elon-musk-calls-diver-who-helpe... If there's a big difference pre/post-March 2018, it would be nice if you could point people in a direction.

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