• dotned@lemmy.world
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    8 days ago

    So, while I’m confident Elon is absolutely terrible at anything software related, I did some digging to see how much he’s actually done at anything other than software. It looks like he was highly regarded, at least with high level decisions, as the chief engineer of SpaceX from this thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/SpaceXLounge/comments/k1e0ta/evidence_that_musk_is_the_chief_engineer_of_spacex/

    Not trying to throw him a bone at all or anything. But is it possible that he does know a lot about rockets/propulsion?? I’m trying to get the facts about this as it’s been a longstanding argument between my dad and I about what his involvement actually has been. My basic argument has always been, CEOs don’t have the time of day to get involved with the nitty gritty, and his rebuttal is usually something along the lines of, “Well that’s just how smart he is, I mean he sleeps at the factories!” :eye roll:

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      8 days ago

      A reddit thread does not a worthwhile source make. The man is a tumor on society and has never meaningfully contributed to anything to a business he is involved with beyond taking and selling emeralds from his dads apartheid mine.