I used to think Elon Musk was a smart entrepreneur or whatever, until two things happened: I bought a Tesla, which started to sow my first doubts about how well his execution is going, and then he bought Twitter and started taking direct control over software engineering activities inside it.
I happen to know a lot about software engineering. As a result, I now know he is completely incompetent. 🙃
@ariadne the success of Musk's businesses absolutely is inversely proportional to his amount of involvement in their operations
I figure if Musk had no influence over SpaceX operations that starship would've launched 1 to 5 years later, but would've achieved orbit on its first launch from a properly engineered stage zero without causing an environmental disaster. It's a damn shame given that starship is a far more compelling approach than SLS/Artemis.
OTOH, I've never owned a Tesla and never will, but I have had a chance to ride in one. Gotta say comparing it with a Hyundai Ioniq if I had any Tesla stock I would sell it very fast. The competition is wiping the floor with them.
I guess Musk's psychopathic characteristics come across as smartness or something I dunno.
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