The board must have brought him on for reasons other than shrewd/slick. Or are you seeing evidence that was the only reason?
We can't have a conversation about this if you're going to ignore the objective fact that Musk is an engineer. He literally worked on the design of Falcon 1. And you dispute his business acumen as more of a product of his privileged background? Really? Like Trump's business acumen? Having the background means almost nothing when translating it to successful business ventures.
Musk is the richest person in the world, taking or being an integral part of three separate companies all with billion dollar valuations. That's not because of his daddy. It's really bothersome when people cast aside their intellectual honesty because they just subjectively hate someone.
No, but did I say he did? You said you don't think anyone can be an engineer without having an engineering degree. And the EAC disagrees with your statement. Objectively. You are flat out wrong about this. Period.
I never said you had to like the man, but you clearly do hate him, because of his personality - and that hatred has clearly affected your otherwise sound judgment. Musk is a successful engineer, businessman, and a genius as well, and now the richest man in the world. That is the very definition of successful - in anyone's book. Oh, and he didn't just make money, he bootstrapped the United States space launch program as well as all the other achievements.
Is he a douchebag personally? By all accounts I would have to say yes.
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I could not agree more with this entire statement. And the analogy to Howard Hughes is spot on.
The plea to move to TX is absolutely "douchbro" territory. As I've stated before, I'd love to work for SpaceX, but their hiring practices are awful - for my field, they are offering a 6-month term/temp position, with no guarantee of FTE, and you have to work in person. Fuck that.