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Originally Posted by Wisconsin_Chief
Isn't it funny when people make comments like this? Dude built how many billion dollar empires, is literally running his own private space agency but he's "dumb" because he's doing things people don't like.  |
I'm a big fan of Elon. But I'm pretty skeptical that this is going to work out. Tesla and SpaceX have the advantage of attracting people who are willing to work 80-100 hours a week because they're doing revolutionary things that can change the world but don't necessarily make a ton of money.
Twitter, on the other hand, built its culture on being a great employer, and I don't really know what grand plan they're building toward that will want people to give up their entire lives and take lower salaries to make it work.
Despite the layoffs you hear about, there are something like 4 million software engineering jobs out there, so there just really aren't significant barriers to people going elsewhere.
So who knows - maybe he'll manage to find enough "hardcore" people to keep it afloat. I'm just not sure what the motivation would be for someone to put themselves through that kind of misery.