Let’s be very clear about one thing: Musk is not an engineer. He employs engineers, but he is not an engineer himself. He has given himself the title of Chief Engineer at SpaceX, but that’s no different than me giving myself the title of Chief Surgeon. It’s meaningless. The actual engineers at Tesla and SpaceX are very capable, though perhaps misguided, as one would have to be to work to further the interests of a megalomaniacal mega-dork like Musk. Unfortunately, many of these actual engineers must also have a kind of cult-like, sycophantic devotion to Musk, which is why none of them have the guts to tell him that AI data centers in space is a stupid fucking idea.
Rocket science is really cool. Rocket scientists are huge geeks about rocket science. If there are really only a handful of organizations hiring rocket scientists (and most of them are run by megalomaniacs or deeply entwined with the MIC), you’re faced with the prospect of working for a bad company, or not working on your passion that you specialized in.
I remember some AMAs from The Site That Shall Not Be Named by SpaceX employees, and a common comment was that they do their best to keep him distracted so they can do their actual work because his ideas are stupid.
Somehow we have to restructure our society so that no one has to be beholden to men like Musk. We have to end this plutocracy. We need to replace it with a meritocracy. Or, we could be really radical and replace it with >gasp< democracy.
TBF, I’m not confident he is human. I mean, if it went public that he’s not, would anyone be surprised? Ofc, Zuck’s more likely to sprout that leak, but still. Would we?
You don’t really need a cult following, either. Most engineers just want to get paid well for their hard work and experience. Does Musk pay well? I don’t know. But it’s hard for me to believe so many smart people work for him just because of a cult following.
Well I know you certainly cannot lie about being a “Professional Engineer,” but that’s a specific thing that you have to take (apparently a very difficult) test for. I don’t think you can take the test without a degree (and/or EIT Certification, which I believe itself requires a degree but I could be wrong).
I imagine it comes down to what you’re doing with the “I’m an engineer” lie. I guess maybe it’s ok if you’re just being CEO, but as soon as you pretend you have the authority to approve plans and shit, then you can get in serious trouble.
Let’s be very clear about one thing: Musk is not an engineer. He employs engineers, but he is not an engineer himself. He has given himself the title of Chief Engineer at SpaceX, but that’s no different than me giving myself the title of Chief Surgeon. It’s meaningless. The actual engineers at Tesla and SpaceX are very capable, though perhaps misguided, as one would have to be to work to further the interests of a megalomaniacal mega-dork like Musk. Unfortunately, many of these actual engineers must also have a kind of cult-like, sycophantic devotion to Musk, which is why none of them have the guts to tell him that AI data centers in space is a stupid fucking idea.
Mega-dork is way too weak. He is a full blown Nazi and wants nothing but more power, money, influence etc.
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Rocket science is really cool. Rocket scientists are huge geeks about rocket science. If there are really only a handful of organizations hiring rocket scientists (and most of them are run by megalomaniacs or deeply entwined with the MIC), you’re faced with the prospect of working for a bad company, or not working on your passion that you specialized in.
I remember some AMAs from The Site That Shall Not Be Named by SpaceX employees, and a common comment was that they do their best to keep him distracted so they can do their actual work because his ideas are stupid.
Somehow we have to restructure our society so that no one has to be beholden to men like Musk. We have to end this plutocracy. We need to replace it with a meritocracy. Or, we could be really radical and replace it with >gasp< democracy.
TBF, I’m not confident he is human. I mean, if it went public that he’s not, would anyone be surprised? Ofc, Zuck’s more likely to sprout that leak, but still. Would we?
Rocket surgery, even more so.
Also, can we start referring to ridderp as “TSTSNBN” or “tstsnbn”? 🤣
(or, “ts2nbn”?)
You don’t really need a cult following, either. Most engineers just want to get paid well for their hard work and experience. Does Musk pay well? I don’t know. But it’s hard for me to believe so many smart people work for him just because of a cult following.
No, he does not pay well. His companies base bay is generally about 10-20% under market, and they are all 5 days in office.
The only reason you work there are for stock grants, you love his politics, or because your a true believer in the mission.
I guess you don’t become the world’s richest man by paying people fair wages.
In fact, history shows that it’s literally impossible. 🤢
Every single penny those fucks have is ours, by right. 🤷🏼♂️
It should be (and might be?) illegal for him to call himself an engineer unless he graduated from an accredited school with a degree in engineering
That’s only a thing in Canada I believe.
Well I know you certainly cannot lie about being a “Professional Engineer,” but that’s a specific thing that you have to take (apparently a very difficult) test for. I don’t think you can take the test without a degree (and/or EIT Certification, which I believe itself requires a degree but I could be wrong).
I imagine it comes down to what you’re doing with the “I’m an engineer” lie. I guess maybe it’s ok if you’re just being CEO, but as soon as you pretend you have the authority to approve plans and shit, then you can get in serious trouble.
you can bet the few that have the guts are quickly fired, so, the proportion remains
Hey now, let’s leave the poor whale dicks out of this. 🥲