At least where I'm from, you don't call yourself or someone else an engineer if you didn't go to engineering school.
What Musk was doing 25 years ago when he was at university isn't important any more. Are we supposed to just ignore the 25 years of experience he's gained since?
It's very simple: if he does engineering then he is an engineer, regardless of what degree he holds.
> if he does engineering
Does he, though? He's CEO if 4 companies IIRC. I would be very surprised if that leaves you any time at all to do stuff that qualifies as engineering (in the traditional sense; not in the bullshit uptitling sense; "software engineer" is only one step from "ninja rockstar").
Re:Tesla Doesn’t Burn Fuel, It Burns Cash
by godelmachine on Monday April 30, 2018 @08:58AM
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So he's not a true Scotsman.. err.. engineer?
Re:Tesla Doesn’t Burn Fuel, It Burns Cash
by godelmachine on Monday April 30, 2018 @08:55AM
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A piece of paper doesn't make anyone an Engineer. His work does. Elon's life is full of creating engineering marvel.
Re:Tesla Doesn’t Burn Fuel, It Burns Cash
by buvanshak on Monday April 30, 2018 @06:21AM
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Even if you agree with that how is "treating raising capital as one element that he needs to solve" work any better that the, you know, the other, non-engineer like methods others use to raise capital?
How is Musk an engineer? Musk has a degree in physics and economics according to Wikipedia. At least where I'm from, you don't call yourself or someone else an engineer if you didn't go to engineering school.