Tesla is laying off ‘about 9%’ of its workforce as it ‘restructures’ the company

Re:Tesla is laying off ‘about 9%’ of its workforce as it ‘re... by madeofpalk on Tuesday June 12, 2018 @03:13PM (#17296891)

I think this crux of it comes down to:

1. People thinking Tesla is overhyped

2. People thinking Musk is overhyped

3. Failings of the two (autopilot, product/shipping delays, etc)

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Re:Tesla is laying off ‘about 9%’ of its workforce as it ‘re... by dalbasal on Tuesday June 12, 2018 @03:20PM (#17296975)

I dunno... I'm beginning to think HN sees this as hype=overhype.

On failing... thats unconsciounable. Of any place, this should be the site where we don't hate on failure. Failure is a definitive property of risk. Risk is the one thing that makes Musk unique, at the scale he's acting on. He puts everything on the line for a chance at an ambitious goal. This is exactly the ethic I come to this site for.

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Re:Tesla is laying off ‘about 9%’ of its workforce as it ‘re... by siidooloo on Tuesday June 12, 2018 @04:19PM (#17297593)

If you’re building a web app you can fail upwards until you find success. If you’re building a car and you fail people die.

Its like the difference between any random saas and Theranos.

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Re:Tesla is laying off ‘about 9%’ of its workforce as it ‘re... by hndamien on Tuesday June 12, 2018 @09:42PM (#17299614)

And if you succeed in producing an exceptionally safe car, you save many lives.

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