Re:Dr. Elon and Mr. Musk: Life Inside Tesla's Production Hell
by taneq on Friday December 14, 2018 @11:40AM
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To be fair, very very few engineers are in a position where a mistake would result in sudden unexpected lethality. Usually it's more like "if an engineer makes a mistake, something breaks and a lot of money is wasted, or everything is overengineered and a a lot of money is wasted."
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Re:Dr. Elon and Mr. Musk: Life Inside Tesla's Production Hell
by InitialLastName on Friday December 14, 2018 @12:33PM
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That's true in general, but it's less overwhelmingly true when the product is 4000 lb and traveling at >60mph. I'm especially concerned that this appears to be a cultural tendency at Tesla, so a large portion of the engineers are likely working close this point. I hope they all are allowed a solid night's sleep before their design reviews; hopefully they can catch each other's mistakes there at least.