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Re:"I worked for Elon Musk in the early days of SpaceX" (adv... by Alupis on Friday November 04, 2022 @08:20PM (#33476116)
The guy literally earned hundreds of millions of dollars by writing code. I think that qualifies him to do code reviews however he wants... no?

My code has earned me zero millions so far...

> The difference is your sports coach knows what good looks like

How can we honestly say Musk doesn't? Has his numerous successes not demonstrated he clearly knows what he's doing? All of his thousands and thousands of employees are just... hostages I guess?

I get it's fashionable to hate on Musk right now - and if you review my comment record you will see very few have been more bearish on Musk since the very beginning, but this latest round of criticisms are really just not reality.

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Re:"I worked for Elon Musk in the early days of SpaceX" (adv... by cmrdporcupine on Friday November 04, 2022 @08:39PM (#33476312)
What code has Musk ever written?
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Re:"I worked for Elon Musk in the early days of SpaceX" (adv... by Alupis on Friday November 04, 2022 @08:57PM (#33476451)
Zip2 and X.com (later PayPal after a merger).

These two ventures are what propelled Musk to where he is today.

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Re:"I worked for Elon Musk in the early days of SpaceX" (adv... by jbreckmckye on Friday November 04, 2022 @09:22PM (#33476667)
Even according to Ashlee Vance's fawning biography the original Zip2 was a shambling mess that segfaulted constantly and had to be urgently rewritten from scratch.
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