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Re:Tesla has used space characters in internal emails to ide... by gaius_baltar on Wednesday November 16, 2022 @09:14AM (#33623254)
> Why do people still work at Tesla, or does this toxic behavior attract toxic employees?

A lot of money, perhaps? I'm not familiar with Tesla compensation levels, but this is the only reason I can think people may have to cope with this guy.

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Re:Tesla has used space characters in internal emails to ide... by hello639 on Wednesday November 16, 2022 @10:30AM (#33624697)
>> Why do people still work at Tesla

> A lot of money, perhaps?

They work there for the mission, not the money.

Tesla pays 100-150K USD for new grad SWE including stock options/RSU. For AI, it’s about 150-200K.

Or you can drive 15 minutes to Google and a SWE gets 200K and AI gets 200-250K. Or “sell out” and work in quant finance for 400-500K new grad SWE as a 22 year old.

So no, people do not work at Tesla/SpaceX for the money.

I have many friends at Tesla, Neuralink, SpaceX, and they complain how little they are paid, how they have no free time, and how they hope the name brand on their resume gets them a higher paying job some day. Looks like they bought Elon’s bullshit.

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