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Re:If you (still) work at Twitter and you can code, head to ... by rich_sasha on Friday November 18, 2022 @01:40PM (#33659686)
It's simple, Elon Musk has no clue what he is doing.

Can he code.to save his life? Does he know anything about engineering from Tesla or SpaceX, beyond catchphrases?

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Re:If you (still) work at Twitter and you can code, head to ... by bcrosby95 on Friday November 18, 2022 @01:48PM (#33659883)
All personal accounts I've heard of from people that work there are yes, he does know about engineering and is incredibly smart.

But that doesn't mean you know how to run a social media company, and trying to pivot Twitter's work culture on a dime is going to be chaotic.

FWIW I think he's a toxic asshole, but that doesn't mean he's an idiot.

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Re:If you (still) work at Twitter and you can code, head to ... by wittycardio on Friday November 18, 2022 @02:52PM (#33661073)
He might not be an idiot but that doesn't mean he knows how software works either
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Re:If you (still) work at Twitter and you can code, head to ... by dont__panic on Friday November 18, 2022 @03:38PM (#33661765)
Smart and idiot might not be mutually exclusive. I've known a lot of smart people who can act idiotic in certain circumstances. Elon could be very smart when it comes to engineering... but idiotic when it comes to running Twitter.
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Re:If you (still) work at Twitter and you can code, head to ... by rich_sasha on Friday November 18, 2022 @03:39PM (#33661779)
OK, so how do I square that up with a request to document programming prowess with screenshots?
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Re:If you (still) work at Twitter and you can code, head to ... by fragmede on Friday November 18, 2022 @05:05PM (#33663048)
That he doesn't have any other way to look at any code because he doesn't have a Phabricator account
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Re:If you (still) work at Twitter and you can code, head to ... by foldr on Saturday November 19, 2022 @05:19AM (#33668864)
He's unable to receive ASCII text strings over email?
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Re:If you (still) work at Twitter and you can code, head to ... by HDThoreaun on Friday November 18, 2022 @05:47PM (#33663743)
He's not actually trying to document programming prowess with screenshots. They've already fired everyone they want to fire, this is some sort of "welcome to twitter 2.0" ritual
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Re:If you (still) work at Twitter and you can code, head to ... by user_named on Friday November 18, 2022 @06:35PM (#33664515)
He lied about having a physics degree and he can't code. He knows nothing about engineering.
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Re:If you (still) work at Twitter and you can code, head to ... by vitiral on Friday November 18, 2022 @01:52PM (#33659972)
He used to be able to code. He created zip2 (predecessor to MapQuest) practically by himself apparently.
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Re:If you (still) work at Twitter and you can code, head to ... by InitialLastName on Friday November 18, 2022 @02:01PM (#33660171)
Without a source on that "apparently" I'm going to take that as the output of Musk's usual legend-building apparatus.

The guy has so much capacity to build his own legend (and have others believe it) that people refer to him as the founder of Tesla without even blinking.

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Re:If you (still) work at Twitter and you can code, head to ... by papito on Friday November 18, 2022 @07:39PM (#33665239)
He also pissed people off by insisting PayPal runs on Windows instead of Linux. Hey, I have fond memories of coding for the Windows platform for fun, but especially back in the day we kind of scoffed at those who wanted to run mission-critical systems on a Windows server.
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Re:If you (still) work at Twitter and you can code, head to ... by alsodumb on Friday November 18, 2022 @02:57PM (#33661137)
Everyone who actually worked for him say that he understands all the engineering intricacies. Karpathy said that.

Tom Mueller publicly defended Elon on multiple occasions: https://mobile.twitter.com/lrocket/status/151291923068914892...

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Re:If you (still) work at Twitter and you can code, head to ... by ahahahahah on Friday November 18, 2022 @08:03PM (#33665438)
Considering that he lashes out at the smallest slight, I'm rather unsurprised that people depending on him for their livelihood sing his praises.
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Re:If you (still) work at Twitter and you can code, head to ... by alsodumb on Friday November 18, 2022 @10:41PM (#33666699)
Tom Mueller is a highly respected engineer, and just because what he says doesn't align with your narrative or belief doesn't mean he is singing praises.

Oh by the way, Tom Mueller made that tweet after he left SpaceX.

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Re:If you (still) work at Twitter and you can code, head to ... by gofwrath on Saturday November 19, 2022 @08:59AM (#33670081)
If I were at Twitter and received this email, I would be providing code and commits focused on business impact. Saliency is scoped to something, and without explanation that 'something' is likely the business. The context is engineering at twitter, not programming. In other words, not silly one liners that are not immediately obvious but instead business critical code that moved the needle -- however bland.
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