@drahardja

Synergy: Tesla and X should merge

They can spiral around each each other until they collapse into a black hole.

Anyone that invests in either should realize that they are throwing their money into a black hole.

@drahardja I'll admit to some 80 hour weeks getting a site to IPO. I was young and stupid. Now I won't even consider gigs that open with "our stock grants will make up for your salary". ;) (But hey, I have a Webby, so that's totally worth the breakdown, right?)

@drahardja Recently read some discussion (which unfortunately I can't post) of asymmetric trust based on "An Integrative Model of Organizational Trust" (https://www.jstor.org/stable/258792). That's not to say the advice is wrong, but just to say there might still be ways forward that are beneficial for all (but I am an unashamed optimist).

@drahardja You can't say all vendors, customers, employers are employees as a group are not loyal. Sometimes you build relationships with great people and organizations. I don't know anything about #Tesla, but based on their CEO's antics, I would not be surprised to find they are not a good vendor, supplier, or employer.

@drahardja These people were simply not hardcore enough. Musk has been very clear that if you even think you might be hardcore, YOU AREN’T HARDCORE ENOUGH.

@drahardja and the way he was let go! No process, just locking him out of the system and sending him a termination email. Utterly despicable.

Just in case anyone was labouring under the misapprehension that Elon Musk is not a scumbag.

@drahardja I've been burned by this a couple of times - not even with a real belief that exceptional commitment would be especially rewarded, but simply because it (overtime, thankless work, whatever) seemed like the right thing to do at the time. If their profit stops rolling in, you stumble, or your health fails, it's "what have you done for me _lately_?" Goes double if you're a minoritised person in the workplace - you are truly exhaustible and expendable.

@drahardja of course he got fired. Showering at the factory is a waste of company resources! /s

@drahardja there are so many questions that come to my mind because of this.

Why the priority of this person was work on top of family, friends, social life…

Was this person raised in a culture that puts work as the top priority and most importantly as the only way to achieve personal development and success?

Probably this person though he was doing the right thing based on what he was taught to.

I was raised in a culture where work is a necessary evil.

@drahardja Well-meaning people make these choices all the time. I feel for the guy, and I hope he learns the lesson.

@drahardja If you're working harder than your boss, you've got the wrong boss. That may advocate for entrepreneurship, but it may just be "fire your boss and find another that is more compatible with your dedication."