[salimmadjd]

I've met Chris and he is one of the nicest and humblest guy you can imagine. I'm not betting on him lasting in Tesla for more than 12 months. I think there will be a cultural conflict.

[Etzos]

Could you explain why you think there will be a cultural conflict? Do Tesla engineers typically act in ways counter to being nice and humble?

[_1]

It's more like the person above than the people below.

[pseudometa]

Chris did work under the leadership of Steve Jobs for 5 years.

[scott_karana]

He worked under Jobs as a direct report, like a VP role is?!

I had the impression he wasn't that high in the totem pole before Jobs died...

[RivieraKid]

Those two personality types can work fine actually, I think. Two egoistic-ish people working together is much more likely to be problematic.

[bangonkeyboard]

Was there a cultural conflict for the myriad other ex-Apple employees at Tesla?

[coldtea]

Where they "one of the nicest and humblest guys you [could] imagine"?

Because that was also part of the parents framing for the conflict.