[na85]

>He’s chief engineer at spacex for starters.

He calls himself that, sure. Elon is a smart guy, and that's why I think he positions himself the way he does. He doesn't want to be Bill Gates, he wants to be perceived as a man of the people. A dudebro who happens to be rich. That's why he's smoking joints with Joe Rogan on camera and tweeting about WSB.

There is zero percent chance that Elon is actually doing any technical analysis or design for SpaceX.

He calls himself Chief Engineer for the same reason Trump claims to be a master-level deal maker. They're narcissists cultivating their respective cults of personality, and the legions of sycophants just lap this stuff up.

[kiba]

This is 100% public perception that he's a business development guy and all, because all we see is him tweeting, memeing, and sometime making a fool of himself.

He's an engineer, and there's a bunch of engineers who worked with him who will attest to that.

[na85]

>He's an engineer, and there's a bunch of engineers who worked with him who will attest to that.

He's not, and all those quotes from that reddit thread I know you're thinking of are very careful to dance around the point.

He's not an engineer.

[solveit]

Which thread is this? I'm curious.

[na85]

The same reddit thread that gets trotted out by Musk worshippers every time someone points out he's not an engineer.

It's full of quotes saying stuff like "he understands a lot about spaceflight and aerodynamics" and similar weasel statements.

[Dah00n]

Why do you need someone who worked with him to attast it? Engineer is something you go to school to become, not something you become because you have money or workers. Either he have an education as an engineer or he isn't an engineer. Giving yourself a title in your own company doesn't make it so.

[iso1210]

In many countries, Engineer is a protected status job title. In the US I believe "Professional Engineer" is protected

In the US, going to school to become a Graduate Engineer does not make you a Professional Engineer.

[fastball]

You definitely don't need formal education in order to be an engineer.