[kaba0]

What exactly is your proposed mechanism for success, by working an ordinary IT job? How is it any different than any other workplace, now that it is owned by Musk?

The best you can hope for is a decent bonus, but that is not life altering in any way and I don’t think it is worth the stress of working under an unstable idiot drama queen some insane hours that may or may not get paid, over at.. the million other IT jobs. Sure, taking risks may be beneficial, but you ain’t jumping down a hill just because it is risky, you have to hope for something.

[kcplate]

I live quite a comfortable life despite three decades of “working an ordinary IT jobs”. I guess I don’t see the obvious downside here. These folks are choosing to stick around—maybe it’s an ordinary IT job and maybe working for Musk could be challenging, but maybe they turn around the company and Musk rewards the loyalty, and maybe he doesn’t’. At that point they can re-evaluate.

I don’t buy into the notion that Musk is the worst boss in the world. A former colleague and I were laughing recently at how mild Musk is compared to an old boss we had.