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by adastra22 950 days ago
I don't know about Tesla, but at SpaceX he is actually the Chief Engineer, and in more than just title. A lot of the innovative stuff SpaceX has done were the result of engineering decisions he made. According to Eric Berger's book on the beginning of SpaceX, he is a quite capable self-taught engineer respected by the people who work for him, including those who moved on to other things and had no incentive to lie.

I don't hold him on any pedestal. But saying he's just a marketing guy isn't correct either.