[zenbowman]

Beyond that, someone as emotionally brittle and allergic to criticism as he is will inevitably create a yes-men culture, which will destroy engineering discipline & lead to declining quality. No way around it.

The one thing you absolutely need to preserve engineering quality is the ability to take criticism.

[bmitc]

It isn't clear Tesla ever had quality. His management persona was in place day one and has very consistently made decisions that negatively affect quality, much less the real challenge of building a car company from scratch. Teslas have pretty consistently ranked low on quality rankings.

[tw04]

What are you talking about? Removing turn signal stalks and adding a yoke with no progressive steering is engineering at its absolute finest. Do you really think Elon would just surround himself with yes men that implement stupid ideas just because he thinks it "looks cool"?

[blowski]

> Do you really think Elon would just surround himself with yes men that implement stupid ideas just because he thinks it "looks cool"?

Yes, I suspect a lot of us do think exactly that.

[theogravity]

I think the commenter was being sarcastic via the "Removing turn signal stalks and adding a yoke with no progressive steering is engineering at its absolute finest" remark.

[tw04]

I was definitely being sarcastic!

[blowski]

Sorry for taking that wrong. The fanboy logic can be so ridiculous at times that it's really hard to tell.

[blowski]

I honestly struggle to tell these days.

[theogravity]

Me too. I use the sarcastic mark (/s) nowadays when conveying that through text.