[lfsh]

I never understood why people think Musk is some kind of genius man.

He absolutely is a very good salesman and marketeer but that's about it. Everything he sold that was successful was created by others. The moment he starts to interfere things go wrong. The Cybertruck is a great example.

It is also known that people at SpaceX hate it when he is around telling people what to do because most of it doesn't make sense.

Now he is in politics it becomes clear to a lot of people who he really is. A greedy salesman.

[ryandrake]

> It is also known that people at SpaceX hate it when he is around telling people what to do because most of it doesn't make sense.

Sounds like he does a bit of Seagull Management[1]. Worked with a founder like this once. Everyone dreaded seeing him around the office, because that meant everyone's work was going to get upended and/or canceled, and we'd be working on something totally different once he articulated his latest fever dream to the engineering team. Then, once the place was in chaos, he'd get in his plane and fly off somewhere until he stopped by again to upend everything.

1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seagull_management

[thefz]

True for most of these personalities, Jobs included

[archagon]

Not to defend Jobs’ behavior, but it’s hard to deny that he had good taste, clear vision, and immaculate presentation skills. He also showed signs of self-reflection and empathy in his later years. (Musk could never deliver the same kind of college commencement address as him, for example.)