[jazz9k]

What I think is funny is that Steve Jobs also had very little technical knowledge and was just as much of an asshole, yet he's worshipped in the tech community. The only reason comments like yours are being made is because of Musk's politics. He was also loved in the Tech community, before supporting Trump.

Musk doesn't have to be a 'real engineer'. Most 'real engineers' would obsess over mundane details and rarely think about the bigger picture or making a profit.

[oska]

> yet he's worshipped in the tech community

Maybe for those who are younger and who mostly know of Jobs posthumously but Jobs was a highly polarising figure through the 80s, 90s and 2000s and there were many ppl who would never buy any Apple product because of the Jobs personality behind it (including when Jobs wasn't actually in charge; it was still a company built in his "Walled Garden + Salesman Hype" image)

[cosmicgadget]

For people outside the Apple bubble, Jobs is disliked for perpetuating the Apple walled garden and contempt for its users.

Elon would have gotten there with his inability to deliver on promises but he found his political cash cow first.

[jordanb]

I don't worship Steve Jobs but he didn't pretend to be an engineer

What turned me off to Elon was "it's a tube with an air hockey table in it, it's not that hard."