In which he takes sole credit for the success of something a fair few people had a hand in. Not to mention luck, etc. I'm fairly sure this qualifies as egomania.
In which he takes sole credit for the success of something a fair few people had a hand in. Not to mention luck, etc. I'm fairly sure this qualifies as egomania.
This is one of the biggest things I see software engineers struggle with in both hiring and annual reviews. They are so afraid to point out why they were critical for a project that they end up marketing themselves as a ride-along, which does not look good.
He could have said things like, "I always think my micromanaging was what made it successful, but lots of folks worked really hard on the show"
He didn't, though.
I don't think he has ever taken sole credit for the show, neither in this interview or in the plenty of others I have read or watched.
As an example - there are a lot of smart people at Tesla, and there have been for years. If you'd have put me in charge of it 10 years ago it would be dead. Dead dead dead. Elon makes a big difference. He's done it several times. Some people actually are the differentiator.