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Musk's goal is that "the factory is the product" [0]. He's always focused on production efficiencies. This was brought up in the Tesla bot presentation also where they're trying to reduce the number of unique parts.

[0]: https://thedriven.io/2021/01/12/the-factory-is-the-product-m...

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In a way it's a good thing Musk companies are such crappy places to work and are a massive resume boost. People are joining SpaceX & Tesla, learning some good lessons and then leaving and taking those lessons to other companies. If they stayed at SpaceX/Tesla their entire career those lessons would not spread as well.

Reminds me of this: << Recognize the team is the product. In software, the product life cycle is shortening. “In traditional accounting,” says Bjork, “the business asset is the product. But more and more, in practice, the asset is a team that is capable of delivering products. The team has a longer lifetime of generating value than the product itself. That’s a big shift in focus.” >> (The_Age_of_Agile.online.pdf)

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