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Your response was along the lines of "despite Musk's character, his companies do groundbreaking stuff, so in return for being overworked and underpaid, they get to work on things that no one else is working on"

My point is that none of the companies do groundbreaking stuff, and there are other options for people wanting to work at those.

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I guess we’ve found the point of disagreement then. If you are disregarding the scale, then you might be able to make a case, but even then, I’m fairly certain that you would still be wrong.

Currently, nothing that any of Elons companies are doing is scaling. I don't care if someone back in 2018 wanted to work at Tesla, because of how well Model 3 was doing. Today, the colossal turd that is the Cybertruck is their flagship product, Model 2 is nowhere to be found, Cybertaxis are dangerous, and Roadster is never happening.

For SpaceX, their launches are just as expensive (if not more expensive) compared to traditional methods, they are just subsidizing it, while burning money on Starship that will never reach Mars.

So again, no smart person will ever work of any of Elons companies today based on your criteria.

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