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Comment by nastygibbon | Hacker News Reader

> A search of LinkedIn profiles turns up more than 60 former Tesla employees now employed by Apple.

I can't tell - is this a lot or hardly anything?

And, more importantly, how many of those Former Tesla Employees are actually Former Apple Employees who became Tesla Employees, and then decided they would rather go back to work for Apple?

There was a news story a couple of days ago about how Tesla has hired away 120 Apple engineers over the past few years. Can't find the link right now.

In terms of product expertise, I find a lot of similarities between Apple and Tesla. They have similar souls. Musk is a messianic figure, like Jobs, and Tesla is nearly as obsessed about design as Apple

Here's the discussion - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9064196

Personally, I love to see this back-and-forth poaching. Cross-pollination of ideas can be a big boost to innovation, and if it fuels some wage growth then all the better.

Are you suggesting that they are sent intentionally to join and know the future plans?

It could simply be a case of disillusionment at Tesla. Also Apple employees are known to leave Apple, either to start a company or for a sabbatical but then go back to working at Apple once they're done.

Nope - I'm just suggesting it's not as big a deal if a former Apple employee decided to return back to Apple, than if a someone who had never worked for Apple went from Tesla to Apple.

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