Musk sounds like a nightmare to work for. Why would any self-respecting developer stick around under these conditions? I expect an exodus of talent from Twitter in short order.
Elon makes his equity-compensated employees rich. You don't need complex psychology to explain the appeal.
Steve Jobs, Larry Ellison, Bill Gates etc. were all a nightmare to work when they were younger.
From what I can make out Twitter's workforce are predominantly average at best and I suspect we'll see at least 2,000 or so people cut in the next 6 months.
Losing all your tribal knowledge in any business unit is a mess. That’s the prediction. The talent at Twitter is likely already gone to another company for a raise. I’ve never seen the best engineers stick around after any acquisition.
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