This is a fair take, but an arguement can be made that modern semiconductor manufacturing is so complex that there is some truth to the framing of the article.
That being said, I strongly disagree with the notion that there is anything to admire about SpaceX employees.
From my perspective, these people are employees of a cruel, murderous American oligarch. Just because they overcame very notable engineering challenges, one should simply dismiss that?
I would have no issue if they got to experience the same thing their oligarch leader did to others (with the same level of public callousness with respect to their well being).
Someone like Andrei Sakharov is worthy of admiration (if we are focused on the engineering domain).
SpaceX engineers (or really any American-style careerists) are just self-interested regime apparatchiks; albeit ones with great skills.
This is a fair take, but an arguement can be made that modern semiconductor manufacturing is so complex that there is some truth to the framing of the article.
That being said, I strongly disagree with the notion that there is anything to admire about SpaceX employees.
From my perspective, these people are employees of a cruel, murderous American oligarch. Just because they overcame very notable engineering challenges, one should simply dismiss that?
I would have no issue if they got to experience the same thing their oligarch leader did to others (with the same level of public callousness with respect to their well being).
Someone like Andrei Sakharov is worthy of admiration (if we are focused on the engineering domain).
SpaceX engineers (or really any American-style careerists) are just self-interested regime apparatchiks; albeit ones with great skills.