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Elon Musk on How to Build the Future

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1106 points sama | 1 comments | 15 Sep 16 18:05 UTC | HN request time: 0.206s | source
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LordHumungous ◴[15 Sep 16 18:59 UTC] No.12508800[source]▶
>I think a lot of people think I must spend a lot of time with media or on businessy things. But actually almost all my time, like 80% of it, is spent on engineering and design.

Uh... that's not really a CEO's job though.

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rantanplan ◴[15 Sep 16 19:06 UTC] No.12508874[source]▶
We're just used to CEOs having only a decorative role, who can be replaced in an instant. So much so that when we see a CEO actually working/engaging with the actual product/service, they seem like a peculiar and rare specimen.
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LordHumungous ◴[15 Sep 16 20:29 UTC] No.12509562[source]▶
No... sorry but it sounds like you have no idea what a CEO's actual role is.
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