Andrej Karpathy: Elon Musk's Secret To Success | 'He applies his hammer...'

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[agenticmark]

I worked for X back when it was pre-paypal as a contractor.

He was young and practically bald and we NEVER saw him. He lived in his office (literally slept there and showered at the Gym) and worked nonstop. We never had long meetings. We hardly had any meetings.

He has come a loooong way, but most of what you know about him - he was always that way. He just learned how to talk to people. He is, at his core, just an engineer's engineer.

[andrewbull]

I worked for a company with a CEO/chairman who was similar, though perhaps not quite the level of hammer. It was the number 1 performing stock on the Australian stock exchange from 2010-2020. Tough place to work but incredible.

[sluggoslug]

Unique. A living human being super aware of his agency

[pantherenebuleuse]

Wow first time I have seen a video before Wes shared on his post, I’m on the right track, thanks to Wes

[andrewdunbar]

Andrej is either unique, very unique, or extremely unique.

[TimTimTheTim]

This used to be a channel with good solid information

[meyermc]

I watched the full video and there were 2-3 moments where questions came up about if others should run companies like Elon. Each time Andrej get's very nervous looking and just hedges or avoids the question.

[DeanHankin]

Tech bro blown away by how manufacturing companies have been operating for 120 years.

[gweneth]

I honestly don't have an opinion on Musk, simply because I don't know him personally. And I learned never to trust what other people say about others, it is just something you never should do.
I mean, if I would own a company (and I wouldn't like to be in a higher position because... I am more of a person who likes to do things on my own and not telling others what to do, which is not always possible, of course...), I would be the CEO who would probably be between the engineers as well and check things, talk things through etc. I always disliked people in higher positions who didn't know anything about their employees and the real problems at work. Sure there is also a lot of things you have to do and manage as a CEO, or manager... but I always didn't distinguish between my boss or my colleagues, which no one expects from a social anxiety person...but that was always weird for me. It is not always, but at my part time jobs back in the day, I had the feeling that my bosses didn't mind me treating them the same as everyone else (I was still kind and professional in whatever I did... but yeah...). I just think that if you put yourself on the same level, that changes everything, if your employees are more or less happy with their work (and hopefully payment too) the company will run better. But that is well known, unfortunately many people don'T care about that... And I have to say, I am also someone who does something good or best and didn't work well with people not wanting to do their job properly... had this often enough at different jobs and it is horrible. Everyone can have a bad day, but boy... some people are just plainly lazy or ignorant... But there is always a backstory to everything, that is why I don't care that much about someone telling something about another person... gossiping is... nah....

[stephenskinner]

Old manufacturing companies were like this because it is the only way to work well. Kelly Johnson is worth looking at and as to why he was successful. Johnson was successful way before Agile, 6 Sigma or any number of other management methods, because it is not about delivering management. At it's best management clears the path in front of the engineers or whoever is doing the creating and work.

[wiremonkeyshop]

Can you give a link to the full interview?

[JumpDiffusion]

You forgot to mention that this is STUNNING…

[torarinvik]

In other words, running your company with an iron fist. Like other people mentioned, that was Steve Jobs style too. Gives you great results at the expense of other people. As a counterargument, you could say that there is nobody forcing you to work under him. If Tesla is willing to hire you, then other companies probably will too. I highly dislike both Jobs and Musk, but they did achieve great results. Musk has become somewhat of a loose cannon lately though.

[marcfruchtman]

Thanks for the video!
Great stuff.
Reminder: I don't mind video clips, But I am here for "your perspective"... not just a cut scene...

[socialenigma]

If the state of Twitter is any indication I would say his methods need some serious work.

[TheCaphits]

This is just stolen content at this point.

[ajctrading]

Get Elon to stand a distance in front of a speeding, self driving Tesla and lets see this great self driving car in action...😅

[SozioTheRogue]

Thank you for this. I wouldn't have seen this if it weren't for you sharing it. Also, thank you for linking the full interview in the description.

[psyenz]

How is this Fair Use? Bro dude just dud copy paste a click bait Elon trash

[sandenium]

Mainstream media: "Elon is such a tool" - Andre carpathy