What’s Wrong With Musk!🤯

At this point, how many times do we have to learn the same lesson?

Musk isn’t Tony Stark. He’s a walking case study in why being rich doesn’t make you competent, and frankly no genius.

Whether it’s destroying Twitter, turning Tesla into a toxic workplace, or randomly making political gestures people are “misinterpreting”, Musk keeps proving that he shouldn’t be leading anything.

Yet, somehow, people still look up to him. Why?

Musk isn’t just a bad leader — he’s a liability. And if you’re a software developer, engineer, or anyone working in tech, he is absolutely NOT the role model you should be following.

The Tech Industry’s Musk Obsession Needs to Stop

There was a time when Musk was considered a visionary. He made electric cars cool. He launched rockets into space, cool! People liked it.

It went too far when people proclaimed him to be a programming genius. When was the last time he wrote code? He was lucky, got rich and bought Twitter.

When Tech bros worship him because they think working 120-hour weeks, sleeping on the factory floor, and demanding unrealistic deadlines, that doesn’t mean any of those things should be done. It’s not a sign of genius. In reality, it is the sign of a bad manager.

Here’s the Evidence

Here’s why I don’t think Musk should be allowed near the U.S. Government, tech companies or sharp knives.

Let’s take a look at the evidence.

#1: Twitter and Coronavirus

Ah, is panic ever a good thing? Let’s look at that date again. March 6th?

I’m sure as the pandemic went on, he modified his views, right? So, on March 19, he’d know this was a serious problem, right?

Still, everyone makes mistakes. I’m sure he helped people understand the benefits of vaccines and not add to the doubts; people had in 2021.

That last Tweet probably cost a few lives. I wish people were accountable for the damage they cause.

#2: Pedo Guy and Twitter Tweets

Everyone makes mistakes on Twitter. It’s not like he called one of the divers who saved those Thai footballers (now a major motion picture) a pedophile. Wonder if he got any details from his private investigator, tasked with digging up dirt on the diver.

Or that time he committed securities fraud.

#3: The toxic workplace

One employee called the sexual harassment rampant at Tesla. The Washington Post published the story and in the end, it cost them $137 million dollars.

Musk has previously bullied his own employees by telling them they will lose stock options if they unionize.

The hardcore layoffs at X were also evidence of a toxic workplace.

#4: Today’s salute

If people are asking if this is a Nazi salute, it is at best ill-advised. Make your own mind up, look at the video.

Conclusion

Musk could have been a great leader — if he wasn’t so obsessed with his ego. Instead, he’s become a meme.

We don’t need more Musks in tech. We need less. We need leaders who we want to work under and who offer a vision for a future in which we would want to live. Is that too much to ask?