Let's talk about Elon Musk

[Trim]

Are we in this spot because trump got big lol’d at at the correspondent dinner thing and then musk got a botched dick?

[LickNeckey]

https://www.reuters.com/legal/white-house-says-musk-is-not-doge-employee-has-no-authority-make-decisions-2025-02-18/?utm_source=reddit.com

[Dugout DickStone]

Trump calling musk a non having bitch will stir things up I bet

[catastrophe]

Pretty flimsy excuse to avoid accountability. Most courts wouldn’t bite.

[Stupid Fitz]

Pretty flimsy excuse to avoid accountability. Most courts wouldn’t bite.

It's hilariously stupid too. No, Elon is not in any way in charge of the thing he created, speaks non stop about, and is in charge of. Oh, ok, so the teenage tech bros barging in to government offices and getting access to personal taxpayer info are acting on their own? That seems even more illegal than the previous illegal version of this project???

[cfbandyman]

Pretty flimsy excuse to avoid accountability. Most courts wouldn’t bite.

It's hilariously stupid too. No, Elon is not in any way in charge of the thing he created, speaks non stop about, and is in charge of. Oh, ok, so the teenage tech bros barging in to government offices and getting access to personal taxpayer info are acting on their own? That seems even more illegal than the previous illegal version of this project???

Right, that is even worse. So they have, no authority to be there?

Trump calling musk a non having bitch will stir things up I bet

Oh they will turn on each other, or rather Trump will turn on Elon once he's done with him or doesn't find him useful. They are both the same type of person and eventually one will betray the other.

[Sandstone Outcropping]

Pretty flimsy excuse to avoid accountability. Most courts wouldn’t bite.

It's hilariously stupid too. No, Elon is not in any way in charge of the thing he created, speaks non stop about, and is in charge of. Oh, ok, so the teenage tech bros barging in to government offices and getting access to personal taxpayer info are acting on their own? That seems even more illegal than the previous illegal version of this project???

Glad that Trump 2.0 is stripping away the power and influence of unelected, unaccountable bureaucrats and executive branch appointees.

[Stupid Fitz]

Pretty flimsy excuse to avoid accountability. Most courts wouldn’t bite.

It's hilariously stupid too. No, Elon is not in any way in charge of the thing he created, speaks non stop about, and is in charge of. Oh, ok, so the teenage tech bros barging in to government offices and getting access to personal taxpayer info are acting on their own? That seems even more illegal than the previous illegal version of this project???

Right, that is even worse. So they have, no authority to be there?

Trump calling musk a non having bitch will stir things up I bet

Oh they will turn on each other, or rather Trump will turn on Elon once he's done with him or doesn't find him useful. They are both the same type of person and eventually one will betray the other.

yeah, this is a tough one. its def going to happen at some point. I've predicted that they will push the old man out sooner than later so it will be interesting to see. The tech bros got couch rough rider the VP job so if they get Trump out, Elon and crew will have free rein to do whatever. That's probably an even worse spot than now.

[Pete]

I’ve seen mention to the age of the DOGE employees quite a bit on the news. What age do most folks think of when they think of skilled data analysis?

[mocat]

I’ve seen mention to the age of the DOGE employees quite a bit on the news. What age do most folks think of when they think of skilled data analysis?

Mid 30s

[Stupid Fitz]

I’ve seen mention to the age of the DOGE employees quite a bit on the news. What age do most folks think of when they think of skilled data analysis?

smash and grabs don't take a ton of skill

[wetwillie]

I’ve seen mention to the age of the DOGE employees quite a bit on the news. What age do most folks think of when they think of skilled data analysis?

25 is the youngest I think would make sense to me. That would have to be an exceptional 25 year old though.

[cfbandyman]

I’ve seen mention to the age of the DOGE employees quite a bit on the news. What age do most folks think of when they think of skilled data analysis?

25 is the youngest I think would make sense to me. That would have to be an exceptional 25 year old though.

I guess what are you asking them to analyze. I would expect them to gather data, and generally understand what they are looking at as data. I would not expect them to understand contextually what any of it means. To me that is the real analysis.

[sonofdaxjones]

$4.2 trillion spent and not even a little 4 word blip about what each check was for?

Seems very normal

[Pete]

I get that it’s edgy and fashionable to discredit the DOGE team, but I bet the average standardized test score of the DOGE team is 95th to 99th percentile. No shortage of raw intellectual horsepower. If they have supervisor(s) that have the accumulated wisdom enough to direct a young talented team, then that’s basically the recipe for all global process and IT consulting, but with better raw talent.

Their motives and the motives of the leadership are a separate matter.

[cfbandyman]

I get that it’s edgy and fashionable to discredit the DOGE team, but I bet the average standardized test score of the DOGE team is 95th to 99th percentile. No shortage of raw intellectual horsepower. If they have supervisor(s) that have the accumulated wisdom enough to direct a young talented team, then that’s basically the recipe for all global process and IT consulting, but with better raw talent.

Their motives and the motives of the leadership are a separate matter.

IDK man, there is something experience just cant be taught. I have some really young people doing stuff for me and they're plenty smart, but also utterly cannot comprehend the big picture, nor would I expect them to. I would expect for them to very easily get info, but then do what with it. 

[Pete]

I get that it’s edgy and fashionable to discredit the DOGE team, but I bet the average standardized test score of the DOGE team is 95th to 99th percentile. No shortage of raw intellectual horsepower. If they have supervisor(s) that have the accumulated wisdom enough to direct a young talented team, then that’s basically the recipe for all global process and IT consulting, but with better raw talent.

Their motives and the motives of the leadership are a separate matter.

IDK man, there is something experience just cant be taught. I have some really young people doing stuff for me and they're plenty smart, but also utterly cannot comprehend the big picture, nor would I expect them to. I would expect for them to very easily get info, but then do what with it.

I am a state school kid, and I will definitely say that there is a big difference between the type of kids at dear old KSU than the types of kids hand picked by some of world’s wealthiest tech oligarchs to work at Doge.

I think a more legitimate area of concern is their motives.  I have zero concern about capabilities.

[catastrophe]

I get that it’s edgy and fashionable to discredit the DOGE team, but I bet the average standardized test score of the DOGE team is 95th to 99th percentile. No shortage of raw intellectual horsepower. If they have supervisor(s) that have the accumulated wisdom enough to direct a young talented team, then that’s basically the recipe for all global process and IT consulting, but with better raw talent.

Their motives and the motives of the leadership are a separate matter.

I've spent a fair amount of time around people with incredibly high standardized scores and Ivy League degrees. I've not seen any consistent correlation between those credentials and actual work performance.

[sonofdaxjones]

It depends on what highly tunnel vision but very smart people are tasked to do.

If you're giving them what they consider uninteresting bullshit work, then they're not going to do it well.

Those types are typically absolutely horrible in customer facing roles, such as sales engineering that requires collaboration with sales and customers. 

 

[bucket]

A 19 year old doesn’t know crap.

[DQ12]

A 19 year old doesn’t know crap.

Pete's right - 19 year olds can be real whizzes at analyzing massive amounts of information and patterns.  Current chess world champion is 18 years old.  Does a 19 year old have the wisdom on what to do with that analysis?  Probably not, but i don't get the sense that the 19 year olds are the ones deciding to shut down USAID, etc.

[Dugout DickStone]

Pretty flimsy excuse to avoid accountability. Most courts wouldn’t bite.

It's hilariously stupid too. No, Elon is not in any way in charge of the thing he created, speaks non stop about, and is in charge of. Oh, ok, so the teenage tech bros barging in to government offices and getting access to personal taxpayer info are acting on their own? That seems even more illegal than the previous illegal version of this project???

Right, that is even worse. So they have, no authority to be there?

Trump calling musk a non having bitch will stir things up I bet

Oh they will turn on each other, or rather Trump will turn on Elon once he's done with him or doesn't find him useful. They are both the same type of person and eventually one will betray the other.

MAGA is very nervous about the inevitable divorce

[bucket]

Pretty flimsy excuse to avoid accountability. Most courts wouldn’t bite.

It's hilariously stupid too. No, Elon is not in any way in charge of the thing he created, speaks non stop about, and is in charge of. Oh, ok, so the teenage tech bros barging in to government offices and getting access to personal taxpayer info are acting on their own? That seems even more illegal than the previous illegal version of this project???

Right, that is even worse. So they have, no authority to be there?

Trump calling musk a non having bitch will stir things up I bet

Oh they will turn on each other, or rather Trump will turn on Elon once he's done with him or doesn't find him useful. They are both the same type of person and eventually one will betray the other.

MAGA is very nervous about the inevitable divorce

I think it’s all planned. The cuts will be unpopular. Trump can blame Elon. Elon doesn’t care because he gets whatever he wants (I.e. more government contracts, tax breaks, etc.).

[Stupid Fitz]

A 19 year old doesn’t know crap.

Pete's right - 19 year olds can be real whizzes at analyzing massive amounts of information and patterns.  Current chess world champion is 18 years old.  Does a 19 year old have the wisdom on what to do with that analysis?  Probably not, but i don't get the sense that the 19 year olds are the ones deciding to shut down USAID, etc.

Then who is analyzing this information and shutting down/crippling these organizations? Not Elon apparently???

[bucket]

A 19 year old doesn’t know crap.

Pete's right - 19 year olds can be real whizzes at analyzing massive amounts of information and patterns.  Current chess world champion is 18 years old.  Does a 19 year old have the wisdom on what to do with that analysis?  Probably not, but i don't get the sense that the 19 year olds are the ones deciding to shut down USAID, etc.

Then who is analyzing this information and shutting down/crippling these organizations? Not Elon apparently???

I’m thinking strictly about the college classes and programming languages they would need to know to be at the top of their field. One year of college doesn’t prepare you for crap.