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Comment by s08148692 | original | SpaceX catches the Starship to end Flight 15
[−]s08148692 · 2026-11-14 Sat 23:27 UTC · link
The top engineers are already there. The top engineers care more about engineering than politics.

Source: Everyone else in SpaceXs rearview mirror - If the top engineers were elsewhere they would be ahead

[−]fedpost · 2026-11-15 Sun 06:29 UTC · link
I'm an actual aerospace SWE

Pre-trump 1 SpaceX was a tough place with a slightly off vibe but otherwise strong industry reputation.

Post-trump 1 SpaceX became a place you put in a couple years so that you could get a more stable job wherever you wanted

Post DOGE SpaceX is a place you really have to hold your nose to work at and coming out of that company increasingly labels you as a possible culture problem. I've seen a lot of SpaceX people getting turned down during interviews because they're either toxic or present a risk of toxicity.

[−]notenchange · 2026-11-15 Sun 10:04 UTC · link
And yet, the ones there just achieved an engineering miracle. So that probably shows that ones turned down were probably turned down because they didn't add anything positive to the company.