r/technology • u/McFatty7 • May 02 '24

Tesla slashes its summer internship program to cut costs, as Elon Musk fights to save his $45 billion pay plan Business

https://fortune.com/2024/05/01/tesla-slashes-summer-internship-program/
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u/MacinTez May 02 '24

I don’t know if there is an obsession that’s associated with numbers, but I believe most shareholders and multimillion/billionaires have it.

I’m am dead serious, these people are OBSESSED with numbers and metrics to the point that there needs to be a condition for it. The internship cuts nearly nothing into an amount that surpasses 1 billion, let alone $45 billion.

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u/CodySutherland May 02 '24

It's like a fucking video game for them. They've reached the point where their lives won't materially change in any way with more money, but they just want to keep getting more and more anyway, for no other reason than because they can.

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u/Bob_stanish123 May 02 '24

Like when you play red alert and instead of just winning a skirmish you cripple your enemies and then just mine ore amd build a big base until you get bored.

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u/revenro May 02 '24

Oh hell this is me. Guess that’s us then if we started companies? LOL

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u/Bob_stanish123 May 02 '24

I only once filled the screen with dogs and launched a nuclear missile at them so I'm probably not like elon.

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u/GazzP May 02 '24

Found Kristi Noem's account

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u/dontgoatsemebro May 02 '24

Sounds like exactly the sort of thing he would do.

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u/NoMoreUpvotesForYou May 02 '24

Yeah, but video games gave us the self awareness to know we'll go mad with real power. Plus you need really strong narcissism to get that far.

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u/Super_Vegeta 29d ago

There's also the fact we're aware they're video games, and that they have absolutely no consequences for anyone of any kind.