November 2, 2024

Don’t Be An Elon

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So many managers are over-promoted either through nepotism, because they were there at the the right time or for taking credit for other people’s hard work. Remind you of anyone? So this is a suggestion to all of you: don’t be an Elon.

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I’ve been full of cold so I haven’t really wanted to do a lot. In order to make myself feel better I’ve been doomscrolling through Twitter and I have to say the fallout from the “Twitter Blue Verification” debacle was hilarious to watch.

Editor’s Note: This post is a year old and it still holds true – perhaps even more so now with “Blue Checks” being responsible for more misinformation than ever before – some reporting it’s as high as 74%.

It got me thinking though: how many people are running a company that shouldn’t be? Elon Musk by all accounts was quite a terrible programmer but bluffed his way into several Dot Com startup roles, he bought his way into companies (PayPal & Tesla come to mind) and then claims he came up with the ideas taking credit from the real founder and he doesn’t listen to people who know what they’re talking about (see these public spats with Twitter devs for example – I mean, if he did he wouldn’t have paid $44 billion for a company now worth about $8 billion thanks to his antics.

So many managers are over-promoted either through nepotism, because they were there at the the right time or for taking credit for other people’s hard work. Remind you of anyone?

So this is a suggestion to all of you: don’t be an Elon.

Value other people, listen to what they have to say especially if they’ve worked at the company for longer that you have or have knowledge about a subject. Let them speak and explain rather than dismissing them outright.

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Katy is always trying to be more productive one day at a time! Whether it's analogue, digital, motivational or psychological who'll try any system that will help her get things done and get organised. As well as running FlippingHeck.com, she also loves making music and reviewing things.
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