Earlier this year, Tesla and X CEO Elon Musk promised he wouldn't be giving any money to either Donald Trump or Joe Biden.Musk sounded adamant, tweeting, on March 6, "Just to be super clear, I am not donating money to either candidate for U.S. President."But Musk later changed his mind, reportedly d...

But Musk later changed his mind, reportedly donating $45 million a month of his money to the pro-Trump political action committee American PAC.

`Nuff said. CEOs are often Republican, but to be this outspokenly political is normally a bad thing for CEOs like Musk. Media company heads (and Twitter/X is a media company) are supposed to at least pretend to be neutral.

And catering to the far-right seems like a bad idea if your company makes EVs. But what do I know?

  • eldavi@lemmy.mlEnglish
    9·
    2 months ago

    yeah, this thread is making me realize that i’m a software-developer/tech-bro bubble

    • Cryophilia@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      2 months ago

      Hey, props for realizing it. Most software dev tech bros refuse to acknowledge that they’re in a bubble. Now you can start to step out of it.

      • eldavi@lemmy.mlEnglish
        2·
        2 months ago

        Now you can start to step out of it.

        not if i want to stay employed; being likeable is more important than the hard skills in my field unless i’m some sort of savant and liking the same things helps.

          • eldavi@lemmy.mlEnglish
            1·
            2 months ago

            it’s not great. i broke into the software development field less than 10 years ago and; ever since learning that it’s dominated by tech bros and their enablers; i’ve been trying to get back into IT ever since.

            it would be A LOT easier of software developers weren’t the only jobs available for the past 6 months; but it is what it is.