Agreed. Especially after reading the below snippet. My sympathy went out of the window.
> My life has been spent working long days, nights, and weekends, putting in whatever effort was required to get the job done. My wife resided in Northern California while I was based in Los Angeles; with no children at home and very little social life, I often spent seven days a week onsite at SpaceX, putting in 10-12 hours almost daily. I knew no one there who worked more hours than I did. Later, during Covid, I was still working onsite and traveling for business while many other engineers worked remotely. I was quite hardcore.
I'm not denying that there is age discrimination happening but I wonder how much of this story is distorted by his perception of it. If he wants to pursue legal action that's his right but I think Spacex did him a favor.
> My life has been spent working long days, nights, and weekends, putting in whatever effort was required to get the job done. My wife resided in Northern California while I was based in Los Angeles; with no children at home and very little social life, I often spent seven days a week onsite at SpaceX, putting in 10-12 hours almost daily. I knew no one there who worked more hours than I did. Later, during Covid, I was still working onsite and traveling for business while many other engineers worked remotely. I was quite hardcore.
I'm not denying that there is age discrimination happening but I wonder how much of this story is distorted by his perception of it. If he wants to pursue legal action that's his right but I think Spacex did him a favor.