I was with Elon nearly every single day during Model 3 hell. This included Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year’s Eve, his birthday and nearly missing his brother’s wedding. He left the factory to fly straight there, barely making it as he was helping resolve production challenges and being present with the associates and the whole team.
From countless firsthand experiences I cannot begin to describe the immense personal sacrifice and commitment made by Elon, directly from the front line.
I took the photo below, on the day of his birthday, at close to midnight. We were stationed at paint ingress, station 1911, resolving the constraint for the entire production system.
The tenacity and willingness to perform any job and drive us to excel is unwavering.
When I started Giga Texas, Elon slept onsite for a period of time. His direct ask, which people on the team didn’t even believe at first: “Your goal is to not let me sleep. The machines need to be running 24/7.” It was an awesome fire to have lit and drove all of us. From the initial site you see below with mining pits that were 30’ deep to producing 1,000 cars a week in less than 2 years.
today marks my last day as an intern @X!! I learned so much and got to work on a super cool project :)
thank you @aqueel for the opportunity, I've learned more here in 1 week than I have in 4 years of college and I've gained so much invaluable experience
shoutout to @SaurinPatelX@Mayank_808@BectorVinayak@jasraj_dhanoa@ryanchenSWE and the intern gang for being goated, love ya'll
next chapter coming soon :))!! (hint: 🧠⚡️)