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Elon Puts Kid Who Just Graduated From High School in Charge of Disemboweling the US Government (futurism.com)

submitted 1 week ago by TokenBoomer to c/progressivepolitics

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What's the federal budget for sippy cups?

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[–] [email protected] 52 points 1 week ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (2 children)

From TFA:

"One, a senior adviser to the director, is a 21-year-old whose online resume touts his work for Palantir," per Wired, while another "who reports directly to Scales, graduated from high school in 2024." A copy of the latter's resume include his summer internship with Musk's Neuralink, alongside jobs as — we assure you that we are not joking — a camp counselor and bike mechanic.

Can you imagine the damage to those kids' careers when the dust settles after the collapse of the American reich, when their resume reads:

2021-2024: high school
Summer of 2024: camp counselor
Autumn of 2024: bike mechanic
2025 -: destruction of the United States

Kinda hard to find a job with a resume like that...

[–] over_clox 18 points 1 week ago

I started working on bicycles at 5 years old.

Apparently I'm qualified to do [redacted] things...

[–] BrianTheeBiscuiteer 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Did Nestle also go under?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago

There's a difference between a corporation that can replace their board and the individuals on said boards.

These guys will be stuck working conservative and right wing shit the rest of their lives, they will become the next generation of grifters.

[–] timewarp 22 points 1 week ago (1 children)

In other words, they are hiring incels

[–] WhatAmLemmy 18 points 1 week ago

They're grooming yes men who'll owe them their careers, offer unconditional loyalty, and they'll have 100% control over.

[–] surph_ninja 7 points 1 week ago

Y’all should know this is exactly how McKinsey is ran as well. They advise the biggest governments & companies in the world, and it’s mostly staffed by sociopathic, fresh-faced, inexperienced college grads.

[–] lettruthout 7 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I hope they’re getting paid minimum wage.

[–] ZILtoid1991 5 points 1 week ago

With no weekends, and 14-16 hour "ultra hardcore" workdays.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

I would too, but you just know that they'll be running a department in 18months and trying to hire 42 year old professionals for less than their own wages