Interview with Former Tesla Employee, Farzad Mesbahi
Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
00:40 Farzads Reaction to Cybertruck Reveal
03:35 My Initial Reaction
04:56 “How did you go from a Tesla ‘Fan’ to become a Tesla Employee?”
11:47 “How quickly did you realize the difference between Tesla and other companies?”
16:12 “Is there a lot of blurring of the lines between ‘Blue’ vs ‘White’ Collar jobs @ Tesla?”
19:20 “Does the motivation level run as high at the entry level as in management?”
26:40 “Do a lot of people move on from Tesla after 3-5 years like you?”
29:50 “Why do you think more former Tesla employees haven’t started YouTube channels?”
33:00 “What are topics you wish you could discuss if you didn’t have a NDA?”
34:46 “Have you given any thought to finding and interviewing other Ex-Tesla employees?”
36:00 “Do employees resent the way fans think of Elon as Tesla and Tesla as Elon?”
38:50 “If you could rank Tesla vs ‘Normal’ companies on Talent, Motivation and Execution, how would they compare?”
50:10 “Did you ever talk with other Tesla employees about the ‘Big Vision’ of Tesla or is everyone too busy with day to day execution?”
52:50 “Do Tesla employees look at Tesla as a car company, a manufacturing company or a technology company?”
55:40 “Do people not working directly on the cars feel more disconnected from the company?”
58:30 “How do Tesla employees think about better competition starting to emerge?”
01:02:35 “Elon doesn’t like to talk about competitive moats but it seems like the talent, culture and Elon’s leadership are very big competitive moats. Do you agree and do you think that means they will be impossible to catch in next 5-10 years?”
01:08:43 “What does ‘Success’ look like for you personally over the next 1-2 years?”
01:12:39 Conclusion
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Well Done! Thanks for asking great questions, and then stepping back and letting him give well-thought-out great explanations. I appreciate your timestamps too. I watched most of the video with the timestamps up and you 2 in a small screen. That way I saw where the interview was going and was excited in anticipation of it. Thank you both!!! I wonder if Sandy Munro will watch some of this. He's always going off about the speed that Tesla adapts and changes their products. And this interview confirms how and why that happens.
Really great and enjoyable interview, good job guys 👍🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘
Great interview with Farzad 👍 concise and informative, not only on what the environment is at Tesla but a peek as to what’s to potential come from the growth of an individual while at Tesla and leaving with the mindset of Elon Musk to spread to the rest of the world on their own 🌎
Farzad Mesbahi is one of my favorite YouTubers these days. He is great!
GREAT VIDEO. RETIRED 77, USAF VET. WEARIED OUT NOV 22, 2019 BUT, NOW LOVING IT!
WIFE HAS SILVER MODEL 3 AND SHE WON'T LET ME DRIVE IT. ORDERED ON NOV 23, 2019 FOUR MOTOR 2023 CYBERTRUCK.
a key point is that those who worked at Tesla will leave and start companies using similar strategies
Thanks so much for this interview. Really good and insightful questions with equally good and insightful answers!
RETIRED 77, USAF VET. HAD SAME TYPE JOB, COULD NOT WAIT TO GET TO WORK. HAD STROKE AFTER 33 YEARS WORKING. RETIRED FOR 18 YEARS NOW.
great interview
Nice interview, you are great host!