Elon Musk’s Golden Age of Tech Innovation Is Coming
The Tesla founder has lamented the loss of talented people to careers other than technology. There’s never been a better time to attract new tech recruits.
Elon Musk wants to see more graduates choose engineering. He may get his wish.
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Elon Musk opined on a podcast last year that “too many smart people go into finance and law.” In these professions, the thinking goes, people tinker around the edges of the economy. Technology, meanwhile, is remaking the economy.
For the young graduates going after a career in tech rather than pursuing a more traditional path, there’s scarcely been a better time in terms of the potential monetary reward. Joining a young startup could be a ticket to the next Snowflake Inc., Roblox Corp. or Airbnb Inc. — to name a few of the newly-public companies worth tens of billions. And after a series of major technological advancements over the last several months, there’s also a chance to realize that time-honored tech industry cliche: changing the world for the better.