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> Not surprising. Anybody with a life isn't desired by these places.

What does surprise me though is that this fellow seems to be the exemplar of a company lifer, to quote TFA:

"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."

Up until one injury and a short absence for surgery and recovery. And boy howdy did things change after that.




I would imaging "committing parenthood" would be a similar problem/result.




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