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Musk wants "hard core" talent, remember Twitter?

He wants people hungry, super motivated and, oh yeah, not too expensive. Remember stories of him eating peanut butter sandwiches and sleeping on floors? He's a frugal/cheap guy.

There's a shortage of Americans willing to meet Musks "brilliant and cheap" spec.

H1bs are cheap(er), hungrier, and sometimes brilliant. And if not brilliant at least "hard core" if required.

Since we can't replace Musk with AI yet, we have a "labor shortage" of cheap, hardcore, brilliant talent. Yup.



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