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What's the normal vibe on how it feels to work for Bezos on Blue Origin and how does it compare to working for Musk at SpaceX? Is one feeling like startup vs the other feeling like enterprise, or does one feel like the boss is too involved and the other too distant, etc?


Can't speak for Blue but SpaceX felt like an aerospace company, and Musk had next to nothing to do with my day-to-day there.


I had a close friend who was at Blue for a few years under Bob Smith (former CEO). It wasn't great. Just a toxic culture it seemed like, and their HQ is a giant stretch fabric tent with terrible acoustics lol


Everyone I know locally who has worked for SpaceX has had pretty negative things to say about it overall.

Everyone I know locally who has worked for Blue Origin has had extremely negative things to say about it, pretty much without qualification.

So, not great!


or does one feel like a tech company, the other like a government agency?




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