‘…never really wanted to be a CEO’: Elon Musk responds to user’s post on X

Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, SpaceX and owner of X (formerly twitter) never wanted to be a CEO. Recently, a user on X said that Musk used to rewrite code of engineers and that he never wished to become a CEO. The tech billionaire responded to the user’s post and agreed with it.
“Elon Musk used to rewrite code of engineers working at Zip2 after they went home, and used to work 120 hours a week.He never really wanted to be a CEO,” an X user posted. Agreeing with the post, Musk replied ‘True’.

Not a first when Musk said about not becoming a CEO

This is not the first time that Musk said that he has said this. In a podcast interview in 2022, Musk quoted a friend who said “starting a company is like staring into the abyss and eating glass. There was some truth to that.”
He has also shared on X that he “never wanted to be CEO – just wanted to work on product/technology. Running companies hurts my heart, but I don’t see any other way to bring technology & design to fruition.”

Elon Musk calls Linkedin ‘cringe’

In a separate news, Elon Musk attacked Microsoft-owned professional network website LinkedIn, saying this platform is “cringe”.
Reacting to user Alex Cohen who posted, “I hate LinkedIn with a passion”, Musk said, “LinkedIn is so cringe it will make your toenails curl”. Musk previously called Microsoft-backed OpenAI’s GPT-4o model “cringe”.
This sparked a lot of responses from Musk’s X followers on X.
“The biggest difference between X and LinkedIn is that people tend to be their real selves on X. On LinkedIn, too many people are posting as if HR is breathing down their necks,” a user commented