[BradyLS]

Shotwell worked hard and good for her. But enough of the fly-over “cow town” nonsense. Even if she said it. If she was brought up well, made the effort to match her ambitions, and reaped the rewards, that’s what counts. Not where you’re from.

[Williams]

Her father was a brain surgeon. Does the article even say what her specialty is? She wasn’t just a farm girl hired by Space X from the beginning to sell billions in rockets to the government.

I don’t care whose name is on the article, this is AI slop.

Very common nowadays creating an imaginary theme out of nothing. I don’t think Elon Musk hired her because she was a single mother driving around in a car. Nor do I think this was a situation like other people I know of who started with major companies when they were just projects in somebody’s garage.

[DeplorableTrumpSupporter]

Rockford, Illinois is a cow town? Really??

[GOPJ]

Shotwell grew up in a cow town in northern Illinois. Her dad was a brain surgeon. Her mom was an artist.

I'd still like to kmow the name of the city...

[GOPJ]

Her interests changed during high school after her mother took her to a panel discussion at the Illinois Institute of Technology by the Society of Women Engineers, where a mechanical engineer in particular inspired Shotwell to become an engineer.[5][6] Following this, she decided to apply to Northwestern University, where she received a Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering, and later a Master of Science degree in applied mathematics.[3][7]Wikipedia

Ahhh, makes sense now...