This is worth reading…
Musk showed other companies that college does not mean you can actually help the company…
Building a rocker requires hands on knowledge..not theory they teach in college…
Liftoff: Elon Musk and the Desperate Early Days That Launched SpaceX
In Liftoff, Eric Berger, senior space editor at Ars Technica, takes readers inside the wild early days that made SpaceX. Focusing on the company’s first four launches of the Falcon 1 rocket, he charts the bumpy journey from scrappy underdog to aerospace pioneer. We travel from company headquarters in El Segundo, to the isolated Texas ranchland where they performed engine tests, to Kwajalein, the tiny atoll in the Pacific where SpaceX launched the Falcon 1. Berger has reported on SpaceX for more than a decade, enjoying unparalleled journalistic access to the company’s inner workings. Liftoff is the culmination of these efforts, drawing upon exclusive interviews with dozens of former and current engineers, designers, mechanics, and executives, including Elon Musk. The enigmatic Musk, who founded the company with the dream of one day settling Mars, is the fuel that propels the book, with his daring vision for the future of space.
-—daring vision for the future-—
There you have it.
Elon Musk can see the future. He can visualize what others concerned only with the past and immediate future cannot.
Your tale describes one other Musk talent. He can find great minds and motivate them to do their very best. He can imbue them with the possibility he clearly envisions.
While education is of course very important, it is will, desire, and challenge that actually get things done.