SpaceX's real edge: hiring every senior engineer Boeing laid off, not firing the old guard
SumitGup · x · 2026-11-02
A viral aerospace anecdote debunks the myth that SpaceX won by ditching senior engineers for young hires: it actually hired nearly all the veteran engineers shed by legacy aerospace, discarding only the broken managerial culture.
A former Boeing employee recalls Boeing laying off its California rocket engineers for cheaper replacements in Alabama — including a veteran of McDonnell Douglas' 1990s DC-X reusable rocket program, who became a SpaceX consultant within seconds of being cut. The lesson: transplant prime talent into a founder-led structure.
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