"On a recent episode of the Out of Office podcast, Bier contrasted life at X with his work at other Silicon Valley giants like Meta and Discord. Bier characterized X as "essentially operating like a startup," with 30 core engineers, plus two designers, a couple of product managers and himself. The organization is remarkably "flat" with many individual contributors reporting directly to Musk."
"Within that lean structure, Musk is unusually hands-on. Bier says that Musk does weekly reviews "with every engineer at the company." At these meetings, engineers present one or two slides based on what they have done that week, and Musk listens and gives feedback. "Everyone has an incredible amount of agency," Bier said. "We come up with an idea, we build it in a week and it's out.""
X functions as a lean, startup-style operation with roughly 30 core product engineers, two designers, a couple of product managers, and very few managers. The company maintains a flat organizational structure in which many individual contributors report directly to CEO Elon Musk. Musk conducts weekly reviews with every engineer, during which engineers present one or two slides detailing what they shipped and receive direct feedback. Employees have significant agency to ideate, build, and deploy features within a week. The environment is high-stakes and intense, with frequent crises, public scrutiny, and personal risks such as doxxing.
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