This episode, we dive into the balance of being a human-being in a demanding and engaging career in STEM, specifically Technology & Engineering. Even more so at a place like SpaceX, Blue Origin, or NASA (to name a few). While the job can very technical and detail oriented, there’s also the fact that you’re still a human-being and it’s a difficult challenge. You have to juggle your desire to do cool science stuff with not getting completely overwhelmed by the work to the point you have a breakdown. It is at the end of the day…a balance. And to make it even more challenging, sometimes you deal with assholes! But we wanted to define what a true “asshole” is in STEM. Do they attack ideas or people? That’s our gauge. Which one’s the asshole? Let’s find out - and I want to know from you what you consider an asshole at work to be? If someone is critical but sticks to the data and doesn’t attack you as a person…are they still an asshole? Is it on you? Is Elon Musk an asshole? Does this all relate to the internal SpaceX employee letter and subsequent firings? You betcha! And like most things nowadays….it’s actually complicated but frequently oversimplified. Let’s dive into the core of the problem, which is also the solution - humanity! https://www.theverge.com/2022/6/16/23170228/spacex-elon-musk-internal-open-letter-behavior https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/17/technology/spacex-employees-fired-musk-letter.html https://www.cnbc.com/2022/06/17/spacex-fires-employees-after-internal-letter-criticizes-ceo-elon-musk.html https://www.cnbc.com/2022/06/16/elon-musk-is-addressing-twitter-employees-live-updates-from-the-meeting.html https://twitter.com/elonmusk?s=21&t=lY5Qcecy77WO_37c9zHyjQ