Thread by @thekookreport

#MeetTheTeam SpaceX had entered the mobile phone race and I heard questions about whether they'd go recruit all of $ASTS's employees. First of all, if you are an ambitious engineer, do you want to work at a $125bn valuation company or a $2bn company? Starting point matters...

Quick aside, the other day I saw a sky blue Porsche Taycan Turbo S with the plates "MARSHIP" that had a SpaceX plate holder. To say SpaceX has been a place of wealth generation is an understatement. As well it should be. They should all be canonized for their achievement

But there is a reason that there has always been talent flow out of winners like Apple, Microsoft, Google, Facebook, Goldman Sachs, etc...talent wants to ring the bell for themselves if they were late comers. If they were early, they want to do it again. "LFG!"

So worriers wonder whether SpaceX is going to just poach all of $ASTS's talent.

Spoiler alert - at least according to the tools I have, there has been zero switching sides from the #SpaceMob to #OccupyMars.

Even if there had been, who cares. But there has been zero

Oh wait...what if the opposite is happening? What if (gasp), employees are LEAVING SPACEX TO GO TO $ASTS!!!

#MarsIsTooDry

Turns out that some people at SpaceX have wanted to #MeetTheTeam. Is this a crisis for SpaceX?

No - Grow up.

But, it does show that talent sees opportunity to do something big at an exciting company.

I've blurred some details out for PII, but you'll get the point.

The recruits have tenure of 3-5 years at SpaceX - people with real experience. The recruits are electronic systems engineers, systems engineers, and an environmental test technicians (who apparently did her job well). All are senior hires - VP level, Principal Engineer