Nobody hates what Elon Musk is doing more than tech investors.

MSNBC is using him to fuel outrage and drive pro-regulatory outrage. The Democrats are using him to fuel outrage and drive their base out to vote.<br><br>But when you listen to tech investors, they’re saying something else. They say Musk is a disaster. They’re pissed that he’s tanking their portfolio. They say he’s burning the $MSFT cloud to the ground and driving a nail through Amazon’s cloud-based coffin. They’re calling him the “Worst Tech Investor of All Time.”<br><br>***<br><br>Spotify CEO Daniel Ek:<br><br>> How do you wake up in the morning and just decide to lose $20 billion?<br><br>VC Marc Andreessen:<br><br>>Nobody could have predicted the crater that Twitter is today prior to Musk’s involvement. Elon is not a good operator, and not a good manager, and most importantly he is not a good sociopath.<br><br>Tech investor Paul Graham:<br><br>> “It’s not personal. Your investment strategy should be in no way affected by the antics of Elon Musk. He is a bullshitter and a pervert and a child. He has never been the CEO of a real company. That’s all. */<br><br>Investor Chamath Palihapitiya:<br><br>>Nobody could have predicted the crater that Twitter is today prior to Musk’s involvement. Elon is not a good operator, and not a good manager, and most importantly he is not a good sociopath.<br><br>Tech investor Marc Andreessen:<br><br>>“Why the fuck do pro athletes, musicians, movie stars, and CEOs transfix the public? Why the fuck do we give a shit about any of this?<br><br>EMPLOYERS: If you’re paying a pro athlete, musician, movie star, or CEO, who cares what anyone else thinks? If one of them did something that you thought was objectionable or stupid, they’re YOUR PROBLEM. Pay them whatever the hell you want, but don’t involve me, ok?EMPLOYEES: If you’re an employee, you can’t change who anyone else listens to. If it upsets you that much, either change your job or change your career.” «»<br><br>Tech investor Jason Calacanis:<br><br>> Pleeeease let Elon just delete Twitter “because you made me do it” in the most narcissistic manner possible. The drama would be fantastic and his brand would be forever married to the twilight zoneNobody could have predicted the crater that Twitter is today prior to Musk’s involvement. Elon is not a good operator, and not a good manager, and most importantly he is not a good sociopath.<br><br>—<br><br>{\*} Palihapitiya is a sociopath. He is a convicted felon for sexual assault. His quote included because it mentions sociopathy.<br><br>Edit: I'm happy to post a link to the article when I find it, but the vast majority of this was copied from a post on LinkedIn that I read a few days ago.