While there is certainly some overlap, I would suggest that rocket scientists and Internet software engineers do not necessarily have the same temperaments. A fact about which Elon appears to be woefully ignorant.
@lauren Due to personal circumstances, I have become painfully aware as of late how little money rocketry-adjacent computer engineers are willing to work for.
I'd assume the wow-factor of getting to tell people your job is putting things in space makes up for some of that, but I can't take that wow-factor to the bank to pay my mortgage.
