Damien

The Times also reported that people were asked to submit written proof of code. They're reporting today that Twitter is now telling some of those fired to come back because they were mistakenly made redundant, possibly because some idiot decided to fire them because of a smaller volume of code which could well mean firing those working on the most complex problems.

It's hard to know what to make of Musk because with PayPal, Telsa and SpaceX he is obviously not an idiot but his public profile over the last couple of years has been eccentric, to say the least. He has made very questionable public decisions and it's hard to tell how much of this is designed to attract attention as part of a well-thought-out plan and how much of it is just him being a megalomaniac. It's not clear if this Twitter purchase was one of these stunts gone wrong or not. He certainly seemed to try and get out of it until it became clear he couldn't without a big cost.