While much has been said about Tesla’s production hell, not many are aware of the delivery hell we faced after overcoming the first challenge.
I talked about getting out of my comfort zone in my previous blog post. Today, I want to expand on it a bit more – talking about my time during Tesla’s “production hell”. For the uninitiated, this time in Tesla is defined as “a chaotic period from roughly 2017-2018 where the company almost went bankrupt trying to mass-produce the Model 3”. I would say as an employee, it was a lot more.
“The tree the tempest with a crash of wood
Throws down in front of us is not bar
Our passage to our journey’s end for good,
But just to ask us who we think we are.”
— Robert Frost
Resets are good in life. One of my mentors at Tesla once told me: sometimes if we slow down 20%, we will actually move faster. Many times we’re moving with high speed but zero velocity.
After 9 years at Tesla, the time has come for me to move on to the next chapter of my life.
If I had to sum up my journey in one word, it would be: gratitude.