Kimbal Musk

So I went to business school and I busted my ass to get like a kick-ass summer job. And I got a job in one of the main banks and it was in Toronto, but it was like the original Wall Street. And I was so disappointed. with the people that I was around. I was just like, whoa. I totally misunderstood what the banking world is. It was a very large bank.

So I went to business school and I busted my ass to get like a kick-ass summer job. And I got a job in one of the main banks and it was in Toronto, but it was like the original Wall Street. And I was so disappointed. with the people that I was around. I was just like, whoa. I totally misunderstood what the banking world is. It was a very large bank.

I'm sure if I'd gone to a more aggressive one, maybe I would have had a better experience. When I say aggressive, meaning... someone was paying attention. Like this was just a, just people kind of showing up and not doing much, you know. And actually, this is funny. So this is great. So 1991, 92, so one of those summers, the summer job was

I'm sure if I'd gone to a more aggressive one, maybe I would have had a better experience. When I say aggressive, meaning... someone was paying attention. Like this was just a, just people kind of showing up and not doing much, you know. And actually, this is funny. So this is great. So 1991, 92, so one of those summers, the summer job was

I'm sure if I'd gone to a more aggressive one, maybe I would have had a better experience. When I say aggressive, meaning... someone was paying attention. Like this was just a, just people kind of showing up and not doing much, you know. And actually, this is funny. So this is great. So 1991, 92, so one of those summers, the summer job was

Literally, they print out the sales for all brokerage houses for the whole company, like a pile of papers that's maybe four or five feet tall. And you have a pencil and you add things up using your pencil and a calculator. And I had known about Lotus 1, 2, 3 forever. Excel was coming out, and I was like, hey, guys, you know that there's a different way to do this.

Literally, they print out the sales for all brokerage houses for the whole company, like a pile of papers that's maybe four or five feet tall. And you have a pencil and you add things up using your pencil and a calculator. And I had known about Lotus 1, 2, 3 forever. Excel was coming out, and I was like, hey, guys, you know that there's a different way to do this.

Literally, they print out the sales for all brokerage houses for the whole company, like a pile of papers that's maybe four or five feet tall. And you have a pencil and you add things up using your pencil and a calculator. And I had known about Lotus 1, 2, 3 forever. Excel was coming out, and I was like, hey, guys, you know that there's a different way to do this.

And they're like, don't talk to us. Just do your job. Yeah, just use the pencil. So I went to the head of the database. I just asked. Those days you had the manila envelope where you just write the name of the person that you want this to go to, and it'll go to them. It's like email, I guess, but there's no filter. There's no spam filter. There's no spam filter. So I sent a note.

And they're like, don't talk to us. Just do your job. Yeah, just use the pencil. So I went to the head of the database. I just asked. Those days you had the manila envelope where you just write the name of the person that you want this to go to, and it'll go to them. It's like email, I guess, but there's no filter. There's no spam filter. There's no spam filter. So I sent a note.

And they're like, don't talk to us. Just do your job. Yeah, just use the pencil. So I went to the head of the database. I just asked. Those days you had the manila envelope where you just write the name of the person that you want this to go to, and it'll go to them. It's like email, I guess, but there's no filter. There's no spam filter. There's no spam filter. So I sent a note.

I wrote a nice letter to the database administrator who I didn't really know. And I said, would you be open to me saying hi and maybe I can get access to the file rather than print the damn thing out and use a pencil. And she responded right away. And we hit it off. I mean, she was great. And so she's like, of course you can. I can't believe these guys are… doing what they're doing.

I wrote a nice letter to the database administrator who I didn't really know. And I said, would you be open to me saying hi and maybe I can get access to the file rather than print the damn thing out and use a pencil. And she responded right away. And we hit it off. I mean, she was great. And so she's like, of course you can. I can't believe these guys are… doing what they're doing.

I wrote a nice letter to the database administrator who I didn't really know. And I said, would you be open to me saying hi and maybe I can get access to the file rather than print the damn thing out and use a pencil. And she responded right away. And we hit it off. I mean, she was great. And so she's like, of course you can. I can't believe these guys are… doing what they're doing.

So for the first couple of weeks of the summer, I wrote code in Lotus 1-2-3 that would, it's going to sound crazy, but you type in the date range. You type in the geography, and you type in which part of the bank you care about, and it will literally just create a new spreadsheet, and the macro would print it out. It was like a magic trick for these guys. Incredible. No, no. It's astounding.

So for the first couple of weeks of the summer, I wrote code in Lotus 1-2-3 that would, it's going to sound crazy, but you type in the date range. You type in the geography, and you type in which part of the bank you care about, and it will literally just create a new spreadsheet, and the macro would print it out. It was like a magic trick for these guys. Incredible. No, no. It's astounding.

So for the first couple of weeks of the summer, I wrote code in Lotus 1-2-3 that would, it's going to sound crazy, but you type in the date range. You type in the geography, and you type in which part of the bank you care about, and it will literally just create a new spreadsheet, and the macro would print it out. It was like a magic trick for these guys. Incredible. No, no. It's astounding.

For me, I was like, guys, this is… So obvious. And so I got all that done. And this job was supposed to take three or four months because it's really, you're doing this with a pencil.

For me, I was like, guys, this is… So obvious. And so I got all that done. And this job was supposed to take three or four months because it's really, you're doing this with a pencil.

For me, I was like, guys, this is… So obvious. And so I got all that done. And this job was supposed to take three or four months because it's really, you're doing this with a pencil.