推薦創業好文：介紹Elon Musk的spacex 公司搭檔Gwynne Shotwell

推薦一篇少有的好文，詳細介紹了Elon Musk的spacex 公司搭檔、7號員工，President and COO ，2個孩子的母親 Gwynne Shotwell的經曆。

2002年創業之初她就跟隨elon musk，至今已18年了。掩映在頭號老板的身影下，媒體介紹的不多。elon musk最近染新冠，她在近期的載人飛行新聞會上代為發言。有文章稱她是elon musk的“秘密武器”、“right hand”。嘿嘿，我看著總有點定海神針的感覺。

下麵摘錄一段：

After finishing high school, she decided to go to Northwestern University where her father had taught at the Feinberg School of Medicine. Gwynne chose a different direction – McCormick School of Engineering. Interestingly, she applied to only one school and was admitted. However, her undergraduate years at Northwestern was “a very social time” for Shotwell so she didn’t excel the way she did in high school. She says she was also “horrible at labs”.

Interestingly, there were 36 students in her class, of which only 3 were women. It never caused her any issues during her studies but it was different once she started working. One summer, she was recruited by an HVAC company based solely on her CV. Three days before she was supposed to join the company, her new boss called and talked with her for the first time. He was shocked when she answered the phone and said: “You’re a girl. There is no way you can do this job as there is heavy lifting involved.” Gwynne replied: “I am an athlete, I played basketball in high school and was on the lacrosse team as a freshman in college, and I could probably kick the butts of all the guys you are going to hire as an intern.” But he said it was impossible and hung up.

Gwynne with her husband Robert Shotwell

全文在此，很好看：https://www.elonx.net/spacex-superstars-gwynne-shotwell-president-and-coo/