I made the difficult decision to move on from Tesla after 18 years yesterday. I am so thankful to have worked with and learned from the countless incredibly talented people at Tesla over the years. I loved tackling nearly 🤣 every problem we solved as a team and feel gratified to have contributed to the mission of accelerating the transition to sustainable energy, a mission that I am quite passionate about. I will always have a warm spot for the people of Tesla and Tesla products in my heart and wish the team and company the best in the future. When I joined as a junior firmware / electrical engineer back in 2006, a future Tesla that produced the world’s top selling vehicle was well beyond my expected set of outcomes. A reminder to all of us to set higher expectations, I guess :)
Looking forward I have no concrete plans beyond spending more time with my family and young kids. But, as people who know me well can attest, I have difficulty sitting still for long… 😄
@baglino Thanks for everything you’ve done for Tesla. Few have contributed as much as you.
@baglino ... my brother in arms... THANK YOU! TY for being by each others sides in the struggles, TY for lifting me up when I was down, TY for teaching me so so many things, TY for guiding Tesla engineering to be better than we thought we could be. I am better because of you and will do my best to continue your revolutionary efforts over these last 14+ years we have worked together. I still remember arguing with you about halfshaft stiffness my first week... not sure who won that one, but today I'll concede it to you, you deserve it.
@baglino Thank you for all your contributions to Tesla
@baglino Thank you for all the amazing years, Drew! We’re grateful for your efforts to make the world a more sustainable and exciting place. It’s hard to make a difference, but you undoubtedly did. Can’t wait to see what’s next, and I hope you get some well-earned rest and relaxation too!