Anonymous wrote:Interview with Chris Anderson at SXSW 2013:

Then, in a kind of sad admission, he [Musk] says that he doesn’t see his kids enough, but that he’s able to be with them while on e-mail.

“Because they don’t need constant interaction, except when we’re talking directly,” he explains. “I find I can be with them and still be working at the same time.”

Anderson interrupts at this point, asking Musk to confirm — “Are you saying you can do e-mail while you’re with your children?”

“Yea, absolutely.” Musk repeats. “I mean, not all the time, but alot of the time… in the absence of that I would not be able to get my job done.”

“Wow, that’s impressive,” says Anderson while sort of shaking his head as the audience snickers uncomfortably. “I have five children and I can’t do e-mail while I’m with my children. It’s not good for the children and it’s really not good for the e-mail.”

Musk then says something about needing to have a nanny around before Anderson mercifully changes the topic to bail Musk out of a very uncomfortable moment. While you can hear some of it on the video, the clip doesn’t completely capture all the shocked gasps and whispers going around the audience during this exchange.

Then, in a kind of sad admission, he [Musk] says that he doesn’t see his kids enough, but that he’s able to be with them while on e-mail.

“Because they don’t need constant interaction, except when we’re talking directly,” he explains. “I find I can be with them and still be working at the same time.”

Anderson interrupts at this point, asking Musk to confirm — “Are you saying you can do e-mail while you’re with your children?”

“Yea, absolutely.” Musk repeats. “I mean, not all the time, but alot of the time… in the absence of that I would not be able to get my job done.”

“Wow, that’s impressive,” says Anderson while sort of shaking his head as the audience snickers uncomfortably. “I have five children and I can’t do e-mail while I’m with my children. It’s not good for the children and it’s really not good for the e-mail.”

Musk then says something about needing to have a nanny around before Anderson mercifully changes the topic to bail Musk out of a very uncomfortable moment. While you can hear some of it on the video, the clip doesn’t completely capture all the shocked gasps and whispers going around the audience during this exchange.

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Anonymous wrote:I've known several lawyers who have attended events when their wives were due to give birth any minute (at least of few of these guys were a plane ride away). They usually make it in time. But they don't sweat it if they don't.

That's nothing. How many women (lawyers in particular) are still conducting business while in labor?

I'm in B2B professional sales, and this is pretty common among our female sales reps - for the first baby. I can't think of anyone who has done it with subsequent children.

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Anonymous wrote:I've known several lawyers who have attended events when their wives were due to give birth any minute (at least of few of these guys were a plane ride away). They usually make it in time. But they don't sweat it if they don't.

That's nothing. How many women (lawyers in particular) are still conducting business while in labor?

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Anonymous wrote:I've known several lawyers who have attended events when their wives were due to give birth any minute (at least of few of these guys were a plane ride away). They usually make it in time. But they don't sweat it if they don't.

That's nothing. How many women (lawyers in particular) are still conducting business while in labor?

Anonymous wrote:I've known several lawyers who have attended events when their wives were due to give birth any minute (at least of few of these guys were a plane ride away). They usually make it in time. But they don't sweat it if they don't.

Anonymous wrote:If it's true, what a deranged ass.