Was asked to attend a meeting with possible investors to a gold mine I'd worked on for years. A viable property, in my opinion. Still was short 10K in invoices, but okay, sure, I'll show, maybe I'll get paid?

The CEO pulls me aside before the meeting, asks me to sell this as hard as I could, even though the mining development plan was completely stupid. Dangerously stupid.

I told them it was stupid. That there were better ways to do this.

Was rather satisfying, actually. After that it was clear that the majority of junior mining companies are stock scams. Pump and dump. Sold to people with gold in their eyes. The CEO did not care about producing a reserve, employing people... He just wanted to take money and be a big shot with a couple of mines. Travel the world on the investor dime. Pardnering with other companies that eventually got sued into bankruptcy.

I confess to feeling guilty for taking the money of a scam.

Did some work on a project where it turned out the company didn't actually own the mineral rights. My buddy and I pointed that out after weeks or research. But he was a big entrepreneur, satellites and shit. But he knew nothing about geology or mining. "Just Get It Done! Tomorrow!"

Fuck you.

Musk isn't smart. He's a fortunate idiot that can pay people to make him look smart. Like Edison, he stole everything.