Lambert here:
No, it’s really not.
The tweet:
Big Balls explains what working with Elon Musk taught him.
“You've gotta do what you think is right. That's the biggest thing about Elon.”
“I think if I was to distill the Elon mindset into one thing, it would be truthmaxxing.”pic.twitter.com/UPR6QllDng— Resist the Mainstream (@ResisttheMS) April 29, 2026
Programmer and former DOGE employee Edward Coristine, known as “Big Balls,” is interviewed on Nick Shirley’s podcast.
NICK SHIRLEY, HOST: We’ve talked about Elon a lot in this episode, but I feel like the reason why is because he’s one of the most powerful people, the richest person in the world, who’s in the same fight
EDWARD CORISTINE aka ‘BIG BALLS,’ FORMER DOGE PROGRAMMER: It’s very rare, by the way, like you look at the rest of the billionaires list, they like, they just don’t care. It’s pretty crazy.
Lambert here: So Coristine has been hanging out with other billionaires? One can only wonder why.
SHIRLEY: What’s the number one thing you’ve learned from Elon Musk?
CORISTINE: Oh, there’s so many good things I’ve learned. There’s just, you know, being around him and working for him, you pick up on so many kind of nuanced things about how to manage things, how to build things. But if I was to distill it all into one point, it’s that you’ve got to be, you’ve got to do what you think is right.
That’s, that’s the biggest thing about Elon. Like, Elon is the guy who’s willing to sit there and contradict everyone when he, when he is convinced that something is right. And I think it’s the number one takeaway from working with Elon.