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World's first trillionaire Elon Musk reveals SpaceX's biggest hiring challenge was convincing married engineers to relocate to Starbase near the Mexican border

For many technology companies, attracting top engineering talent is often viewed as a matter of compensation, projects and career growth. For SpaceX, Elon Musk says another factor has emerged as a significant obstacle: convincing engineers and technicians with families to relocate to South Texas.

Speaking during a podcast conversation with tech podcaster Dwarkesh Patel and Stripe co-founder John Collison, Musk said the company has encountered difficulties recruiting some employees because of limited employment opportunities available to their partners near SpaceX's Starbase facility.

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