What do you do for work? Just passing time waiting for updates from Tesla :)

[ManuVince]

Senior Network Engineer in a big routing equipment vendor (no not that one, another one, a bit less big).
So yeah, yet another tech guy.

 

[ahimberg]

+1 Software Developer .. ( 1/2 Manager).

 

[engle]

My wife and I own a boutique real estate brokerage in Fremont, CA selling mostly high-end homes. The Model S will be our business vehicle, replacing a 2011 E350 Bluetec diesel we leased for the tax deductions. I hope some of our clients that get to ride in our S buy a Tesla product, too, since we also own some stock and want to support Fremont manufacturing and EVs. One of my friends is waiting to reserve a Model X to replace his Porsche Cayenne S.

We are both former software engineers. I was an independent consultant in Silicon Valley. Her last job was at Sun Micro since their IPO for 5 years working on the Solaris Kernel engineering team, which reported to VP Eric Schmidt back then. She also played semi-pro high limit tournament poker (WSOP) before our son was born. My first exposure to Unix was Bell Labs research version 6 at Johns Hopkins in 1977. I still have the manuals, my DEC disk cartridge, and paper tapes. My wife jailbroke my iPhone (for free tethering at open houses on our grandfathered unlimited data plan - thanks AT&T!), and I got a rush logging in as "root" and checking out all the stuff in the filesystem!

 

[Mycroft]

I think the Model S is the perfect real estate car! Very quiet, very roomy, and a ginormous touch screen for maps!

I would also stock up an iPad with photos and information about the properties to be visited. They can see the map on the big screen with local schools and shopping indicated and drool over photos on the iPad en route.

 

[Robert.Boston]

... and gaze at the everything through the huge pano roof. Tuck their toddlers in the rear-facing back seats so that you have their undivided attention to your sales pitch!

 

[Citizen-T]

I just love how many people will get to ride in it. And, if they are buying high-end homes in CA, then they should definitely have the money to buy one. Seems like we need to recruit more real estate agents to be Tesla owners...

 

[SByer]

Those of us that work for the large companies (fruit or otherwise) should find a way to exert some pressure on our respective facilities people to install more charger stalls...

Fortunately, at Google, no pressure needed. I think we still account for at least 1/3 of the ChargePoint stations in the Bay Area (the ChargePoint map doesn't show a difference between the double-headed units until you get down to the detail level - most of the units at Google are those). Google: We have largest EV charging network | Green Tech - CNET News

Use that to embarrass your respective facilities managers into doing the right thing!

 

[mklcolvin]

So that is 4 fruit company people getting Model S' that I know of. We should have a meet up sometime. I know we will have two parked in VP2.

I like it!

 

[de704]

Director of Information Technology

 

[vfx]

... our grandfathered unlimited data plan - thanks AT&T!), ...

ATT "unlimited" is a fraud. I regularly went over 5gb a month and they shut me down.

 

[ElSupreme]

I’m a Mechanical/Process engineer. I work for a firm and mostly do work for a large Atlanta based beverage company. I’m definitely stretching my budget and really glad I was way under budget when I bought my house, because otherwise this wouldn’t even be a possibility.

I can’t decide if I am going to plop down my tax return, or wait till the first deliveries come out for my reservation. My bank keeps prequalifying me for a $50,000 car loan. It is a sign.

 

[scott451]

My old job: 18 years at Qualcomm. Director of engineering. Cell phone hardware and test systems design. (a little video work too). R5000-HD and Tattler on the side.
My new job (1/16/12): Sr. Manager hardware test at Tesla Motors :smile:

 

[Trnsl8r]

So that is 4 fruit company people getting Model S' that I know of. We should have a meet up sometime. I know we will have two parked in VP2.

Count me in.

 

[ggr]

Cryptographer. Well, mostly management these days, but still addicted to the hard stuff (mathematical cryptography).

 

[gg_got_a_tesla]

So that is 4 fruit company people getting Model S' that I know of. We should have a meet up sometime. I know we will have two parked in VP2.

Your budding "fruit guys Model S club" is getting me jealous now! :smile:

Any Oracles out there?! From the SF Bay Area (Redwood Shores, Santa Clara, Pleasanton, San Fran)?! Let's get a club going too - first order of business, need to get Facilities to put some chargers in place!

 

[Trnsl8r]

Your budding "fruit guys Model S club" is getting me jealous now! :smile:

We may want throw a couple of different options around before settling on that as a club name...

 

[AnOutsider]

We may want throw a couple of different options around before settling on that as a club name...

Haha, you could've waited until they got stickers made before letting them know

 

[Laurent]

We may want throw a couple of different options around before settling on that as a club name...

There's already a self-add email list (electric-cars) but not much activity on it.

 

[Volker.Berlin]

software

 

[Todd Burch]

We may want throw a couple of different options around before settling on that as a club name...

Fruity Model S club? No, that's not good...