Taylor Robinette

Robotaxi updates Service – Operating hours are now 6am - 2am Features – Rear view camera feed now available to view during your ride – Trip details can be shared with a friend – New Live Activity design & experience – Calm Mode dims the screen & sets cabin lighting to a relaxing state – Grok now available on our Model Y vehicles Accessibility – Improved vehicle locating arrow in the app – Added haptic feedback to assist users in finding their vehicle – Music Control via Screen Reader

My 30th birthday and 4-year anniversary at Tesla fall on the same day—today! Reflecting on my 30 takeaways from 30 years around the sun and 4 years at the most innovative company in the world: 1) Invest in community. Put people in your life that you aspire to be like in some aspect of life. 2) Find a spouse that is deeply invested in the person you are becoming and wants to help you get there. Marrying @LaurenRobinette has been the single best decision I’ve ever made. 3) Swing for the fences. You only get so many “at bats” and should take risks and dream big. Failure is okay, failing to try is not. 4) Your comfort zone is not your friend. Audit your life frequently and ask if you’ve been pushed outside your comfort zone recently. If the answer is no, take intentional steps to change that. 5) Make calculated bets on the things that you feel strongly will happen in the future where there is not yet consensus. 6) Have a bias towards action. The first step is always the hardest. 7) Choose good quests. Make sure the quest you’re on aligns with the skills, resources, and interests you’ve been given. 8) If you’re offered a seat on a rocket ship, don’t ask which seat. Just get on. You’ll learn and grow more as an entry-level employee at a company in hyper growth than as an employee with an inflated title at a plateauing company. 9) Mission matters. A common goal will drive you and your colleagues to work harder and smarter to ensure you’re making progress towards that mission. It’s been incredibly rewarding to see the transition to sustainable energy accelerate while working at Tesla. 10) Quality over quantity. More is not always more, and sometimes less is best. Whether lines of code in a function, commitments made on a given weekend, recipients you send a targeted email campaign to, or pieces of pizza at your local pizza spot, less is more. 11) Get a dog. They add balance to your life and are always excited to see you. 12) Money corrupts people. It can steal life without you even noticing. Give generously - it’s hard for something to have control over you, if you make a habit of giving it away. 13) You don’t need to be an expert at everything, but having deep knowledge of all the roles in your field will open the door to work with the smartest people in the world. 14) If you don’t ask, you don’t receive. Don’t be afraid to ask for what you want. 15) Have strong opinions, loosely held. Know where you land on most topics and be open to changing your opinion in the face of new info. 16) Sometimes we are not problems to be solved, but people to be heard. Many times listening is the best solution. 17) Smile and be kind to everyone you interact with. Job title and social status should never impact the amount of kindness received. 18) Double down on your strengths. Know your weaknesses. 19) If you’re feeling fiery, save it as a draft and revisit later. You’ll regret things you say and do when overly emotional. 20) Rest is important. Know when you need rest and how to get it. 21) Actively avoid echo chambers. Be curious and get to know people that are different than you. 22) Pick what matters and celebrate it big! Birthdays and anniversaries are always celebrated big in our household. 23) Create the world you want to live in. Challenge the status quo knowing the people who built our present were no smarter than you. 24) You don’t always need to fill the silence—it can be needed. 25) Earn the right to be heard. 26) Don’t think less of yourself, think of yourself less. 27) Who you are is more important than what you do, and what you do matters a lot. 28) Spend time on the decisions that matter and move quickly through the ones that don’t. Very few are permanent. 29) Hard decisions often seem obvious in retrospect. 30) Fill your life with things that bring you joy. For me, that’s my family and friends, my dog, Tesla, good food, and red wine. Cheers to another decade of challenges, big swings, and adventure!

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