Pune: Pranay Pathole, a 23-year-old software professional from Pune, was delighted when his idol and CEO of Telsa company Elon Musk, four years ago, bought an automatic windscreen. His tweet about Viper was replied to. Since then, Pathole has been in constant touch with Musk via ‘Direct Message’ on Twitter and looks forward to meeting him face-to-face and working with him.
Musk was an engineering student when he first responded to Pathole’s tweet, and is currently working at Tata Consultancy Services. Pathole told PTI-Bhasha, “I am very much impressed with Musk. I used to tweet him about technology related things. I had a tweet to him in 2018 about the automatic wiper sensor that works as soon as it detects water droplets. Musk replied within a few days that it (the feature is being implemented in the next new version of the vehicle being built by his company).
Meet the #Pune youngster who is Elon Musk’s ‘Twitter friend’
Pranay Pathole (@PPathole) – An engineer from Pune commands a massive following on Twitter, thanks to his interactions with @ElonMusk.https://t.co/qrFiLmLftx
— Amit Paranjape (@aparanjape) March 15, 2022
Musk responded to a question from Pathole in December 2020 on Twitter by DMing him about the Raptor engine used to build Starship, the larger rocket of his owned ‘SpaceX’. Pathole said, “After this the DM dialogue started. I would tweet him some interesting things related to technology and he would reply to them. I think he found my tweets interesting. They (tweets) used to grab his attention and he started replying.”
When Musk started replying to Pathole’s tweets, his followers on the microblogging site grew and now he has over a million followers. Pathole, who is interested in the machines, claimed that Musk frequently answers them and asks them questions about the technical specifications of the SpaceX and Starship rockets and its powerful engines.
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Engineer said, “I do not do this to increase my followers on social media. I communicate with him (Musk) because I appreciate him. I really think he is a good hearted person and is trying to achieve big and ambitious things for the right reasons. I consider him a role model.” Pathole said, “Working with him and learning as much as I can from him is my biggest aspiration. She is very hardworking and her ability to do multiple things at once is unbelievable.”