I've sent Elon an email asking for internship, though sadly I can't move to Sanfran and live in the office floor for 12 weeks like @geohot can. Still...
Is this based on personal experience, or are you going by some well known publicly available stories about Musk?
I've heard pretty much every possible opinion about the guy, but the ones that impress me the most are that he loves to go deep into technical topics with people who know their stuff, regardless of their credentials. That, to me, is a sign of a man with deep humility and desire to learn.
At the same time, he's not considered a very diplomatic person and evidently is rather hard to get along with both in his personal life and professionally. Yet, his accomplishments are substantial.
So I would go with maverick, different thinker, fk your feelings, kind of guy who not only isn't afraid to break a few eggs to make an omelette, but probably isn't even aware he's breaking the eggs :)
