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Re:Inside Uber’s Aggressive, Unrestrained Workplace Culture by elastic_church on Wednesday February 22, 2017 @09:43PM (#13711205)
> there are better and far more interesting and impactful companies to work at than an app whose primary purpose is to call a ride.

Perhaps the Uber Eats logistics chain? The build tools? The god-knows-what side projects done with all that capital?

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Re:Inside Uber’s Aggressive, Unrestrained Workplace Culture by tnecniv on Wednesday February 22, 2017 @11:25PM (#13711619)
> The god-knows-what side projects done with all that capital?

They bought like half of CMU's RI to build a self-driving car.

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Re:Inside Uber’s Aggressive, Unrestrained Workplace Culture by jonathankoren on Wednesday February 22, 2017 @10:23PM (#13711373)
If I wanted to work on Uber Eats, I'd work for Doordash.

If I wanted to work on build tools, I could literally do that anywhere else.

As far as working on a side project, why work on a side project when you can work where that is a core competency? (And yes, I'd say Uber Eats is a side-project. Everything that isn't directly related to getting a midrange Mazda to pick you up is a side project at Uber.)

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