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Re:The rise of super-voting shares has given founders the ul... by cr0sh on Friday April 07, 2017 @01:32PM (#14061694)
> I wonder how many of the #DeleteUber reinstalled it quietly a few weeks later.

I can't say I was a part of that hashtag "mob", but I got rid of it and haven't considered it since. Furthermore, even though they are one of the potential employers on the Udacity SDC Engineer Nanodegree "shortlist" - assuming I make it that far - I won't be sending my resume their way (or Otto's way, I guess); to me it seems like a toxic culture I want no part of at this moment.

Could they change? Sure - right now it is too early to tell, but I have noticed movement in that direction. They still have a long way to go, though. I'm not hitching myself to that boat just yet.

> The public has a very short memory

I understand that I am an exception to the rule, nor do I really consider myself a part of the "general public"; simply being a poster here sets anyone apart from that particular grouping, generally.

My memory about some things tends to run longer; Nadella's gestures to the open-source community aside, I am still wanting an apology for Microsoft's former business practices, especially their hostility toward Linux. I know I will never get it.

Secondly, I am still rather angry over how, a few years back, the Susan B. Komen Foundation did this:

http://freethoughtblogs.com/blaghag/2012/01/do-not-donate-to...

...don't think I'll ever forgive that one.

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Re:The rise of super-voting shares has given founders the ul... by 5thaccount on Friday April 07, 2017 @11:46PM (#14065188)
> but I got rid of it and haven't considered it since ... I won't be sending my resume their way

From the Parent:

> beyond conquering the few percent of the market who can afford to care and care enough to pay a premium

That's pretty much a confirmation of the stated view - only people "who can afford to care". And by "afford to care", I'm gonna go out on a limb and say that is (with 99.9% likelihood) someone who posts on Hacker News and could send their resume to Uber (but won't).

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Re:The rise of super-voting shares has given founders the ul... by mankash666 on Friday April 07, 2017 @03:07PM (#14062618)
Who's to say you'll crack the interview? They're a tough cookie to crack, regardless of your views on them, so this whole "I won't apply" doesn't really matter.

And, for how much they pay, they'll easily find a good/better coder anyways. Everything has a price, and if bad culture can be compensated with a big(ger) paycheck, people will continue to work and apply there.

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