Re:Uber Freezes Hiring of U.S. Tech Staff as It Seeks to Cut...
by dehrmann on Saturday August 10, 2019 @03:14AM
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> Uber could ditch anywhere between 50-90% of their techs tomorrow and it would not impact their operations one iota.
It depends how many that is. Operating a system like that at scale with zero downtime takes a surprising number of people. Projects at that scale tend to be harder and more complex, so they take more people. Things like pickup optimization are complex multivariate problems that can have a real business impact. So maybe, maybe not, but the tech operation at Uber is non-trivial.
It depends how many that is. Operating a system like that at scale with zero downtime takes a surprising number of people. Projects at that scale tend to be harder and more complex, so they take more people. Things like pickup optimization are complex multivariate problems that can have a real business impact. So maybe, maybe not, but the tech operation at Uber is non-trivial.