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What an interesting dichotomy you have painted: internet platform versus politicking corporate office. This is exactly the kind of myopia I was referring to wh

What an interesting dichotomy you have painted: internet platform versus politicking corporate office. This is exactly the kind of myopia I was referring to where a software engineer thinks everything that is not tech is bullshit. In fact there is a huge range of ways to succeed in business, and while all are helped by efficient technology to varying degrees, technology is not the primary driver of value most of the time. You can bet your career that Uber leadership is spending every waking minute figuring out how to gain structural advantages to solidify their position—the tech is easily replicable and becomes more so every day. In any case though, you seem to be putting some words in my mouth since I never said anything about Uber's valuation of its engineering. My point was much more universal than that and had absolutely nothing to do with the corporate world or anything else. Employers pay their employees what they feel they have to. Uber pays them more because they need the best and the market is very competitive, but there is absolutely no link to the bottom line.

gizi 11y ago
> technology is not the primary driver of value most of the time Most probably. My advice is just that it is a bad idea for a software engineer to work in an environment where technology is clearly not the primary driver of value. > Uber pays them more because they need the best and the market is very competitive, but there is absolutely no link to the bottom line. Without internet platform, there would be no Uber at all. It would be like saying: "Their warships are not the essence of the Navy. The Navy wants the best ships, but there is absolutely no link to winning naval battles."
- dasil003 11y ago
  > It would be like saying: "Their warships are not the essence of the Navy. The Navy wants the best ships, but there is absolutely no link to winning naval battles." No, it wouldn't be like saying that at all. We are talking about the link between profits and salaries, not assets and objectives. If you can't understand that there's nothing more I can really say.

gizi 11y ago

> technology is not the primary driver of value most of the time Most probably. My advice is just that it is a bad idea for a software engineer to work in an environment where technology is clearly not the primary driver of value. > Uber pays them more because they need the best and the market is very competitive, but there is absolutely no link to the bottom line. Without internet platform, there would be no Uber at all. It would be like saying: "Their warships are not the essence of the Navy. The Navy wants the best ships, but there is absolutely no link to winning naval battles."

dasil003 11y ago
> It would be like saying: "Their warships are not the essence of the Navy. The Navy wants the best ships, but there is absolutely no link to winning naval battles." No, it wouldn't be like saying that at all. We are talking about the link between profits and salaries, not assets and objectives. If you can't understand that there's nothing more I can really say.