While I'd concede that 1,700 services is a lot, and probably a function of the fact that they're hiring too many engineers too quickly (there's no possible way

While I'd concede that 1,700 services is a lot, and probably a function of the fact that they're hiring too many engineers too quickly (there's no possible way to indoctrinate people into sane and standardized engineering practices at this sort of hiring growth), I don't actually think what he's describing is that unusual for a company at Uber's scale or experiencing Uber's rate of growth. I work at Airbnb and while we have many fewer engineers and services than Uber does, most of the issues he talked about in the talk resonated with me to one degree or another.