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I question the ethics of anyone choosing to work at Uber, period. It’s been blatantly obvious for at least two to three years that they are corrupt, not just “d
by Asparagirl 9y ago
I question the ethics of anyone choosing to work at Uber, period. It’s been blatantly obvious for at least two to three years that they are corrupt, not just “disruptive”. And that’s just based on the news we get in public; there were probably internal signs long earlier.
I speak as someone who once worked at a corrupt and unethical company (in Hollywood) and who got TF out of there within months, as soon as it became obvious internally.
- cbHXBY1D 9y agoEven five years ago, it was common knwoledge in the SF startup scene that Uber was run like a frat house. We used to laugh and hear about the Travis gang doing cocaine on his desk after work.
- Asparagirl 9y agoI know someone who worked with Travis at a previous company, not Uber, who has been saying for years that he was clearly a sociopath.
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- ben_jones 9y agoAll it takes for a 22 year old to work for an unethical company, writing Linkedin style spamware, Facebook style ad tracking, etc., is around 120k combined compensation.
- chronic193 9y agoCan confirm. Tons of my friends from MIT and Stanford go to Facebook targeting or Google Maps tracking for $150K. That's more than many HN readers make. So it's natural these HN readers are jealous: making $150K with a bachelor's and spying on people with hot, bleeding-edge technologies? Damn. It just doesn't fit with their understanding of how the world works.
- tobbyb 9y agoWhy single out Uber, Google, Facebook and others appear to be neck deep in equally if not more shady activity. Infact most of SV is, Palantir come to mind and seem by media reports to be infinitely worse and a lot of this behavior has been normalized so many do not find it particularly objectionable. The posturing about Uber is valid but the zeal seems a touch misplaced or this board would be full of similar opinions about others.