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I'm a retired programmer and now Uber driver in Silicon Valley so I often talk shop with my riders. I was giving a guy a ride to make a pitch for his product to

I'm a retired programmer and now Uber driver in Silicon Valley so I often talk shop with my riders. I was giving a guy a ride to make a pitch for his product to a Japanese company. He related that his biggest challenge so far was when Walmart licensed his product and they insisted it absolutely could not be hosted on AWS so he had to transfer over to Azure. Obviously Amazon and Walmart are competitors and that might apply in many other situations.

stevewodil 7y ago
I feel like you should start a YouTube channel. In that area I'm sure you have a lot of interesting conversations with technical people, and entrepreneurs trying to make it
- hnrodey 7y ago
  At a minimum I would follow his Twitter account if he's sharing stories.
  - okareaman 7y ago
    Sometimes people are careless and I get inside information but I'm smart enough to know that and not act on it.
- okareaman 7y ago
  Some passengers use the ride as a confessional or just to vent. I feel it would be wrong to share too much about what they say. It seems like an unwritten rule. I don't have a front/rear view dash cam like a lot of drivers advise because I appreciate these conversations and don't want to inhibit them.
  - stevewodil 7y ago
    Of course you would get their permission to record them!
    - okareaman 7y ago
      I doubt if they'd speak with much candor.
    - toohotatopic 7y ago
      But he wouldn't get Uber's permission. It's against their terms of service to record passengers.
      - aianus 7y ago
        It’s not. They’re even mailing out stickers to warn passengers they’re being recorded in Toronto. https://help.uber.com/driving-and-delivering/article/can-i-use-a-video-camera-?nodeId=efaad152-cbb6-45fe-9d7d-911842d21c8b https://help.uber.com/driving-and-delivering/article/can-i-u...
        toohotatopic 7y ago
        >for purposes of safety. But then: >Uber and Lyft confirm drivers can’t broadcast videos of passengers after a string of privacy incidents https://www.businessinsider.com/uber-lyft-reaffirm-ban-on-streaming-by-drivers-after-string-of-incidents-twitch-ottawa-senators-2018-11 https://www.businessinsider.com/uber-lyft-reaffirm-ban-on-st...
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- forgot-my-pw 7y ago
  What happens to passenger-driver confidentiality?
  - okareaman 7y ago
    I drive for Lyft and Uber and no one has ever said a word about it. I think it's just understood.
nanoservices 7y ago
Work for a company that provides software for Walmart among many others, AWS was a no go from day 1. It was between GCP & Azure and Google has a way of not listening to customers so that experiment ended quickly and we're on Azure now.

stevewodil 7y ago

I feel like you should start a YouTube channel. In that area I'm sure you have a lot of interesting conversations with technical people, and entrepreneurs trying to make it

hnrodey 7y ago
At a minimum I would follow his Twitter account if he's sharing stories.
- okareaman 7y ago
  Sometimes people are careless and I get inside information but I'm smart enough to know that and not act on it.
okareaman 7y ago
Some passengers use the ride as a confessional or just to vent. I feel it would be wrong to share too much about what they say. It seems like an unwritten rule. I don't have a front/rear view dash cam like a lot of drivers advise because I appreciate these conversations and don't want to inhibit them.
- stevewodil 7y ago
  Of course you would get their permission to record them!
  - okareaman 7y ago
    I doubt if they'd speak with much candor.
  - toohotatopic 7y ago
    But he wouldn't get Uber's permission. It's against their terms of service to record passengers.
    - aianus 7y ago
      It’s not. They’re even mailing out stickers to warn passengers they’re being recorded in Toronto. https://help.uber.com/driving-and-delivering/article/can-i-use-a-video-camera-?nodeId=efaad152-cbb6-45fe-9d7d-911842d21c8b https://help.uber.com/driving-and-delivering/article/can-i-u...
      - toohotatopic 7y ago
        >for purposes of safety. But then: >Uber and Lyft confirm drivers can’t broadcast videos of passengers after a string of privacy incidents https://www.businessinsider.com/uber-lyft-reaffirm-ban-on-streaming-by-drivers-after-string-of-incidents-twitch-ottawa-senators-2018-11 https://www.businessinsider.com/uber-lyft-reaffirm-ban-on-st...
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forgot-my-pw 7y ago
What happens to passenger-driver confidentiality?
- okareaman 7y ago
  I drive for Lyft and Uber and no one has ever said a word about it. I think it's just understood.

nanoservices 7y ago

Work for a company that provides software for Walmart among many others, AWS was a no go from day 1. It was between GCP & Azure and Google has a way of not listening to customers so that experiment ended quickly and we're on Azure now.