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What in the world did Uber ever need that many people for?
by csense 6y ago
What in the world did Uber ever need that many people for?
- mabbo 6y agoWhen I was an intern at Google maaaany years ago, a mentor of mine described what it is Google does with all these engineers: "Well see, we discovered a hose that money pours out of. It's called 'online advertising'. Now what we do is spend half our effort trying to make the hose pour faster, and the other half trying to find another hose." Uber figured out the 'Uber for X' pattern. Now they're trying to optimize it, and figure out something else that makes money.
- erik_seaberg 6y agoYeah, Google invests in everything and then fails fast. They're worried about missing the Next Big Thing™ after seeing Microsoft miss the early web.