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It must have been fun to be at Uber 2017-2019. They seemed to have an unlimited appetite (and funding) for “invent it here”, and a lot of those projects made it
by ed25519FUUU 6y ago
It must have been fun to be at Uber 2017-2019. They seemed to have an unlimited appetite (and funding) for “invent it here”, and a lot of those projects made it into open source.
- sushshshsh 6y agoAnd now I would be scared to even accept an Uber offer if given because even Microsoft of all people now have a better track record of not laying people off :(
- Aqua_Geek 6y agoThere was a pervasive problem of “not invented here” at the company for a long time. I used to laugh at all the “It doesn’t scale!” justifications that were thrown around. On the other hand, having enough people or money to throw at something were never a problem, so…
- tyingq 6y agoI'm sure it was fun, but it does seem to point at a lack of focus. I suppose that's hard to resist when there's an endless pipeline of money.