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Yeah, on my team (payments) we completely underestimated the backend complexity, assuming there would be little to no effort, and pulling in a backend engineer
by gregdoesit 5y ago
Yeah, on my team (payments) we completely underestimated the backend complexity, assuming there would be little to no effort, and pulling in a backend engineer “just in case”.
We ended up scrambling as it became apparent how many things changed (from polling to push notifications, thrift changes etc etc) and making the backend ready became a heroic effort itself... especially that we had very few backend engineers in Amsterdam at the time.
You should write up your experience!!
- cancan 5y agoyeah, probably we annoyed the sh*t out of many payments folks as so much of the top of the funnel relied on things they should not have been doing. and the thrift changes, lol, that was something else. but it all worked out seems like. and honestly, if you consider how fast uber moves compared to its competitors, im willing to bet it was the right call now.