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Do people even really consider Uber to be a tech company? I assumed that we all just were interested in them because they aim to solve a problem that many of u
by Crito 13y ago
Do people even really consider Uber to be a tech company? I assumed that we all just were interested in them because they aim to solve a problem that many of us experience in cities, because they are disruptive and we dig disruptive startups.
Sort of like why HN is interested in Tesla. Technology is certainly involved there, but I don't think of them as a "tech startup". Tesla hires mostly non-CS engineers I imagine, and I suspect Uber mostly hires drivers.
- ForHackernews 13y agoTesla is definitely a technology company. They're doing innovative things with electric car technology. They're not a software company, or a web startup. Uber, on the other hand, pretends to be a tech company, but in reality is a consumer services firm.