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- link Uber fined $20M for false advertising of driver pay and car financing Malicious intenent or startup ignorance? https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/press-releases/2017/01/uber-agrees-pay-20-million-settle-ftc-charges-it-recruited
- Most interesting finance groups at tech firms? Netflix content strategy Snap advertising finance Facebook Oculus Amazon video Amazon advertising Amazon corporate development Twitch content finance Uber corporate development Disney corporate development Tesla M&A Feel free to add others
- vote Which company will lose more value due to this recession ? LinkedIn / Facebook / Apple Which company will loose more value ? LinkedIn - Jobs cut so LinkedIn subscriptions cut by employeers recruiters. Facebook - supply problems for advertisers (china slow down) and people being stingy due to loss of job, not a lot of purchases via advertisements. Apple - people buy cheaper alternat
- UberEats will be bigger than uber Just had the opportunity to try out. Smooth experience with no hassle at all. ETA is also reliable even at mid night. This is game changer for uber. Cuz Uber can make money from delivery as well as advertising. Going further, it can collect your eating flavor and personalize recommendation, creating
- Best way to find out about new startups? How did people find out about the big companies like Uber etc when they were early startups? Were they advertised about normally or are there more niche places to find out about them to get in earlier?
- Ride share tech (Uber/Lyft) I recently visited back my hometown in Asia. There is a well known old school big taxi company that you used to call their operator to get taxi. They have app now. And the app is great! The quality and accuracy is the same as Uber/Lyft! They never advertise they are a tech or spend big money hirin
- The party's over folks 20% unemployment as a result of this virus. This isn't going to end well. Those folks won't be shopping on Amazon for the latest Apple products they saw advertised online. They won't be taking a lot of Ubers to the AirBNB after booking a flight online. They are going to cut back on this streaming
- TV commercials for Uber Eats Recently Uber launched some TV commercials or video ads. * How much do you think it cost? (idea, filming, ad space) * Do famous actors charge less when they get older? * Did Uber pay to licence the Star Wars or Star Trek brands or are they cheating? (implied brand association) * Does it annoy you w
- What’s different between sales and marketing? Is it that sales is the actually act of helping customers buy the right product they need and marketing is about advertising? I’m an engg and would appreciate if someone can give a description of these two. Also, how do they differ and how impoertant are they for a company like Uber? how about for
- Looking for PM/TPM roles referral Hi Team ! I’m currently dealing with a super stressful annoying manager and have decided to start looking for roles outside of Amazon. Please help me with referrals ! I have 7+ years experience in Advertising/Backend/Data Science. Looking for roles where focus is either internal tools/data produ
- Uber Referral needed Hey Blind Fam! Targeting a Chief of Staff role at Uber. Would appreciate if anyone there is willing to give a referral. I’m currently a Chief of Staff at a global advertising agency with 12 YOE. I would consider other companies too (Google, Facebook etc..) with any openings that fit my background.
- UberEats Australia - Referral Needed Hello! I'm writing to request a referral in Uber Eats Australia. I had applied for an advertised job months ago, but never heard back from them. I even reached out to a recruiter personally but never heard back. I suppose this is the last way for me to try and get my resume in what will hopefully b
- Snap Profits? Most tech companies are built such that they can turn on profits at the flip of a switch. Tesla. Amazon. Uber. Facebook. Google. Airbnb. etc. Some companies take the strategy of reinvesting their profits into growth. Is Snap built this way? Is Snap losing money trying to grow? Or is Snap still
- Looking to move to a B2C product but difficult to get interview calls. Help Looking for a PM job in Bay Area. Experience in enterprise products and advertising tech. I get a lot of calls from enterprise and ad tech companies and I am able to convert them to offers too. But I am really interested in working on a B2C product like Uber, Lyft, Opentable, Coursera, Robinhood, W
- Roku Senior Technical Product Manager TC Hi all, I’m in the midst of interviewing for a Senior Product Manager role at Roku. The recruiter strongly hinted that I will have to provide my salary expectations upfront prior to the virtual on-site. I’ve seen some extremely lucrative offers for SWEs ($600k), but not much for Product roles at Rok
- Referrals Hey everyone, I’m a Digital Marketing Manager based out of San Francisco with 5+years of experience in leading growth programs at tech, startups, e-commerce, and healthcare services incl. 2yrs agency experience. I know the Blind community is great at networking. I would really appreciate if anyone
- Ober Let's stop bashing Uber and lyft. If they are so bad then why not fix them? How hard can it be? I am thinking from a perspective of where the money goes and in ubers case almost all of it goes to the top execs and marketing. But why do we even need them? Taxis don't advertise themselves and everyo
- Seeking a job referral/opportunities -- Open I've been at a Marketing/Communications start-up for the past 3 years with hopes it would garner (and keep clients). We get them my CEO runs them out the door LONG STORY. Left blue-chip companies thinking this would be a promising role and company I can grow with -- realizing this is far from the ca
- NYU Grad looking for opportunities! Open to learn! Hey what’s up everyone! NYU grad really hoping to get into tech industry. Have skills in project management, marketing, advertisement. Open to almost any role tbh, willing to learn. So far have an offer from TikTok for 65-75K, 100K — 120K with bonuses YOE: 3 years TC: 100K Please DM or comment
- Austin is deceptively Expensive - Warning to Others Moved to Austin for this job, from a HCOL California city and have to say Austin is deceptively expensive. A lot of folks are considering moving here since the COL is advertised as MCOL but if you don’t watch expenses things can start to add up and wanted to share some of my experiences while livin
- Driverless car service will be free In the future when the industry consolidates, car services like Lyft, Uber and rental car compaines are dead. Google or <insert name> will offer free car service for playing ads the whole time on TVs. Car compianes will no longer sell cars in mass beacuse who wants that cost when you have a fre
- Uber/Lyft layoff sympathy I think people who drive for uber or lyft deserve more sympathy than corporate employees got layoff from U and L. Uber/Lyft drivers earn very little per hr on average thanks to Uber/lyft’s huge cut, sometimes more than 60% or even 70% from passenger fares (so that U/L can pay $500k per yr to their
- vote Best "appointed" CEO Let's talk about the CEO's that don't have ownership control of the company. Some thoughts: * Tim Cook - Many people thought that he was just an operations guy and Apple would fall once the visionary Jobs is gone. But Apple scaled new highs under his leadership. * Satya Nadella - Microsoft was tho
- vote Scrum Master/ Agilist isn’t a valid career path My 2cents - you can get a scrum master cert by attending a 2 day course. It’s not a valid career path. I, a software developer, have worn the scrum master hat for my team before. It can be a rotating position. I see people all the time advertising themselves as “scrum master, agilist, team coach,et
- Trying to break into a big tech company but need suggestions... I’m looking for my next job opportunity in the marketing field. But here’s my story... I’ve been a little depressed lately because of the job hunting process. Don’t get me wrong - I’m super happy for everyone working at their dream company, getting their dream offer, and living their best lives. I’
- Contract @ Google/Facebook? In a pickle and hoping for some advice/interesting views to help me make a tough decision. Current YOE 9, TC ~$190k. Summary: I recently interviewed for non-tech FTE roles at Facebook and Google but am now looking at contract roles at both. Tl; dr: stay put in a good job in a dying industry, or ass
- Travel from India Any folks traveled back from India to the US recently? I am on OPT and have to travel to India urgently. Wanted to get an assessment of the situation. Thanks
- Good bootcamps for SE Job Offer I have a CS background coming out of college, but I don’t feel great about my programming abilities. Anyone have any recommendation for a bootcamp that leads to a great job offer? #engineering #software #bootcamp
- Thoughts on Jumpstart’s feature to filter candidates based on race/gender? I wonder if there even is an option to see only male, or Asian/White. Seems like Jumpstart is promoting racism and sexism in hiring.
- vote Has innovation slowed down? Title.
- How rx6800xt can beat rtx3080? Nvidia invested 2.8 bils in while AMD spent 0.5bils in R&D? 🤷🏻♂️ Should I buy AMD stock instead? Engineers at AMD are so much more efficient?
- Travel to India after graduation I will be graduating in Dec and will be joining Amazon in Feb on OPT. Is it risky to travel to India in December?
- Claim stimulus check on 2020 tax return? In 2019, I worked part time at my university and filed taxes for 9k earnings. I’ve been waiting and waiting, and haven’t received my stimulus check... Can I claim the $1200 on my 2020 tax return, even if my 2020 income is above the requirements? TC 200k YOE < 1
- best ways to buy bitcoin What is the best way to buy bitcoin? I've heard Robinhood is horrible :(
- Child care isn’t a transmission vector Largest peer-reviewed study, 57,335 child care centers: “No evidence of child care being a significant contributor to COVID19 transmission to adults—finding consistent with previous studies showing lack of assoc btwn school closures & transmission rates” https://twitter.com/nahasnewman/status/1323
- Referrals Hey everyone, looking for referrals I have a Masters degree in CS YOE - 3+ TC - 110k #Uber #Lyft #Dropbox #Microsoft #Netflix #Slack
- Any H4 applicants still waiting for Biometric appointment. Mine was filed in may 2020 and still waiting.
- Facebook WFH Options Hello Facebookers. Are you all allowed to WFH as per news or only some teams allow that? TC: 250k
- vote What kind of worker are you? Let’s face it. Some people in G and F don’t spend that much , especially 5 and 6. If You gave them 10M or 10B, they would live the same life. They just want more money even though they don’t need to spend that much. Some people work for a purpose like Dr. Fauci. He was downplayed but still want to
- link When Trump thought pandemic was going to end by easter.. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52029546
- At what age did you buy life insurance Folks will be 34 soon thinking of getting a life insurance. Have a wife and 2 kids 😀 What age did you folks take one and which one would you folks recommend ? TC : 328k
- vote Stay or switch companies? I'm a designer, planning to switch to a smaller company. Even if I get promoted, I don't see myself growing much, and the work is getting boring. However, this company is less well known, but the culture seems awesome. Base: 101k Bonus: 2k Current TC: 103k New company. Base: 108k Bonus: 7k RSU- 5
- Referral Needed Looking for a referral. I need a fully remote position for personal reasons. I do not mind sharing why in my DM. YOE: 16- leadership roles. Do not mind being a individual contributor. Do not need to be a manager but I am great with people. Current Title: Capacity Planning Manager Education: Master
- Anyone hiring SDE with 1 year experience Anyone hiring SDEs with 1 year experience. Currently at Amazon and don't like the team. It is impossible to move within Amazon at L4 level. #tech
- vote Should I buy stocks on or after Election Day? What you guys think? #Amazon #Apple #Google
- Rationale behind a 15-min interview, and what to prepare? I've got an interview scheduled with a hiring manager of a BB bank and was told by HR that the call will be a 15min. I was curious who has had experience doing a 15min interview as an interviewer or /viewee and can share what was the focus of the call during the short timeframe. Also, if you were th
- Facebook referral Hi, Can someone refer me at Facebook for a SWE position? Really appreciate it! #tech #software #referral #job #opening
- vote How Much Are You Spending on Healthcare? I realize I'm spending a ton on healthcare (premiums + out of pocket). I have a couple of health conditions but I'm not dying. I'm averaging about $1100 per month this year. How much do you spend per month on premiums and out of pocket combined? #healthcare #health #personalfinance
- H1B appointments in India Reaching out to understand the current situation with H1B in COVID. I visited India in 2019 December and got H1B visa (previous employer) on my passport. I started with new employer in February 2020 (with new H1B) and have not visited India since. I have a few questions w.r.t. this: 1. Do I need to
- vote Did you take PTO to Vote today? 📩