You get to work with some of the best folks in tech, at least you used to. There are interesting problems to solve at scale.
Leadership used to be highly energetic, smart people with vision. The current CEO has slowly replaced those with corporate drones with limited tech experience who can mostly run a tape loop of asking for KPIs and keep folks busy with useless tactical reviews. Innovation has basically stalled and endless slide shows of almost the tiniest details have taken over.
I got on call with Uber today for delivery issues. They only have Chris as their agents lol Anyone faced it??
Long time ago, an Uber driver told me that Uber just connect them to customers and take money from that. Uber doesn't need to pay for gas, car maintenance etc. But Uber is still not profitable last time I checked. What did they spend so much money on? I am thinking an analogy with real estate agent...Read more
People who work at Uber, what would you recommend doing to get better customer support? I'm finding these Indian email center agents (no offense meant, I mention it only to indicate their communication style is different), often just reply with canned lines, frequently do not read the case history,...Read more
Is there any good blog or video which describe how Uber/swiggy process timeseries gps locations of moving cabs/delivery agents and then how they assign cab/delivery agents for user request. For an overview I know that they can ingest geohash pings and then on the fly firing a geohash query for a pa...Read more
Seattle east side open home scene was pretty slow this weekend. Went to about 6 open homes up North. Not a lot of people, and showing agents who were mostly giving us an attitude last year are now all chatty and uber polite. And everyone had an inspection report which is also a much needed change. #...Read more
I'm in non-tech working about 5hr week, only to show up in meetings and followup on some mindless tasks. Im wondering what are some good secondary jobs out there to earn some side income? I am fairly simple and dont have any special skills outside my job function, but i do want to earn a bit more in...Read more
Many complaints are here already in Blind. I am really disappointed to see a useful service like this with software bugs AND bad customer service at the same time. Each support reply always comes from a different agent without context of past conversations for the same issue. It’s like hitting a res...Read more
(Indian here) Why the f , are there so many Indians in all sorts of non-specialized professions. How do they get the visa? Especially in the SF Bay Area , a large number of Indians are recruiters, realtors, mortgage agents , accountants ., uber drivers.. How the f do they come and get their visas, ...Read more
Received my greencard last year in eb2(2012/mar) pd. Was waiting for few things to settle on personal level before figuring legal side hustles. Is getting real estate license worth it? I am an introvert and shy person by nature and rarely like conflict and have seen many realtors argue and pit agai...Read more
Monday, 8am Drive to work, cross the bridge. $7 toll. Up a dollar since last year. Monday, 8:35am Made it across the bridge. Traffic sucks, pay another $9.35 toll to use the Carpool—err, Express—lanes so you’re not late for your 10am meeting. Monday, 10:03am Parking spots are all gone at work, so ...Read more
I will be joining 'Y' soon. They do provide relocation benefits through Cartus agents. There is reimbursement on car rentals. The document they provided clearly states that I can take car or lease show bills and gets reimbursed. Now I want to opt out of that option because I want to drive by myself ...Read more
#hybrid #remotework #wfh #multipleincome I'm thinking about creating multiple income streams without any conflicts with my current job.. 1) Saling products on Amazon- it requires some investment 2) thinking of buying online store / website / drop shipping with 10K investment 3) training Salesfor...Read more
I appeared for a job interview at Charles River Development - Burlington MA location last year from another city. They booked my flight, hotel and cab and told me they will even refund the food/dining cost I incur on the trip. When I flew in to Boston at midnight there was no cab waiting for me I c...Read more
Hello Blinders, Blind newbie here looking to get into tech. After 16 years of public service (6.5 years with current group), I think it's time to move. I’m looking to be further challenged and growth. I work for a highly visible innovative group, that’s received many accolades and set standards for...Read more
I’ve lived here all my life and had multiple roles in multiple companies in the region. I mainly work in product. I see many posts on here touting Dubai as a great tax free place but it’s not. There are indirect taxes of sorts on your life. Don’t fall for the facade. Salik: imagine paying tolls to...Read more
TL;DR VERSION: Respect people, everyone is fighting a different battle, I hope you will come out on top. Here is my whole career progression. I started from the absolute bottom with my parents getting robbed and how I pulled my self out of it. Now I’m the bread winner of the house with a beautiful ...Read more