Comp. But no refresher if stock goes up. Nice sf office.
WLB. Very Top down chain of command. Keeps getting worse. Comply or get out. Losing its strong engineering and leadership
Sold last of his shares. Is it a good thing or a bad thing? https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/uber-stock-travis-kalanick-severs-all-ties
What does this mean to Uber? https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-01-05/uber-co-founder-kalanick-is-said-to-plan-sale-of-29-of-stake
https://www.wsj.com/articles/uber-co-founder-travis-kalanick-to-depart-companys-board-11577196747 Feels like a massive loss
Sold the last of his stock: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/uber-co-founder-travis-kalanick-144407960.html
https://techcrunch.com/2017/05/30/uber-fires-otto-co-founder-anthony-levandowski-due-to-waymo-dispute/
I feel really bad for the employees, while the co-founder walks away with Billion+. Let's use this post to help them and refer them at our companies, you will get your referral bonus as well.... Tagged Uber because of latest layoffs and Amazon just that this post reaches more people.
Hi all! Wondering if anyone could provide a referral within these companies. Currently a software engineer/co-founder for a startup in midwest looking for new opportunities. Greatly appreciated! YOE: 3 #google #meta #coinbase #uber
I wanted to understand is IPO or getting acquired by Google the future? This company is throwing big packages and still hiring. Need insights about culture and future. https://entrackr.com/2022/06/sharechat-raises-funds-from-google-temasek-co-founders-hold-less-than-10-stake/ #tech #uber #google ...Read more
Wanted to give my thoughts of Pepper while I have been here for 7 months and if your interviewing make sure you ask all your questions before joining! Been here 7 months and already counting days till I get a new engineering job! Cons: -One of co founders will micromanage you extremely -culture v...Read more
Edit: she was ousted Told you Instacart wasn’t IPOing this year or any time soon. The cofounder desperately tried to sell to DoorDash and Uber earlier this year, both rejected. Then he was forced out. https://www.wsj.com/articles/instacart-president-carolyn-everson-to-depart-after-about-four-month...Read more
Currently working on a tech (app) based startup with myself and a co-founder, however neither of us have any coding/programming experience. Our original plan was to apply for and use YC to help us find a programming partner but it seems like a better plan to find one before applying to YC. We're cu...Read more
What did Google do to Uber's co-founder, Travis Kalanick? He got kicked out of his own company. What did Microsoft do to OpenAI's founder, Sam Altman? He get kicked out of his own company? Do the "Gaint" companies get threatened if their small partner companies run by actual "CEOs" rather than pu...Read more
Got a recruiter ping to interview at the payments checkout company Fast. They have people hired from Uber, Lyft, Google and raised $100M from Stripe. I said yes, but did some research and found: - They rescinded an offer after it was signed: https://twitter.com/chloecondon/status/1368592714401390601...Read more
Posted for more visibility. My nephew is graduating this fall and is interested in applying for APM roles. We have strong family connections so not fishing for referrals but trying to fish for opinions/insights. He has 4 prior internships. SWE at a well known startup, Technical PMM at F100, PM at ...Read more
Hi everyone! Hoping to get some referrals for product management roles at FAANGMULA+ companies. I’m a PM with about 2.5 years experience and have cofounder experience releasing an app onto the App Store. Happy to screen over a phone call. Thank you! TC: 145 YOE: 2.5 #referral #hiring #jobhunt#pro...Read more
Ola is going to IPO soon but why are their CFO and COO leaving in such a short span? Something is wrong. Not only these two but even the founding member and co-founders have left the company. Can somebody from Ola/Ola Electric comment on why this is happening? "While Saurabh took charge as CFO only...Read more
Have 4 YOE total, 3 years as tech cofounder of two stem startup but no exit. 1 year as SWE II in series C startup looking to get promoted within the next year to SWE III but ladder doesn’t transfer to others on levels.fyi. BS and MS in engineering but not CS from top engineering universities. Want...Read more
Hey blind, I am thinking of leaving Uber to build a company from the ground up. Apart from founding a company myself or tapping into my network, are there alternative ways to find pre-seed or seed startup in need of a technical cofounder? Ideally would want meaningful equity (10-50%). Seems like m...Read more
Would like the thoughts of the blind community on this critical decision. My startup: I’ve been working on it for 6 months since leaving Uber to work full time on this. Have a decent angel investment that I’ve used to pay contractors to build the MVP. There’s 2 other partial cofounders (eng and PhD...Read more
I would greatly appreciate if I could get a referral for large tech companies. I am graduating this december from top 15 CS school. BS in Comp Engi with CS and math additional majors, 3.7 overall gpa. Internship at Nvidia, startup cofounder with ~1.5 year fullstack dev experience. LC 150+, still g...Read more