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.
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
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Currently IC3 in Oracle Cloud. Facing RSU Cliff soon. Got below offers so far (I just put pre-tax TC as base for simplicity). Amazon is for Store org, dealing with Store Items Advertising on different social media platforms. May deal with legacy code base and product. DD RSU is front loading with ...Read more
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...Read more
Any referral would be appreciated. Program lead/strategy lead Looking for Pgm/Strategy/Product Marketing or PM roles that needs ecommerce and/or advertising domain expertise. 12 yoe. TC $200k Hi hiring managers, let’s talk. #e-commerce #airbnb #discord #snap #startup #doordash #uber #square #bl...Read more
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...Read more
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...Read more
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....Read more
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...Read more
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...Read more
At my current job, I feel like there's no job security, I've asked for a raise and wasn't given one, even when I've been doing the same work as my manager and getting amazing, public feedback from clients. I feel like I'm not learning anything new and have no clear career path. I work in growth mark...Read more
I’ve mostly worked as a project and program manager for past > 12 years in a techno-functional role. I enjoy working on different projects with different groups across the tech landscape (web, mobile, BI, product development, etc. and enterprise stack) in software, advertising, media, healthcare,
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...Read more
tldr: tech jobs are over, overvalued products, ai taking over, and prepare to be socially competent Tech has been economic actinide for the past 10 years. It’s been draining talent from more fruitful investments in healthcare, construction, and manufacturing services. The app and social revolution ...Read more
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
Hi everyone, I'm looking for referral ASAP. I've been at Meta for ~9 months, doing the typical product DS role: experimentation, SQL, analysis, cross-functional collaboration. The role was stressful and I was thrown into a very chaotic team with constant changes in management and product roadmap. ...Read more
Hi everyone, I'm looking for referral ASAP. I've been at Meta for ~9 months, doing the typical product DS role: experimentation, SQL, analysis, cross-functional collaboration. The role was stressful and I was thrown into a very chaotic team with constant changes in management and product roadmap. ...Read more
Good write up from The Information. The People Who Matter at Lyft Below are 104 of the top employees at the ride-hailing company, including operations (the biggest group) and two organizations that are gaining importance within the company—growth and autonomous vehicle research. Employees a...Read more
TL;DR: TC will be flat for most of us in tech industry in the next 2-3 years. Here's why I believe this is the case: 1. A mild recession during this time period at the very least. I don't think we will see a major collapse like 2008 but there are strong signs of stagflation which will result in slo...Read more