Other than TC, seriously what’s the appeal? It’s the Bing of ride-sharing but I see people mention it in the same breath as Facebook and Google. Are they having a giggle or what? TC 450k
I also wonder how Lyft can keep paying $400-450k for L5, which is 10-20% higher than median E5 at f/g. How long it can run on VC funds to justify top of market pay? I understand over 50% of their offer comes in paper money, but that means quick growth in outstanding stocks. What’s their profitability roadmap say by 2019/20? How is their progress in Self-driving tech? Like they are far behind than Uber or Cruise.
Acquisition is likely their plan. When Waymo or Cruise succeed, they’ll need an app and a user base.
I also wonder about lyft crazy high offer.. looks like they want to burn VC money, paint a great picture, go IPO before Uber.
I used to work at Bing. It was fun. I could see how if someone can't get into the Google of ride-sharing, working at Lyft is still appealing.
Imagine if Google had terrible PR and press all the time and Bing was getting good press
Why do people care about press again?
Apart from comp then probably none
Comp and avacados 😂
You got free of that daily? 🥑
Avocados are fatty. Why offer that as a perk. I'd take papaya, dragonfruit, a number of things instead.
Pink dude. Pink
Don't forget the image of being "woke"
At the end - it’s all house of cards
It's the same core domain and type of work that Uber does, but with a more clearly defined "mission"/ethos, and a better culture... But without some of the superfluous things like food and with investments in other things like autonomous.
UberEats alone is bigger than Lyft and you’re calling it superfluous? By better defined mission/ethos do you mean staying US-only and relying on leftover PR from 2017?
😂 Does Lyft salt the koolaid or what?
It’s just fun. Uber took over a year to get their driver app out. We ship 10x faster on some teams. Uber’s market share in the US keeps shrinking. Guess why. And I love my team. Hard working joyful individuals that makes it fun to come to work. I’m also hiring :)
That twist in the end tho
“We ship 10x faster on some teams”. Lololol! 🤣
Lyft was really hot as recent as several months ago when Uber was in disarray (which made Lyft’s prospects look a lot better) and they were giving out crazy-high offers. Neither really seems to be the case any more. Dara really righted the ship at Uber, and recent Lyft offers aren’t that exceptional.
this ^
Are recent Uber offers exceptional?
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What’s the appeal of working at Pinterest? It’s the Photobucket of 2018. You see what you’re saying, right? TC 450.1k
I don’t work at Pinterest anymore. And at least Pinterest is its own thing.
Gotcha. Pinterest is literally imgur/photobucket with a decent ML setup for personalization. They also solve their cold start problem really well. It’s not its own thing.