Will you join DoorDash today? Specially after Uber+GH news?

Uber / Eng
Hotwheelz

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Hotwheelz
May 21, 2020 22 Comments

My previous EM went there and has reached out. I don't want to prep and go through the interview to not be excited.

Per him:
- business is looking really good.
- Unit economics look good and company will IPO soon.
- He snagged a solid offer (don't know the details)
- they need my skillset to scale.

My concerns:
- lot of junior engineers early on = poor codebase, tooling and outages.
- Total market is small compared to Uber as a whole. Though higher when compared just to Eats. GH acquisition might put Uber Eats ahead. Stock might be very overvalued. Don't want to repeat Uber all over again.
- how will DD business perform once we recover from COVID in 1-2 years.
- business not as diversified as FAANG.

Uber leadership sucks and I am looking to move but can stick around for another 3-6 months if needed. So not in a hurry. Package here is good.

TC: 430

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  • Uber
    CpTt34

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    CpTt34
    Mmm “IPO soon” is not in any way a commitment, verifiable, or up to him
    May 21, 2020 1
    • Uber / Eng
      Hotwheelz

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      Hotwheelz
      OP
      They filed paperwork with SEC. And next one year is a great time for them to IPO and get more money in the bank.
      May 21, 2020
  • I would recommend working here. I can’t say much because it’s confidential, but your ex manager and I probably have a better idea of our financials than random people on blind?
    You can google how DoorDash/GH/UE are doing in market share and even combined they’d be equal to us, but both have been declining and we continue to grow. Our code was pretty bad as a result of junior engineers early on but it’s been getting a lot better and by the end of this year I expect that early code to be completely gone. We were doing well pre-covid, I expect well lose a lot of gains but we’ll still keep some of it and be larger than we were before.
    May 21, 2020 2
  • Snapchat
    !Stirred🍸⌚️

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    !Stirred🍸⌚️
    Just letting you know when I was going thru interviews last year, I interviewed at Zenefits for practice. I got the offer and the recruiter and HM guaranteed that by May 2020 they will go IPO for sure 100%.

    Lmao. They are laying off rn.
    May 21, 2020 1
  • Google
    boingb01ng

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    boingb01ng
    For enough money, sure
    May 21, 2020 0
  • Uber
    c0r0n0

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    c0r0n0
    What’s the delivery automation story @doirdash?
    May 22, 2020 1