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Uber’s head of developer product leaves citing Kalanick’s ouster

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Re: Uber’s head of developer product leaves citing Kalanick’s ouster

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Post by mooted1 »

dotBen wrote: post #5
amrrs wrote: post #3

>Fb comments: >Yifu Diao, Software Engineer at Uber I guess "head of developer product" is a fancier title than "Product Manager, API Partnerships" >Kevin DeArmond, Software Engineer at Uber Apparently Josh doesn't check his sources... Maybe it's time for a blog AllthingsUber, with some blogger from Recode or some techblog, they can build their Uberish image like how John Gruber built. The amount of reckless coverage…

Chris was the Head of the Developer Platform at Uber. Like Google, Uber has generic official/internal titles like "Product Manager" which differs from the business job title someone carries.

No. He wasn't. He was /a/ product manager. There are various other leads in the area, all of which had higher rank than this dude.

Re: Uber’s head of developer product leaves citing Kalanick’s ouster

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Post by jamesmishra »

amrrs wrote: post #8
0xB31B1B wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It might be time for people to realize that the lived experience of the vast majority of Uber employees does not match the ridiculous charicature that the media portrays. (I am not saying there wasn't harassment or bullying, that Susan's stories aren't true, or that the board and upper management seems like a circus right now.) Source, meyself and my co workers at Uber. Btw, I am an Uber employee, AMA.

Thanks AMA #1: Did Kalanick really set up and encourage a bro Culture? Did he respect fellow employees as humans or was just running behind business success?

Former Uber employee here.

> Did Kalanick really set up and encourage a bro Culture?

No, not at all. He's a grown man and unbelievably serious about Uber.

> Did he respect fellow employees as humans

Yes. Always.

> or was just running behind business success?

I don't know what this means, but Travis Kalanick is absolutely the main reason that Uber has grown faster than almost any other company in history.

Re: Uber’s head of developer product leaves citing Kalanick’s ouster

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Post by matt4077 »

wenttomarket wrote: post #18
amrrs wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thanks AMA #1: Did Kalanick really set up and encourage a bro Culture? Did he respect fellow employees as humans or was just running behind business success?

Uber employee and can answer this: Travis had a deep empathy for the challenges of building successful products, and would offer tremendous grace and thoughtful advice to his team solving problems in the trenches. When projects went sideways, and we presented numbers that were less than stellar, Travis was both empathetic and optimistic while offering actionable guidance and a path forward. "Bro culture" is a loaded…

This... doesn't answer the question?

Re: Uber’s head of developer product leaves citing Kalanick’s ouster

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Post by matt4077 »

0xB31B1B wrote: post #7
HNNoLikey wrote: post #2

It might be the right time for the people at Uber to self-select based on their values.

It might be time for people to realize that the lived experience of the vast majority of Uber employees does not match the ridiculous charicature that the media portrays. (I am not saying there wasn't harassment or bullying, that Susan's stories aren't true, or that the board and upper management seems like a circus right now.) Source, meyself and my co workers at Uber. Btw, I am an Uber employee, AMA.

> It might be time for people to realize that the lived experience of the vast majority of Uber employees...

That's just awfully close to that "9 out of 10 people enjoy..." joke.

Re: Uber’s head of developer product leaves citing Kalanick’s ouster

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Post by rhizome »

wenttomarket wrote: post #18
amrrs wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thanks AMA #1: Did Kalanick really set up and encourage a bro Culture? Did he respect fellow employees as humans or was just running behind business success?

Uber employee and can answer this: Travis had a deep empathy for the challenges of building successful products, and would offer tremendous grace and thoughtful advice to his team solving problems in the trenches. When projects went sideways, and we presented numbers that were less than stellar, Travis was both empathetic and optimistic while offering actionable guidance and a path forward. "Bro culture" is a loaded…

Sounds like the most diplomatic way to describe a "do it yesterday" micromanager, or, at the very least, a nondelegating CEO (often seen in family businesses).

Re: Uber’s head of developer product leaves citing Kalanick’s ouster

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Post by KirinDave »

rrix2 wrote: post #20
KirinDave wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's interesting to me how many people who say the environment is "not toxic" are men in the tech organization who've been there a long time. I've helped 2 women find new work, moving from the chaos of Uber. Both saying variants of "the shit I took there was only offset by the stock's possible valur and the waymo stuff calls that into question." Is the divide between men and women's experience there that intensely di…

We (I work at Uber) dealt with insane growth in a toxic fashion and are now paying down the debt of letting toxicity rule us for the last three years. I'm still of the opinion that we are doing that, even if it's only to enable the shareholders to make their money. And we're doing that through efforts that, anywhere else, would be noteworthy and exciting. Everyone I work with has various classes of stories like these…

I appreciate your comment and your decision not to obfuscate your identity. Thank you very much.

Re: Uber’s head of developer product leaves citing Kalanick’s ouster

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Post by synicalx »

jamesmishra wrote: post #4

Chris Saad was my product manager at Uber. We worked together from when we both started in May 2015 to when I left Uber this past February. Chris is an extraordinary product manager, and I can't wait to see what he does next. :)

Nice try, Chris
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