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Re: Uber cuts 3000 more jobs, closes 45 offices

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Post by anticsapp »

dmaskasky wrote: post #375
anticsapp wrote: post #299

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Are you allowed to talk around what you did there? Or even write "Top secret, I can't talk about it". I think you need some line items of some sort, because those are three great companies. You'll probably be out of work for 17 minutes.

I developed tooling for real time data through graphql subscriptions and grpc streaming. I built a protobuf to graphql schema generator tool. I have extensive experience with React hooks and making Redux-less applications. I was on the Uber Elevate team and brought several applications from 0-1.

Yo that's crazy good, put those as line items on LinkedIn you will have to turn off notifications so many people will be bothering you.

Re: Uber cuts 3000 more jobs, closes 45 offices

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Post by anticsapp »

wegs wrote: post #432
anticsapp wrote: post #295

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I'd much rather have a LinkedIn or a GitHub, I can't stand personal portfolio sites with a lot of frippery and it's unclear what they actually have accomplished. He needs to put line items into his LinkedIn, that's for sure. But he was probably dodging recruiterspam.

It's not an either-or. Hiring, you want as many independent data points as you can. An ideal candidate would have: 1) A strong resume / linkedin. Worked on projects which were successful. Worked for companies with rigorous recruiting processes. Didn't job hop randomly. 2) Good references from people I trust. In an ideal case, a personal referal. 3) A nice portfolio. I can see artifacts on github, on their web site, a…

Yes, that's true. Avoid an either/or situation. John Cage said that long ago.

Re: Uber cuts 3000 more jobs, closes 45 offices

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Post by all_usernames »

rswail wrote: post #605
all_usernames wrote: post #429

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Hmm, sounds like you've got some dyfunctional managers. I've never personally witnessed management faking urgency on a project just to get productivity on it. Management is generally charged with making sure ICs know what the priorities are as set by Product. It's possible that Product changes its mind often, confusing everyone. But if Product, Management, and ICs are confused about what your "critical business funct…

I love how you distinguish between "ICs" "Management" and "Product". When you say "Product" do you mean Marketing? Sales? Production? Manufacturing? Do they have "ICs" as well as their own "Management"? The whole point of "Agile" was supposed to break down these divisions. Management is "generally charged" with getting the greatest productivity they can out of their resources. How that productivity is measured may be…

You are not[1] correct. Product Owner is a well-defined Agile manifesto role.

[1] https://manifesto.co.uk/scrum-roles-product-owner/

Re: Uber cuts 3000 more jobs, closes 45 offices

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Post by 1propionyl »

Pxtl wrote: post #624
1propionyl wrote: post #568

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The thing is that they never actually were municipal infrastructure. They were an outsourced attraction posing as municipal infrastructure. And to be frank, maybe those cities or municipalities should consider hiring some of the laid off employees, buying the infrastructure during the fire sale (if they don't actually already own it), cutting out the middle man, and doing it themselves.

At least in my city, it was a locally owned program. The city owned the bikes and the business that handled maintenance and rebalancing was a private not for profit. Uber was basically only involved with the software. But if the city wants more bikes or parts, where do they get it?

Where do companies like Spin get their bicycles and parts from?

They're not in the manufacturing business either.

Re: Uber cuts 3000 more jobs, closes 45 offices

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Post by tomnipotent »

fra wrote: post #149
tomnipotent wrote: post #67

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Management isn't omnipotent. > What context does Uber have now More data that can be feed into their financials models to understand the short-term and long-term impact of this market on their cash flow. Companies don't do layoffs because things are nice and predictable.

Isn't the word you're looking for omniscient ?

Haha yes it has become muscle memory.

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Post by tomnipotent »

jacquesm wrote: post #131
tomnipotent wrote: post #67

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Management isn't omnipotent. > What context does Uber have now More data that can be feed into their financials models to understand the short-term and long-term impact of this market on their cash flow. Companies don't do layoffs because things are nice and predictable.

> omnipotent You seem to like that word, it being your nick, but that said, it would seem to me that any management that believes it is omnipotent ought to be fired on the spot. That sort of delusion can only end in tears.

The delusion is the opposite, in that everyone else thinks management should magically have all the right and best answers at the drop of a dime. In reality, management is people too with varied levels of experience and competence. And like all people, they make mistakes so we shouldn't be surprised they don't get it right all the time.

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Post by bashinator »

thejynxed wrote: post #650
bashinator wrote: post #390

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> The trick is to squeeze your long-term UI project in the same update as some routine security fixes. Then the clients are forced to learn the new system. Is this sarcasm? Seems like a really user-hostile attitude if not. Admittedly, my personal point-of-view is that the majority of UI updates are make-work for engineers and PMs with at best no value added, and at worst negative value created (as you experienced).

It's a funny joke because everyone from Microsoft, IBM, and Apple to Canonical and the GNOME Project has been guilty of this in the past.

Oh god you're right

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Post by closeparen »

varjag wrote: post #602
blackrock wrote: post #598

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Software is a little strange sometimes. It’s a different type of systems engineering, that’s more akin to sorcery, than to actual physics. The hardware is, of course, limited by physics, like the speed of electrons and heat dissipation. But once you get past that, your computer system is a collection of bytes that you reassemble to form whatever it is your imagination desires. And while the 747 is a magnificent plane…

A taxi company over here had a contractor build them their own hailing app. Cost them less than €600k, it's pretty slick.

So did early Uber. Famously, the contractors were Spanish-speaking, so FTE engineers #1-5 had Spanish-English dictionaries on their desks to understand the code.

Re: Uber cuts 3000 more jobs, closes 45 offices

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Post by rauhl »

victorhooi wrote: post #574
rauhl wrote: post #437

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> Sure, but the idea of "mankind" is gendered / male-centric in the first place. We just defaulted to male because we always default to male. That is not actually true. The Old English word for a male human being is wer, as in werewolf; it is cognate to the Latin vir (also meaning a male human being, and the source of modern English words like virile & virtue). That word is no longer in common use in modern English,…

This is amazing. This is why I come to read HN =) - interesting content like this, or esoteric/cool facts, or awesomely deep tech discussions. Out of curiosity - do you have a background in this kind of thing (linguistics), or its just an interest topic for you? (As a side-note, this whole SJW crusade does irk me somewhat, but hey, I guess it resulted in gems like this).

> Out of curiosity - do you have a background in this kind of thing (linguistics), or its just an interest topic for you?

I love languages. Each one is beautiful and endearing and ugly and infuriating in its own way. I really love English, because it’s my native tongue and I know the most about it, but I love studying languages in general. One thing I have found is that the more one knows about many languages the less likely one is to go off half-cocked about perceived problems in one’s own.

I did study a little bit formally, but I also love computers and there’re a lot more career opportunities in software development than in philology or etymology, so that’s where I focused.

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