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Re: Citymapper

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Post by seveneightn9ne »

wildfire wrote: post #68
dguo wrote: post #66

I use Citymapper whenever I'm in NYC. In my experience, it's much better than Google Maps at providing alternate routes and predicting how long travel will take. It also has many small touches that add up. My favorite ones are that Citymapper will tell you the optimal subway entrance to enter/exit and even which section of the train (front, middle, or back) to get on based on which one is closest to the exit in your…

Like many others, I have used CityMapper extensively in London, Berlin, Paris, Sydney, etc. With public transport, and using the same data Google Maps has access to, it just gives better results except for walking. I don't quite understand how the walking component of the routing is always so bad compared to Google Maps. I routinely end the trip when the walking section is on, and switch to Google Maps because it is…

Yeah, it's sent me around the back of buildings more than once.

Re: Citymapper

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Post by ACow_Adonis »

EmilLondon wrote: post #64
orf wrote: post #28

City mapper is used extensively in London, it’s really really good. They are/where expanding into some form of Citymapper busses which is really interesting. I had the chance to interview there, but I was put off by the absolutely terrible Glassdoor reviews[1] including consistent reports about the CEO and the internal culture. Given that, I’m not too hopeful about the future of Citymapper. Right now they have a head…

I work at Citymapper as a software engineer, and I know from my own personal experience that Glassdoor doesn't reflect our culture. We have a smart and passionate team. Everyone is supportive of each other, and you will learn a lot every day. There's an abundance of interesting problems around and everyone is passionate about building a great product. Anyone thinking of applying and is concerned about this, please co…

I was going to make a comment about how your response sounded either like marketing, AI-generated-text, or a HR department trying to recruit rather than an actual human being or software engineer, because you didn't actually say anything material while giving a lot of tech-recruiting catch phrases.

So I clicked on your account and looked at your past comment history... yikes...

Maybe you're an just an engineer that only posts about recruitment for Citymapper?

(PS: just subjectively, it looks to me like the positive glassdoor reviews also look suspicious).

(Obviously) I haven't worked three, but my spidey senses aren't exactly giving off a good vibe here...

Re: Citymapper

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Post by brun »

ACow_Adonis wrote: post #72
EmilLondon wrote: post #64

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I work at Citymapper as a software engineer, and I know from my own personal experience that Glassdoor doesn't reflect our culture. We have a smart and passionate team. Everyone is supportive of each other, and you will learn a lot every day. There's an abundance of interesting problems around and everyone is passionate about building a great product. Anyone thinking of applying and is concerned about this, please co…

I was going to make a comment about how your response sounded either like marketing, AI-generated-text, or a HR department trying to recruit rather than an actual human being or software engineer, because you didn't actually say anything material while giving a lot of tech-recruiting catch phrases. So I clicked on your account and looked at your past comment history... yikes... Maybe you're an just an engineer that o…

Referral bonuses FTW

Re: Citymapper

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Post by ganonm »

rossmohax wrote: post #70

What every single transportation app fails at is recommending a route which is technically worse, but less crowded or otherwise more preferrable. I dont mind commute taking 10-20% longer, if I can take a seat, or trade changes undeground for changes overgrond or avoid connections with high opportunity cost, where being late cost you 30 mins wait for a next train.

So if currently the recommended route is simply a function of journey time, could a map have a more sophisticated utility function that takes into account other variables like number of connections, mode of transport and pollution levels etc. Initially the weights of each variable would be unknown (100% to minimising transit time as a sane default) but over time would infer the weights by offering you a range of choices and learning from your preferred selections.

One major flaw with this is that perhaps the map system relies on caching precomputed partial solutions which would be impossible if, in general, every user has slightly different preferences. I've noticed that (AFAICT) Google maps doesn't take into account individual walking speeds when calculating routes for example.

Re: Citymapper

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Post by spodek »

sleavey wrote: post #44

Similar: OpenRouteService ( https://maps.openrouteservice.org/ ), based on OpenStreetMap.

I tried it for New York City and prefer using OpenStreetMap but don't see subway directions on it. Am I missing something or are subway directions not available in it yet?

Re: Citymapper

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Post by 9nGQluzmnq3M »

rossmohax wrote: post #70

What every single transportation app fails at is recommending a route which is technically worse, but less crowded or otherwise more preferrable. I dont mind commute taking 10-20% longer, if I can take a seat, or trade changes undeground for changes overgrond or avoid connections with high opportunity cost, where being late cost you 30 mins wait for a next train.

In addition to the default "Best route", Google Maps has "fewer transfers", "less walking" and "wheelchair accessible" modes.

Re: Citymapper

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Post by zaphod4prez »

blowski wrote: post #38
orf wrote: post #28

City mapper is used extensively in London, it’s really really good. They are/where expanding into some form of Citymapper busses which is really interesting. I had the chance to interview there, but I was put off by the absolutely terrible Glassdoor reviews[1] including consistent reports about the CEO and the internal culture. Given that, I’m not too hopeful about the future of Citymapper. Right now they have a head…

> I was put off by the absolutely terrible Glassdoor reviews[1] including consistent reports about the CEO and the internal culture I'm genuinely surprised by that. I knew a couple of people who worked there, and both said they loved working there.

Same, I know someone who worked there early on and they speak highly of the company & the culture

Re: Citymapper

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Post by ulfw »

orf wrote: post #28

City mapper is used extensively in London, it’s really really good. They are/where expanding into some form of Citymapper busses which is really interesting. I had the chance to interview there, but I was put off by the absolutely terrible Glassdoor reviews[1] including consistent reports about the CEO and the internal culture. Given that, I’m not too hopeful about the future of Citymapper. Right now they have a head…

Glassdoor is about the crappiest website I’ve seen. Requires a different login for each of it’s 100 country domains it has. Never seen anyone do it that unprofessionally. My .com login isn’t accept on .co.uk and when I reload the page it goes to .hk where I currently am and my login isn’t accepted there either.

Re: Citymapper

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Post by srndh »

prplnrpl wrote: post #45

I worked at Citymapper. The quiet, grim truth of the place is that everyone there is gritting their teeth trying to do work they're passionate about in the face of an exec team who are all gritting their teeth trying to succeed in the face of a CEO who is legitimately abusive toward the people around him. Everyone is scared of the guy for reasons I don't really understand. Also a lot of the current/ex employees have…

Since you are ex-CM & close to people there, I just want some perspective & feedback from you on my view.

When I first heard of CM, I felt that it should have a wikipedia/waze kinda model with user participation as its the frequent travelers that have the best insight. Like a part of OpenStreetMap. With that model it could have grown faster too.

As for revenue generation, I feel ads are the best option. As a public transport commuter, you are either a tourist or a new commuter and there would be good ways to find places. Also for budget traveller, help plan a trip via only public transport and avoid taxis.

Re: Citymapper

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Post by jasoncartwright »

hluska wrote: post #42
jasoncartwright wrote: post #41

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Gosh, do people rely on Glassdoor? To turn down an interview? From my experience it's an outlet for people with a personal gripe and far from a good source of internal information about a company.

Yes, people do rely on Glassdoor. I am one of them. I only pay attention to the cons listed in positive reviews. Doing that has saved me from a couple of truly awful environments.

> I only pay attention to the cons listed in positive review

An interesting technique

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