I just quit Uber SRE after only six months. There was a combination of really bad tech and really bad culture - There was a huge seniority culture despite the face that nobody had been there for more than three years. There was a focus on 'big impact' that felt just like a recent article[1] about feature mills - Despite being, you know, the division charged with keeping things going. They'd drilled and drilled on solving simple problems, but hadn't fixed the engineering reasons why those problems kept showing up. And they couldn't keep technical staff who knew what they were doing. The people I actually liked and respected at Uber were leaving in droves. Even new hires barely stuck around - A full third of my new hire orientation class left before me.
And, oh, yeah - I had three managers in that six months. One was fired, one quit precisely at his one year, and the third had 70 direct reports.
If you see candidates coming from Uber, tenure past a year is a warning sign. I knew a few I'd want to work with again - A lot more I wouldn't.
And, oh, yeah - I had three managers in that six months. One was fired, one quit precisely at his one year, and the third had 70 direct reports.
If you see candidates coming from Uber, tenure past a year is a warning sign. I knew a few I'd want to work with again - A lot more I wouldn't.
[1]https://hackernoon.com/12-signs-youre-working-in-a-feature-f...