"I don't really understand why one would actually want to work at Uber. If you're a good engineer, there are better and far more interesting and impactful companies to work at than an app whose primary purpose is to call a ride. "
Uber is changing the world. For better or worse.
99% of other startups are irrelevant, and will go out of business soon.
Also - working at Uber, many will get rich.
They are a big company, with tons of money, they are spending huge on highly specialized things that most other startups couldn't ever touch, and there is 'financing' for cool, niche things. Self driving cars, big data, transportation things. Food delivery. And just the scale of it is interesting.
Finally they have a kind of job security that goes beyond what most startups would offer.
I have no love or hate for Uber, I mean I don't like them for some reasons, but there are plenty of reasons for people to want to work there.
Uber is changing the world. For better or worse.
99% of other startups are irrelevant, and will go out of business soon.
Also - working at Uber, many will get rich.
They are a big company, with tons of money, they are spending huge on highly specialized things that most other startups couldn't ever touch, and there is 'financing' for cool, niche things. Self driving cars, big data, transportation things. Food delivery. And just the scale of it is interesting.
Finally they have a kind of job security that goes beyond what most startups would offer.
I have no love or hate for Uber, I mean I don't like them for some reasons, but there are plenty of reasons for people to want to work there.