alt Hacker NewsMost of the codebase is custom integrations for local markets. You can systematize some of it but most of the complexity comes from there.
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AlotOfReading • today at 6:15 PM
Sure, but custom integrations seem unlikely to explain the majority of Uber's technical headcount. Let's say they average a dedicated engineer for each of their 1000 largest markets/locations. Let's assume another 200 across the countless smaller markets. Let's assume 50% overhead atop this for things like infra, tools, and management. These all seem like exceedingly generous estimates to me.
They actually had 5,000 engineers in the tokenmaxxing blog post. That's a lot of engineers for the rest of Uber's business activities.
Can you provide an example? What is different about running Uber services in Chicago vs. Indianapolis?