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A year ago, I quit my well-paying job at Uber as a senior software engineer. I was well on my path to a lucrative promotion and compensation bump. But…

Apr 12, 2022

September 2020

If you are an average 30 yr old engineer, let's say you want to retire reasonably by the time you are 60. A year wasted at a poor job or role is…

Sep 28, 2020

Welcome to Valley Girl Newsletter by me, Apoorva Govind. I’m a senior engineer at Uber Eats. This is my personal blog, where I mostly write about my…

Sep 23, 2020

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