The Story of Working at Uber (Why I quit!)

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[@AaronJack]

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[@matthewclemens112]

I worked alongside Aaron during his tenure at Uber. He was a fantastic front-end engineer and had a relentless work ethic. His code still runs a bunch of stuff. Not sure why folks would doubt. I guess haters gonna hate

[@radha5090]

@@mikeh6987 really

[@tannersmith6409]

can we get coffee some day?

[@elijah4840]

@@mikeh6987 lol I’ve been following him from day 1, there’s no conflicting information!

[@DA-qe9py]

Aaron... another great job sharing the realities behind coding, especially in a large company. I've spent over 15 years coding on a half a dozen projects in a fortune 100 company and the biggest challenge has always been trying to understand an existing code base that you've been thrown in to. IMHO... coding on large existing projects have become even more difficult because endless Agile sprints speed up development where project tribal knowledge is designed and transferred orally and former software engineering practices are dismissed as being waterfall, which is a one word catch phrase to dismiss everything not Agile. Keep up the good work!

[@OfficialNattyOrNot]

Respect dude. I can appreciate the transparency. I am also self taught in mostly everything I know. I was initially homeless for two years. I worked a bunch of odd jobs and now I am trying to transition into tech. I am considering picking up your program mostly for the mentorship aspect. I’ve already learned CSS , HTML , JS and have started with Golang. My current focus has been trying to build an insurtech application for the industry I’m currently working in and hopefully sell it.

[@jozsefmandula]

Thanks Aaron! Very motivating! Keep on forward, don’t look back, at least not to them loquacious!

[@AaronJack]

💪

[@josephdominguez1070]

Great video love the confidence

[@goldlenz1375]

Yoooo that was the hardest video bro...I am now serious fan! I am taking the CodeCademy route now but ur boot camp is looking mighty fine after watching this.

[@raquels8100]

Let’s also appreciate how ridiculously motivational this video is!! Thank you for all of your incredible content, Aaron!

[@AaronJack]

Thank you a lot💪

[@satyaprasad317]

Your Knowledge and Talent is already proved with video content bro ❤️ Njoy the life ... learned a lot from you

[@AaronJack]

Thank you!

[@xs732]

Thanks for sharing A-a-Ron.

[@ogookafor2137]

Wow! You've opened my eyes to alot of things and motivated me at the same time. Thank you for this video. I wish you all the best.

[@AaronJack]

Thanks so much!

[@greengrass_bluesky]

When I started watching your channel, I was curious to see your LinkedIn and didn't find it, so it was somewhat suspicious, but I thought "well, maybe some cases are just different". I think the first video was "Why I'm leaving/left 200k job". You were very motivating and informative and I followed your updates anyway. You were the one who inspired me to really get into IT. Your way of communication and visuals make your channel stand out, really nice to watch and listen. Thank you and keep up the good work 💛

[@AaronJack]

Really appreciate that!

[@rescuecat]

Lot of useful insights mixed in with your story. Thanks for making and sharing the video.

[@AaronJack]

Thanks!

[@aca98100]

I've been watching your videos for quite some time now and I got to say that I learned a lot from your videos, you and your videos have kept my passion for programming going. I am now a full time employed Software Engineer from Serbia working for a Serbian startup in Serbia. Best wishes and stay safe.

[@username8864]

Your KZbin thumbnail is on another level ❤️

[@dtisue85]

Thanks for this! Very cool to know more about your story!

[@deveshgupta9154]

Hey Aaron, you mentioned that you started a few businesses when you got to Serbia and failed. Can you please make a video talking about what the businesses were, why you failed and what lessons can I learn from your experience. I also want to start a business of my own so, the story of your journey will be very helpful. Thankyou and this video is motivating as hell.

[@deveshgupta9154]

Guys, everyone reading this please like and comment so Aaron notices my comment.

[@AaronJack]

Thanks, I was thinking about making a video like that actually, yeah

[@deveshgupta9154]

@@AaronJack please make one soon.

[@joselara02]

People will always hate bro. Keep doing you, you are destine to do greater things 🙏🏾

[@Robinlan]

This is my favourite video you've ever made. Super inspirational. If you have haters, that means you are doing something right.

[@AaronJack]

Appreciate that🙏

[@SlimBloodworth]

Aaron, when this video popped up in my feed I ignored it for almost 24hrs and forgot about it. Then it pops up again just a few minutes ago... I have not taken your bootcamp, and I'm not sure that I will, but I do know that I don't give the first F*#< if you got fired from Uber. I didn't even watch this video. I DO subscribe to your channel. The information that you provide is incredibly useful. As a new Developer, I do an ENORMOUS amount of research on just how to learn or do something. There's a lot of trash out there and it's real easy for a self taught beginner to get confused or lost. I have been working front end since June - from the very gravel - no experience AT ALL. I launched my first client site in July and the client is SUPER happy with it. Your helpful videos are still a major reference for me. I'm very grateful for how openly helpful the programming community is to those of us just getting here. You know your s#!t. I could careless who fired you. Your information works well for me.

[@netimamoodley7448]

Well I love this channel and you're so inspiring to me as a junior developer

[@chrisalbers9184]

Going to wgu for a bs in computer science but will consider still doing a bootcamp, and wouldn't do any other than yours. Good luck on this new venture it takes a lot of heart to leave a big salary. I left a big salary doing facilities management to pursue my passion of app development and will one day start a company so i can relate to this. Thank you Aaron for sharing your story bro it's got me fired up!

[@AaronJack]

🙏 Thanks for sharing your story

[@matthewpourroy1342]

I'm at wgu too, great program.

[@giftofcalmasmr7424]

I’ve recently started learning through Freemote. It’s an outstanding bootcamp!! I believe Aaron’s background as a teacher plays a big part in how well put together the courses are. I’m learning a lot and learning it fast. I just started on my first real world project yesterday. It’s challenging, but I love it. Aaron is a wealth of knowledge and the model they have for mentorship is very well thought out in my opinion. The quizzes are great but they make you think and sometimes you have to find the answers for the practice projects, just like in the real world. I’m not there yet, but so far, I feel that the course is preparing me very well. If you’re wanting to learn to code, I highly recommend at least checking it out. Aaron and Jan, I can’t say thanks enough for what you are doing. With all of that said, lunch is over, so back to this project.

[@AaronJack]

Thank you so much!🙏 Appreciate that

[@giftofcalmasmr7424]

@@AaronJack you’re most welcome. I wanted people to hear the truth from an actual student, not just the naysayers who haven’t experienced it. Y’all have done an amazing thing with this. Thank you again!

[@nulledape]

Talk your shit! Aaron! Been loving your videos, the insights are literally priceless in the industry. Keep doing you, brother!

[@AaronJack]

🙏

[@dobbins5943]

I quit my job to focus on self teaching myself front end. I have been doing gig work to pay the bills. Door dash, Insta cart. I fucking love it. Something invigorating about being responsible to make myself go out, make my money goal for the day as fast as possible so I can get home and start studying. I go to bed feeling like I really kicked the days ass, and I have no one to give credit to but myself. Some days I might not hit my goals, the next day when I do hit them or make up for it REALLY feels good. Thanks for the video

[@AaronJack]

Thanks for sharing🙏

[@cannalibrium4025]

Hell yeah man! Doing the same thing. Just starting up the coding after trying before. I'm going to steal some of that motivation. Thanks!

[@melchiorao9759]

I actually find the worth in what you offer to be what I gain from it in terms of greater insight and understanding of the subject Im trying to learn. And from that perspective every other thing, especially of a personal nature to do with your life, your past, your personality traits or your private life, is completely superfluous. I appreciate you mainly because you have a prodigious talent for explaining coding concepts in succinct ways that I can refer to as many times as I need for them to sink in deeply. You have a way with putting across the nitty gritty of the subject and the industry that commands interest and furthers understanding.

[@AaronJack]

Really appreciate that🙏

[@Maksezzy]

Mic drop at the end was perfect

[@JoseGarcia-vr8mx]

Lots of respect Aaron! Your story is incredible.

[@AaronJack]

Thanks!💪

[@CrenshawBeats]

keep doing good shit bro. I'm a freemote student love the course.

[@AaronJack]

💪💪💪

[@mrJohnLocke2342]

Wish you all the best Aaron

[@AaronJack]

Thank you🙏

[@aaronhenry5376]

Been there on the corporate side of things. Keep doing what you are doing

[@jpadicecoffee9812]

Well done Aaron in this video, I need my haters too as they make good audiences. I've been in your audience since video #14 and glad to pick from many of your videos to watch and to learn coding from.

[@bekjohansson3016]

This is why I love you Aaron!

[@codefallacy]

Bro keep hustling, life never stops.

[@mawa8]

You’re GREAT Aaron!

[@AaronJack]

Thank you!🙏

[@grantsburke]

Yeah I'm gonna need that PayPal payment just to confirm...

[@arjayarjay8856]

Wishing you the very best.

[@teachon6855]

Congratulations! When you have to make an 'address the haters' video, you've officially made it. Throw on the hater blockers 😎 and keep doin' work, Aaron.

[@isakawilliam]

i normally don't comment on youtube videos, but seriously this is so motivating I now feel like if I can put the work I might finally get somewhere...as a coding student, this really pushed me

[@AaronJack]

Great to read that💪

[@cx777o]

5:50 an appartment tour would be sick haha

[@BrendanMetcalfe]

You got the receipts 👍

[@prabhakarmishra2182]

How could there be haters of you, you are doing your job very well, lots of love from India

[@nav-ks6qj]

Hello aaron any good advice on what's trending to learn for that job or even interview

[@FilipCodes]

Great video bro ✌

[@AaronJack]

Thanks!

[@MatejDrbohlav01]

I loved it! :D :D :D btw. I watch as well Joshua Fluke and you have very similar points in many stuff, love you both :))

[@AaronJack]

Thanks🙏

[@Mike01010011]

I'm dying to know what you will be launching in the coming months! Is it a new bootcamp? Freemote is the best webdev investment I've ever made and I'm really looking forward to what is to come

[@AaronJack]

a bunch of stuff. the really big stuff I can't share yet... but one big change in the near future we are re-vamping the projects so it will "feel" like you're really freelancing before your first jobs and build up way more confidence

[@movingforward347]

I'm not trying to burst your bubble. But Aaron has come a long way. It was something many of us invested into early. Some of us got the course for $497 when it first open. So most definitely Aaron has improved many things in the course to charge what he is charging now.

[@Mike01010011]

@@movingforward347 I got in at $797, well worth the money!

[@fromisgunner]

@@AaronJack will we get the updates if you've already purchased the course?

[@raja9654K]

Don't let haters stop your growth. Keep up good work 🙂

[@alexberman7070]

A little over dramatic but good overall. Would be interesting to see a video where you breakdown the financial/business side of your business

[@AM-uz4dp]

hahaha, I was about to say the same :) There was no doubt that Aaron is a skilled lad. Following his progress since code drip was a pleasure.

[@ryuto0]

No doubt sink or swim environments makes you do things u thought u never could. Make it rain babyyy

[@Morphed626]

Maybe if they took "the medicine" they'd be cured of the bull LOL dead jokes aside, I rate your journey. Better to push ahead and try something new that keeps you alive than coast along and complain. Ive worked freelance myself in a different field and it was an experience that gave me a lot in terms of growth. Might do it again in the future now that im in tech.

[@iftak01]

Nice story bro (tell it again - haters will say lol). Good that you put the facts, sometimes the truth needs to be showed for the haters to shut down

[@24kb72]

Man you're awesome and really inspiring. I watch different youtubers out there, but your videos is one of the reasons why I keep going and learning to code. Btw, I'm a new subscriber probably a week ago. And I really love your channel. Hope you continue inspiring and motivating people who wants to start their career in programming. Thanks a lot man! I really appreciate you!!

[@AaronJack]

Thank you so much, really appreciate that🙏🏼🙌🏼

[@curtisdavis8594]

Good story.. Thanks for sharing..

[@AaronJack]

🙏

[@eliseogarcia1024]

Good for you.

[@wsdevelopmentbackupaccount7339]

Hell yeah!

[@dominiquekym7985]

Aaron, You inspire me so badly. Leave haters behind.

[@netimamoodley7448]

I know this may be a long shot but I'm going to this boot camp called we think code and I was hoping if you could do a video of multiple boot camps and comparing to your own

[@Xela_2]

Don't be bordered bro, Let haters do their work and focus on the target

[@christinecamley]

A friend's son worked at Uber in SF for 3 years and he enjoyed it.

[@libaxsoftware4807]

Respect.

[@tosh369]

".. get my name out of your mouth." Ooh, a full 7 months before Will Smith said it at the Oscars!

[@thecowegg]

In order to succeed in life, we need to shut out all the negative vibes. Those are the toxic vibes that always kills 👍

[@reteixeira10]

I don't know you was a best uber employee. You inspire make things better, this is enough.

[@francisartemiolandia6396]

Don't mind them haters Aaron. Just continue doing your thing. I learned a lot from your videos. :)

[@mikegallegos7]

Aaron Jack is cool people. Freemote and Staff are excellent. All are highly recommended.

[@AaronJack]

Appreciate that a lot, thanks🙏🏼

[@peacekeepermoe]

Dude reminds me of Casey Affleck for some reason. Thanks for sharing your experiences and advice Aaron. Just remember haters are always gonna hate, don't mind them :)

[@yoshikibell]

greatness.

[@rezabazrafkan3534]

Hi Aaron, I have followed your videos for 4 months and I'm starting to learn front end development, but I think my progression is not very well. How can handle UDEMY bootcamp that you mentioned it on your video? Because after that I want to get your bootcamp

[@AaronJack]

www.udemy.com/course/html-css-javascript-practice/

[@alviahmed7388]

How old were you when you made the switch from teaching to SWE?

[@lowcarbRD]

Freemote is legit folks.

[@lowcarbRD]

@@mikeh6987 I have and am. Many others are too. People in the community are quitting their jobs and freelancing. Some have gotten jobs in tech firms.

[@AaronJack]

Appreciate that a lot💪

[@siman211]

Hey i wan't to start learning c++ but don't know how to start and how should i learn a little help?

[@rahultrehan]

Nice one! F the haters

[@tuezmoi]

Cody. 😂Harharhar. That's like a lawyer called Tom Law.

[@niksatan]

Aaron, you and Jan are my inspiration for work! Haters gona hate! Btw IF you were dating 20 ukraine girls at the same time, what's wrong with that!!! Or the haters - are you against free will of there girls! Keep up the good work!

[@MatejDrbohlav01]

If he managed this, I would probably envy him :D :D

[@3_._._0_._._3_._._entity]

Only important peeople have haters. And only legends commit tax evasion OwO (McAfee)

[@bhutchin1996]

Forget about dating in SF? So that's why you're in Ukraine? 😉 I hear you! 😸 In addition to the lower cost of living, that is a side bonus of living in a less expensive country, especially after living in SF. I'm in Freemote and so far I'm enjoying it, but I don't see much training in the way of becoming a Shopify app developer. Hopefully we'll see more of that in the bonus sections after the first 7 weeks.

[@AaronJack]

🙏

[@bhutchin1996]

@@mikeh6987 I'm in Week 4, the freelancing part.

[@stephenonline345]

Nice one Aaron!!! Mic Drop to the Haters! Haha! Lots Love from Taiwan

[@Alex.Shalda]

Wow, what a story!

[@VonWellness]

What was the name he mentioned before Tech Lead?

[@DoubleAGee]

Clement something. He’s some guy from either the north east or Canada (pretty sure New York) who is obsessed with Google. A lot of his videos are as a google engineer, former google engineer, what it takes to work at google, how much did I get paid at google, etc. kind of like TechLead always telling everyone he’s a millionaire.

[@Bayo106]

@@DoubleAGee Canada

[@akaemeikechukwu7082]

You look so cool bro... On your background...

[@AaronJack]

💪

[@chazzsplash1234]

were u studying algorithms?

[@r2rito654]

It kinda sucks how to get an actual shot in a interview you need someone in the inside to recommend you, else you gotta be "Stanford" level to be consider. It sucks more when you don't have neither 😂

[@KeshavKumar-xv8oq]

The reason behind the video was to not let rumors affect his ambitious endeavors

[@Ahmad-lc1ln]

u look like the actor in Arrow

[@newcrossflightz]

I want to freelance!! More freedom, more money, more flexibility!

[@AaronJack]

You got it🙌🏼

[@hildamartin8022]

Aaron is also a very good teacher...

[@AaronJack]

💪 Thanks!

[@TomNook.]

Eagerly awaiting the day you call yourself ex-Uber millionaire

[@eduardojdiaz8350]

Dropped the mic

[@justanotherhandle1]

First off - you're a great KZbinr and it's why I subscribe. But, are people really hating or is this just a nice video to promote Freemote? I understand how hard it is to create engaging content non-stop. Oh, and you never disproved the 20 girls comment so I find you guilty. :)

[@alvinleong269]

Think it's helpful that Aaron did not have a CS background so he is able to look at coding from a different angle...

[@superb63amg94]

Haters are going to hate. That's what they do. It's their job!😂

[@hecdeveloper852]

Hola señor tecnología cómo está?

[@codefallacy]

Holly Aperture Batman

[@s-r86]

He forgot to mention that techLead is a millionaire 🙄

[@MsLemons12]

Met him in real life, he's a good guy.

[@AaronJack]

🙏

[@hpn1427]

first like as well

[@ShadowTwister28]

sad

[@Sadsoft]

Still waiting on that PayPal monies

[@ryanwhite.]

Whats your github aaron? edit nvm found it he's an actual developer.

[@mikahong]

What's his github

[@justchary]

What is wrong with dating 20 different girls at the same time?

[@Bayo106]

it's a losers way of trying to validate his existence. it's like 4 full time jobs

[@TheAntiCasper]

REAL STORY FROM MILLIONAIRE (EX GOOGLE EX FACEBOOK EX UBER SENIOR DEV)