What Thuan Pham thinks about benchmarks

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Uber's first Chief Technology Officer, from 2013 to 2020; later CTO of Coupang and of Faire.

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1. 1 Apr 2026

   Our readingA company's staff-engineer bar should be set against the best companies in the industry rather than against its own history, which is what makes title inflation a real cost.

   inflationGoogle

   Their wordswe have a very clear definition and expectation of what it is at the staff engineer level because we benchmark ourselves to all the great company out there Google, Facebook and all that

   ↗Scaling Uber with Thuan Pham (Uber's first CTO)youtube.com 15th of 24 in this recording