What Thuan Pham thinks about management

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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 readingAt every level of management your job is to see further ahead than the people who report to you, because they are busy with the near term and nobody else will do it.

   Their wordsyour job is to see a little bit further out than your folks, right? Because your folks are busy working on the near-term things,

   ↗Scaling Uber with Thuan Pham (Uber's first CTO)youtube.com 23rd of 24 in this recording