Writer. Editor. Fledgling Physicist. Amateur Myrmecologist. As most of you know, I left Uber in December and joined Stripe in January. I've gotten a lot of questions over the past couple of months about why I left and what my time at Uber was like. It's a strange, fascinating, and slightly horrifying story that deserves to be told while it is still fresh in my mind, so here we go. I joined Uber as
![Reflecting on one very, very strange year at Uber — Susan Fowler](https://cdn-ak-scissors.b.st-hatena.com/image/square/cb4a46d8e5d706f04adafadb17a779930392194e/height=288;version=1;width=512/http%3A%2F%2Fstatic1.squarespace.com%2Fstatic%2F57a6de391b631b6aa4789ebf%2Ft%2F5dd82f25dcadfc116d1e5b99%2F1574448937925%2F91t6KiP1cEL.jpg%3Fformat%3D1500w)