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6 People Share How an Uber Ride Changed Their Careers

By Kelsey NelsonJan 07, 2017
Kelsey Nelson
Kelsey Nelson is a born-and-raised Ohioan living life in South Carolina. She thrives at binge watching Netflix, contemplating what to order at the bar and running any trail or road she can get her feet on. In addition to being a Brit + Co contributor, she writes about southern pleasantries, DIY mishaps and more at North Living South. If she isn’t writing or running, she’s off adventuring with her husband Brad and their Lab/Dachshund mix, Gordy.
When you’re a #girlboss, you know you’re really never notnetworking. It doesn’t matter if you’re living it up on your well-earned warm weather vacation or catching up with your boo at happy hour, an opportunity to advance your career could come knocking at any moment. And according to the folks at Uber, a ton of people are finding ways to climb the corporate ladder while splitting a fare with a stranger. Since launching in 2014, UberPOOL has handed out more than 250 million shared rides — a whopping 20 percent of total rides in the 30 cities it currently serves — and unexpectedly, a lot of career opportunities. Below, we hear first-hand from six riders who turned a trip across town into a positive career move.
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