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So, you want to work for Uber.

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I have one question for you: Are you an asshole?

Everyone would have thought?

(Season two is set to tackle the relationship between Facebooks Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg.)

The music choices, which rely heavily on Pearl Jam and other 90s fare, are prettyBillions-y as well.

Unfortunately, those flourishes register more as try-hard behavior than actual swagger.

There are fantastical sequences that turn conference-room arguments into video-game battles.

Hes the guy who says shot caller and David fucking Bonderman.

Yes, I cringed a little just repeating that.

Most of the time, Travis talks in start-up speak or overconfident proclamations.

(Critics were given five in advance.)

He also, by nature, radiates a coach Eric Taylor decency thats sorely needed in this climate.

The show is better when Chandler is there to temper the overwhelming tech-bro-ness of it all.

Its also better when other Uber characters get to take center stage for a bit.

And thats interesting to explore, up to a point.

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