Fine, its nice not having a boss, and I got to converse with hundreds of people. And most of the rides ppl just preferred not to talk, so I listened to a ton of audiobooks that way.

Its just not sustainable money-wise tho, it comes to about minimum wage when you calculate in the miles and maintenance on your vehicle. And of course like the article says, no health insurance or benefits of any kind.

It was also really eerie because at the time lyft and uber were pushing through some legislation to make sure drivers couldn’t be considered full-time employees in california, and the app would literally bug you to sign things to promote that lol. I think they even won too. Of course you’re under no obligation to the company in any way, so I’d talk shit about lyft all the time and openly discuss the rates with the riders to see lyfts cut.

Driving also feels like a cyberpunk hellscape, because if anything happens, you have no backup whatsoever, you’re entirely on your own. Had a few ppl who wanted to fight me for not getting them there on time.