It's The Bearded Man 5. Driving 19,002 rides for Uber : Lessons & Stories From Being a Top 2% Driver in the World
Feb 13, 2020
01:11:38
Earlier this week I released Thank You Uber which was a piece dedicated to the last 4+ years of driving for the ride share platform. In celebration of this next chapter of my life I wanted to explain how in the world I ended up becoming a driver in the first place, how I was able to pay college loans, rent, bills etc through the platform and some of the lessons I learned.
Podcast Outline
- Todays Topic : Driver for Uber & building my creative career at the same time (0:15)
- House keeping (2:00)
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- Podcast project thus far, being at 25 iTunes reviews, surviving Super Bowl LIV in Miami, having my 90-Day review at Liquid I.V.
- I wouldn’t be where I am today if it wasn’t for Uber (7:15)
- Spring of 2015 is when I became an Uber Driver during Junior year at Bentley University (9:50)
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- Stayed in Boston for the summer and drove full-time heading into my senior year
- Senior year, I wasn’t worried about getting a job & just focused on enjoying my last year of college (14:20)
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- Drove a few hours a week and did it part-time
- Looking into companies / products that I enjoyed but never found the right career fit
- Graduate college, Summer of 2016 I start looking for ways to make money (18:40)
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- Move home, start building Purpose in the Youth Podcast & know that college loans kick in within 6 months
- I start working for my uncles Garden Center, I hustle other opportunities
- Move back to Boston & sign a 1 year lease in Allston, MA (21:20)
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- Main objective is to build podcast platform while funding it entirely from driving Uber
- Was making $1,000 - $1,200 per week before taxes / car expenses
- Driving from 6:30am - 10am, gym / creative 10am - 3pm, driving 3pm - 10/11pm
- Gave me the flexibility to work around other peoples schedule for podcasts
- Taught me time management
- Moving to LA with $5k saved up and knowing I will keep driving Uber full-time (31:20)
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- Came out here to work on a podcast project, had friends to live with, a small network already and a way to make money
- Driving 85,000+ miles in 2 years in LA
- It’s not about the hours you put in, it’s the hours in which you drive where you make the most money
- Mon - Sun schedule was a GRIND
- Learning how to make every dollar count
- My expenses living in LA while driving for Uber (43:05)
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- College loans, car payment, car insurance, rent, food, gas, gym, internet = $2,900+
- My net driving per week avg $900 - $1,000 per week - before taxes
- October 10, 2019 changed my life & got me OUT of the Uber game (47:35)
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- I posted an IG story telling the world I need a change from Uber
- Got a DM from Brandin Cohen, founder / ceo of Liquid IV and the rest is history
- Final Uber Stats (50:20)
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- 19,002 Total rides
- 4.97 out of 5 star rating
- Rider preferred in 2018 - Top 2% driver in the world
- 6 of the biggest lessons I learned from Uber (51:30)
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- One ride at a time / one step at a time
- Every person has a story to tell
- Become an excellent listener
- Never take a comment from someone else personal
- Always move forward
- Keep your eyes on the road but stop & look around often
- Bearded Man Community Questions (57:20)
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- Best & worst Uber stories
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- Driving to Jay-Z & Diddys crib
- Picking up Ben Savage aka Corey Mathews from Boy Meets World
- Someone yacking in the backseat of my car
- What do you miss about Uber / what was the biggest difficulty with moving into an office job? (104:40)
- Episode Takeaway (107:15)
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- Don’t worry about the big picture, focus on what small steps you can take today
- Episode Wrap-up (109:10)
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- Hope this pod gave you guys/gals some insight on how Uber got me to where I am today
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